040
FNUS74 KEWX 242147
FWSEWX
SPOT FORECAST FOR GILLESPIE 1824...TEXAS A&M FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
347 PM CST TUE FEB 24 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON FORECAST START TIME OF 1600 CST ON FEBRUARY 24.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.
DISCUSSION
GUSTY SOUTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON AS DAYTIME
HIGHS REACH TO AROUND 71 DEGREES ALONG WITH MINIMUM HUMIDITY LEVELS
DOWN NEAR 36 PERCENT. GUSTY SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO
REMAIN INTACT TONIGHT, ESPECIALLY ON EXPOSED RIDGES. LOOK FOR
EXCELLENT HUMIDITY RECOVERY UP NEAR 86 PERCENT. SOUTHWEST WINDS
REMAIN GUSTY ON WEDNESDAY, WITH GUSTY CONDITIONS EXPECTED TO EASE
AROUND SUNSET. IT WILL BE VERY WARM ON WEDNESDAY WITH AN AFTERNOON
HIGH NEAR 88 DEGREES AND MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY LEVELS NEAR
19 PERCENT.
REST OF TODAY
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (5-15 PERCENT HIGH CLOUDS).
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 71.
MIN HUMIDITY........36 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTH WINDS 12 TO 18 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND
22 MPH.
WIND (20 FT)........
SLOPE/VALLEY.......SOUTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
AROUND 32 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......3000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 21 TO 29 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD (56200 KNOT-FT).
TIME (CST) 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........7 8
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CWR.............0 0
TEMP............71 70
RH..............36 39
20 FT WIND DIR..SW SW
20 FT WIND SPD..18 17
20 FT WIND GUST.32 32
EYE LVL WND DIR.SW S
EYE LVL WND SPD.15 14
EYE LVL WND GST.22 19
MIX HGT (KFT)...3.0 2.4
TRANSP WIND DIR.SW SW
TRANSP WIND SPD.22 21
VRATE KT-FT/1K..60 56
VENTRATE CAT....FR FR
TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR (10-20 PERCENT).
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 53.
MAX HUMIDITY........86 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 14 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
AROUND 23 MPH.
WIND (20 FT)........
SLOPE/VALLEY.......SOUTHWEST WINDS 14 TO 18 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
AROUND 30 MPH ON RIDGES.
MIXING HEIGHT.......DECREASING TO 300 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 21 TO 29 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (5700 KNOT-FT).
TIME (CST) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........10 13 17 20 16 13 9 10 11 12 15 9
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............69 65 62 61 61 61 59 58 58 56 55 55
RH..............40 48 52 56 56 56 62 67 67 74 80 80
20 FT WIND DIR..S S S S S S S S SW SW SW SW
20 FT WIND SPD..16 16 17 18 18 21 22 22 23 23 23 23
20 FT WIND GUST.30 30 31 31 33 35 33 36 36 36 38 38
EYE LVL WND DIR.S S S S S S S S SW SW SW SW
EYE LVL WND SPD.10 10 10 11 11 13 13 13 14 14 14 14
EYE LVL WND GST.18 18 19 19 20 21 20 22 22 22 23 23
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.5 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3
TRANSP WIND DIR.SW SW SW SW S S S S S SW SW SW
TRANSP WIND SPD.21 21 22 23 25 26 28 29 29 29 29 29
VRATE KT-FT/1K..10 6 7 7 8 9 8 9 9 10 9 9
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
WEDNESDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (10-20 PERCENT).
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 88.
MIN HUMIDITY........19 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTHWEST WINDS 8 TO 14 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
AROUND 22 MPH.
WIND (20 FT)........
SLOPE/VALLEY.......SOUTHWEST WINDS 11 TO 18 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
AROUND 34 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......INCREASING TO 4800 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 21 TO 28 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (7600 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING
INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (77800 KNOT-FT) IN THE
AFTERNOON.
TIME (CST) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........8 11 19 24 18 17 23 8 7 6 3 9
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............54 54 56 61 67 73 78 82 86 87 87 88
RH..............86 83 77 70 52 41 31 26 22 19 19 19
20 FT WIND DIR..SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
20 FT WIND SPD..23 22 21 20 18 17 16 16 15 14 13 10
20 FT WIND GUST.37 36 33 32 30 28 25 25 23 23 22 20
EYE LVL WND DIR.SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
EYE LVL WND SPD.14 13 13 12 11 10 10 10 9 8 8 6
EYE LVL WND GST.22 22 20 19 18 17 15 15 14 14 13 12
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.3 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.8 1.4 1.6 2.4 4.0 4.8 3.7 1.4
TRANSP WIND DIR.SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
TRANSP WIND SPD.28 26 26 25 24 22 21 18 16 15 13 12
VRATE KT-FT/1K..8 8 8 16 23 26 31 50 58 78 49 21
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR FR FR GD FR PR
FORECASTER...24
REQUESTED BY...BELINDA JACKSON
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2603847.0/EWX
.DELDT 02/24/26
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0
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