224  
FNUS74 KEWX 231739  
FWSEWX  
 
SPOT FORECAST FOR AUSTIN FD CADET WILDFIRE TRAINING EXCERSISE...AUSTIN FD WILDFIRE DIV.  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX  
1239 PM CDT THU MAR 23 2023  
 
FORECAST IS BASED ON FORECAST START TIME OF 1300 CDT ON MARCH 23.  
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER  
SERVICE.  
   
DISCUSSION  
 
PARTLY SUNNY SKIES ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THIS  
AFTERNOON. HUMIDITIES WILL REMAIN WELL ABOVE 25 PERCENT LOCALLY,  
THOUGH GUSTY SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL CONTINUE INTO THE  
EVENING HOURS. EXPECT SUSTAINED READINGS RANGING FROM 15-25 MPH,  
WITH EMBEDDED GUSTS RANGING FROM 30-35 MPH. A PACIFIC FRONT WILL  
CROSS THE AREA TONIGHT THROUGH TOMORROW MORNING, BRINGING A  
WESTERLY WIND SHIFT AND DRIER AIR TO SOUTH-CENTRAL TEXAS. MINIMUM  
HUMIDITIES WILL LIKELY FALL INTO THE 25-30 PERCENT RANGE FRIDAY  
AFTERNOON BEHIND THE BOUNDARY. RAIN SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDER  
ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS TOMORROW, THOUGH WETTING  
RAINFALL IS NOT EXPECTED.  
   
REST OF TODAY  
 
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY (60-70 PERCENT).  
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.  
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 84.  
MIN HUMIDITY........59 PERCENT.  
DEWPOINT............68.  
SURFACE WINDS (MPH).SOUTH WINDS 20 TO 22 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND  
35 MPH.  
 
TIME (CDT) 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM  
SKY (%).........63 65 51 74 72  
WEATHER COV.....  
WEATHER TYPE....  
TSTM COV........  
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0  
TEMP............81 82 83 84 84  
DEWPOINT........69 69 68 68 69  
RH..............67 65 61 59 61  
SURFACE WND DIR.S S S S S  
SURFACE WND SPD.22 22 22 20 20  
SURFACE WND GST.35 33 32 30 29  
   
TONIGHT  
 
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (55-65 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING  
PARTLY CLOUDY (40-50 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING  
MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80 PERCENT).  
CHANCE OF PCPN......10 PERCENT.  
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 67.  
MAX HUMIDITY........97 PERCENT.  
DEWPOINT............69.  
SURFACE WINDS (MPH).SOUTH WINDS 17 TO 21 MPH.  
 
TIME (CDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM  
SKY (%).........58 40 45 57 70 79 88 87 90 88 93 91  
WEATHER COV.....  
WEATHER TYPE....  
TSTM COV........  
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 10  
TEMP............82 82 79 75 74 73 73 71 71 71 71 70  
DEWPOINT........69 68 69 68 69 69 69 70 69 69 69 68  
RH..............65 63 72 79 84 87 87 97 93 93 93 93  
SURFACE WND DIR.S S S S S S S S S S S S  
SURFACE WND SPD.18 20 21 21 20 20 20 20 21 18 18 17  
SURFACE WND GST.28 29 30 31 30 29 30 30 30 28 28 26  
   
FRIDAY  
 
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING  
SUNNY (0-10 PERCENT). SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS  
EARLY IN THE MORNING. SLIGHT CHANCE OF  
THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MORNING. CHANCE OF SHOWERS  
LATE IN THE MORNING.  
CHANCE OF PCPN......50 PERCENT.  
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 84.  
MIN HUMIDITY........27 PERCENT.  
DEWPOINT............66 DECREASING TO 46.  
SURFACE WINDS (MPH).SOUTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 17 MPH SHIFTING TO THE  
WEST 10 TO 14 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.  
 
TIME (CDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM  
SKY (%).........87 77 87 87 92 89 81 57 57 5 2 3  
WEATHER COV..... SCH SCH SCH CHC CHC CHC  
WEATHER TYPE.... RW RW RW RW RW RW  
TSTM COV........ SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH  
CHC OF PCPN (%).10 40 40 40 50 50 50 10 10 10 0 0  
TEMP............69 69 68 69 71 71 73 76 79 82 84 83  
DEWPOINT........68 68 67 68 68 66 66 64 59 53 47 46  
RH..............97 97 97 97 90 84 79 66 50 37 28 27  
SURFACE WND DIR.S S S S S SW SW W W W W W  
SURFACE WND SPD.17 17 15 14 13 12 10 10 10 13 14 14  
SURFACE WND GST.26 25 23 21 18 16 15 15 17 20 21 21  
 
 
FORECASTER...31  
REQUESTED BY...STACY OAKLEY  
TYPE OF REQUEST...OTHER  
.TAG 2307051.0/EWX  
.DELDT 03/23/23  
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0  
.EMAIL STACY.OAKLEY@AUSTINTEXAS.GOV  
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