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FNUS74 KEWX 241323
FWSEWX
SPOT FORECAST FOR CEDAR GULCH...TEXAS A&M FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
723 AM CST TUE FEB 24 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON FORECAST START TIME OF 0800 CST ON FEBRUARY 24.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.
DISCUSSION
SOUTHERLY WIND WILL INCREASE BY MID-MORNING WITH GUSTY CONDITIONS
EXPECTED THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY PEAKING EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON.
SUSTAINED WINDS FROM 10 TO 20 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH GUSTS AS HIGH
AS 35 MPH TODAY. WITH SLIGHTLY MORE MOISTURE IN THE AREA, MINIMUM
HUMIDITY VALUES ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN ABOVE 30 PERCENT AT THE
FIRE SITE. WIND REMAINS BREEZY INTO WEDNESDAY WITH WINDS SHIFTING
FROM THE SOUTHWEST EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. GUSTY WIND CONTINUES
WEDNESDAY BUT BEGINS TO DECREASE IN THE AFTERNOON. UNSEASONABLE
TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER 80S AND MINIMUM HUMIDITY VALUES IN THE
20S ARE EXPECTED WEDNESDAY.
REST OF TODAY
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (0-10 PERCENT).
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 73.
MIN HUMIDITY........34 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTH WINDS 7 TO 15 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 33 MPH.
WIND (20 FT)........
SLOPE/VALLEY.......SOUTH WINDS 9 TO 17 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 33 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......4200 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 21 TO 30 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (10100 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING
INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (103000 KNOT-FT) IN THE
AFTERNOON.
TIME (CST) 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........10 6 2 2 2 3 1 1 4 9
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............42 51 57 62 66 69 72 72 73 72
RH..............67 54 47 41 37 35 34 35 34 34
20 FT WIND DIR..S S S S S S S S S S
20 FT WIND SPD..12 14 16 18 20 21 22 21 20 17
20 FT WIND GUST.17 21 24 28 30 31 33 31 30 26
EYE LVL WND DIR.S S S S S S S S S S
EYE LVL WND SPD.7 8 10 11 12 13 13 13 12 10
EYE LVL WND GST.10 13 14 17 18 19 20 19 18 16
MIX HGT (KFT)...1.2 1.4 2.0 3.0 3.6 3.7 4.1 4.2 3.5 2.0
TRANSP WIND DIR.S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
TRANSP WIND SPD.21 23 26 29 30 30 29 26 24 23
VRATE KT-FT/1K..10 33 51 74 89 99 102 101 103 91
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR FR GD GD GD VGD VGD VGD GD
TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (20-30 PERCENT).
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 55.
MAX HUMIDITY........83 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTHWEST WINDS 8 TO 10 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
AROUND 17 MPH.
WIND (20 FT)........
SLOPE/VALLEY.......SOUTH WINDS 12 TO 14 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND
29 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......700 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 22 TO 28 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR (27300 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE EVENING
DECREASING TO POOR (11300 KNOT-FT) LATE IN THE
NIGHT.
TIME (CST) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........6 14 8 8 9 13 8 14 7 14 20 46
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............71 66 62 60 59 59 58 58 57 57 57 56
RH..............35 40 44 49 55 62 72 75 80 83 80 83
20 FT WIND DIR..S S S S S S S S S SW SW SW
20 FT WIND SPD..14 13 13 13 13 15 15 15 16 16 17 17
20 FT WIND GUST.21 20 20 20 20 28 26 28 28 28 29 28
EYE LVL WND DIR.S S S S S S S S S SW SW SW
EYE LVL WND SPD.8 8 8 8 8 9 9 9 10 10 10 10
EYE LVL WND GST.13 12 12 12 12 17 16 17 17 17 17 17
MIX HGT (KFT)...1.3 1.2 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8
TRANSP WIND DIR.SW SW SW SW S S S S S SW SW SW
TRANSP WIND SPD.22 22 23 24 25 26 28 28 28 26 26 25
VRATE KT-FT/1K..27 14 11 14 16 20 22 20 18 17 19 24
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
WEDNESDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (15-25 PERCENT).
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 87.
MIN HUMIDITY........25 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTH WINDS 7 TO 10 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 28 MPH.
WIND (20 FT)........
SLOPE/VALLEY.......SOUTHWEST WINDS 9 TO 14 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 28
MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......4500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 18 TO 25 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR (29300 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING
INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (106900 KNOT-FT) IN THE
AFTERNOON.
TIME (CST) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........35 25 28 31 26 21 16 13 9 6 8 11
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............57 57 58 62 67 74 80 83 86 87 86 85
RH..............80 83 83 72 61 46 36 32 27 25 26 27
20 FT WIND DIR..SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW S
20 FT WIND SPD..16 16 16 17 17 17 16 15 15 14 13 12
20 FT WIND GUST.28 28 28 26 25 24 23 22 22 21 20 18
EYE LVL WND DIR.SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW S
EYE LVL WND SPD.10 10 10 10 10 10 10 9 9 8 8 7
EYE LVL WND GST.17 17 17 16 15 14 14 13 13 13 12 11
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.9 1.0 1.3 1.5 1.8 2.4 2.7 3.2 4.0 4.5 3.6 1.7
TRANSP WIND DIR.SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW S S
TRANSP WIND SPD.25 25 25 25 25 25 25 24 23 22 20 18
VRATE KT-FT/1K..29 33 36 41 48 56 66 86 104 107 78 43
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR FR FR FR GD GD VGD VGD GD FR
FORECASTER...27
REQUESTED BY...DISPATCH
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
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.DELDT 02/24/26
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