975  
FNUS74 KEWX 271148  
FWSEWX  
 
SPOT FORECAST FOR TX-BAR-GAINER NORTH...U.S. FISH & WILDLIFE SERVICE  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX  
548 AM CST FRI FEB 27 2026  
 
FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0900 CST ON FEBRUARY 27.  
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER  
SERVICE.  
   
DISCUSSION  
 
FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE TO IMPROVE COMPARED TO THE PAST FEW  
AFTERNOONS WITH MUCH LIGHTER WINDS EXPECTED TODAY WITH DIRECTIONS  
BECOMING MORE EASTERLY THIS AFTERNOON AND THEN SOUTH-SOUTHEASTERLY  
TONIGHT. MINIMUM HUMIDITY WILL DROP TO NEAR 24% THIS AFTERNOON.  
WINDS WILL BE FROM THE EAST AT 6-8 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 15 MPH.  
   
REST OF TODAY  
 
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (0-5 PERCENT).  
CWR.................0 PERCENT.  
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 82.  
MIN HUMIDITY........24 PERCENT.  
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....EAST WINDS UP TO 5 MPH.  
WIND (20 FT)........  
SLOPE/VALLEY.......EAST WINDS 5 TO 7 MPH.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......4700 FT AGL.  
TRANSPORT WINDS.....EAST 7 TO 13 MPH.  
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (10100 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING  
INCREASING TO GOOD (33200 KNOT-FT) IN THE  
AFTERNOON.  
 
TIME (CST) 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM  
SKY (%).........1 1 2 3 2 2 2 1 1  
WEATHER COV.....  
WEATHER TYPE....  
TSTM COV........  
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  
TEMP............65 70 74 78 79 81 82 82 81  
RH..............54 44 35 30 28 25 24 24 26  
20 FT WIND DIR..E E E E E E E E E  
20 FT WIND SPD..8 8 8 7 7 7 7 7 6  
20 FT WIND GUST.10 12 10 15 14 14 13 12 10  
EYE LVL WND DIR.E E E E E E E E E  
EYE LVL WND SPD.5 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 4  
EYE LVL WND GST.6 7 6 9 8 8 8 7 6  
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.9 1.5 2.5 3.0 3.4 4.3 4.7 3.6 1.5  
TRANSP WIND DIR.E E E E E E E E E  
TRANSP WIND SPD.13 13 13 13 12 10 9 8 7  
VRATE KT-FT/1K..12 21 27 33 33 29 28 21 10  
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR  
   
TONIGHT  
 
SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR (0-10 PERCENT).  
CWR.................0 PERCENT.  
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 57.  
MAX HUMIDITY........84 PERCENT.  
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTHEAST WINDS AROUND 4 MPH SHIFTING TO THE  
SOUTH AFTER 3 AM.  
WIND (20 FT)........  
SLOPE/VALLEY.......EAST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTH  
AFTER 3 AM.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......300 FT AGL.  
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST 7 TO 12 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTH  
AROUND 10 MPH AFTER 3 AM.  
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (2000 KNOT-FT).  
 
TIME (CST) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM  
SKY (%).........2 4 8 8 7 5 4 4 4 4 6 8  
WEATHER COV.....  
WEATHER TYPE....  
TSTM COV........  
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  
TEMP............79 74 69 67 65 64 63 62 61 59 59 59  
RH..............28 33 37 40 43 45 46 50 56 64 67 72  
20 FT WIND DIR..E E E E E E SE SE SE SE S S  
20 FT WIND SPD..6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6  
20 FT WIND GUST.10 10 10 10 12 12 12 12 12 13 13 13  
EYE LVL WND DIR.E E E E E E SE SE SE SE S S  
EYE LVL WND SPD.4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4  
EYE LVL WND GST.6 6 6 6 7 7 7 7 7 8 8 8  
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.4 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3  
TRANSP WIND DIR.E E E E E SE SE SE SE SE S S  
TRANSP WIND SPD.7 7 8 9 10 10 12 12 12 10 10 10  
VRATE KT-FT/1K..2 2 2 3 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3  
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR  
   
SATURDAY  
 
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (5-15 PERCENT).  
CWR.................0 PERCENT.  
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 84.  
MIN HUMIDITY........33 PERCENT.  
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTH WINDS UP TO 8 MPH.  
WIND (20 FT)........  
SLOPE/VALLEY.......SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......4000 FT AGL.  
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 10 TO 18 MPH INCREASING TO 16 TO 20 MPH  
IN THE AFTERNOON.  
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (3100 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING  
INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (67700 KNOT-FT) IN THE  
AFTERNOON.  
 
TIME (CST) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM  
SKY (%).........10 12 14 16 12 7 3 2 2 1 2 2  
WEATHER COV.....  
WEATHER TYPE....  
TSTM COV........  
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  
TEMP............57 59 61 65 69 74 78 81 83 84 84 83  
RH..............80 80 84 75 66 53 45 39 37 34 33 34  
20 FT WIND DIR..S S S S S S S S S S S S  
20 FT WIND SPD..6 7 8 9 10 12 13 13 13 13 12 12  
20 FT WIND GUST.13 14 16 18 20 21 21 21 21 21 20 18  
EYE LVL WND DIR.S S S S S S S S S S S S  
EYE LVL WND SPD.4 4 5 5 6 7 8 8 8 8 7 7  
EYE LVL WND GST.8 8 10 11 12 13 13 13 13 13 12 11  
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.3 0.5 0.9 1.0 1.5 2.5 3.0 3.2 3.7 4.0 3.6 3.0  
TRANSP WIND DIR.S S S S S S S S S S S S  
TRANSP WIND SPD.10 12 14 15 17 18 20 20 18 17 17 16  
VRATE KT-FT/1K..3 5 8 13 24 37 50 61 68 67 59 46  
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR PR FR GD GD GD FR FR  
 
 
FORECASTER...05  
REQUESTED BY...CALEB THYER  
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED  
.TAG 2604205.0/EWX  
.DELDT 02/27/26  
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0  
.EMAIL CALEB_THYER@FWS.GOV  
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