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FNUS74 KEWX 220238
FWSEWX
SPOT FORECAST FOR GARDNER RD FIRE...BEXAR COUNTY FIRE DISPATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
938 PM CDT THU MAY 21 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON FORECAST START TIME OF 2200 CDT ON MAY 21.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.
DISCUSSION
A COMPLEX OF THUNDERSTORMS IS MOVING SOUTHEAST INTO BEXAR COUNTY
AND EXPECTED TO REACH THE FIRE LOCATION IN THE NEXT HOUR. GUSTY
AND ERRATIC WINDS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM IN
ADDITION TO FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAIN. DRIER WEATHER IS
EXPECTED AS THIS COMPLEX OF STORMS DEPARTS WITH LIGHT WIND
THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT PERIOD. LOW CHANCES OF RAIN RETURN TOMORROW
THOUGH ANY STORM ACTIVITY IS FORECAST TO BE ISOLATED SO DRY
WEATHER IS FAVORED. LIGHT SOUTH TO SOUTHEASTERLY WIND WILL PERSIST
ON FRIDAY.
REST OF TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (75-85 PERCENT). SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS LATE IN THE EVENING, THEN SLIGHT
CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVERNIGHT.
CWR.................5 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 69.
MAX HUMIDITY........97 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....EAST WINDS UP TO 4 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
SOUTHEAST OVERNIGHT, THEN BECOMING LIGHT AFTER
3 AM.
WIND (20 FT)........
SLOPE/VALLEY.......NORTHEAST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH LATE IN THE
EVENING SHIFTING TO THE EAST AROUND 6 MPH, THEN
SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHEAST AROUND 5 MPH
OVERNIGHT BECOMING LIGHT. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE LATE
EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......600 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 6 TO 9 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (3400 KNOT-FT).
TIME (CDT) 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........91 80 81 78 78 73 75 81
WEATHER COV.....DEF DEF DEF SCH SCH SCH
WEATHER TYPE....RW RW RW RW RW RW
TSTM COV........DEF DEF DEF SCH SCH SCH
CWR.............10 10 10 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............74 73 71 71 71 70 69 69
RH..............84 84 87 87 87 90 93 93
20 FT WIND DIR..NE NE E SE SE S S S
20 FT WIND SPD..5 5 6 6 5 3 3 3
20 FT WIND GUST.
EYE LVL WND DIR.NE NE E SE SE S S S
EYE LVL WND SPD.3 3 4 4 3 2 2 2
EYE LVL WND GST.
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.6 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.7
TRANSP WIND DIR.S SE SE S S S S S
TRANSP WIND SPD.7 8 9 9 9 8 7 6
VRATE KT-FT/1K..4 5 5 4 5 5 5 3
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
FRIDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY (50-60 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
SUNNY (20-30 PERCENT). SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS EARLY IN THE MORNING. SLIGHT
CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LATE IN THE
AFTERNOON.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 86.
MIN HUMIDITY........63 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTHEAST UP TO 4 MPH LATE
IN THE MORNING.
WIND (20 FT)........
SLOPE/VALLEY.......LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTHEAST 5 TO 7 MPH LATE
IN THE MORNING. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS
EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS EARLY IN THE
MORNING. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR
THUNDERSTORMS LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......4600 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 5 TO 8 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (2900 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING
INCREASING TO GOOD (31300 KNOT-FT) IN THE
AFTERNOON.
TIME (CDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........86 64 52 59 48 31 26 24 21 19 26 25
WEATHER COV..... SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH
WEATHER TYPE.... RW RW RW RW RW
TSTM COV........ SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH
CWR.............0 10 10 10 10 10 10 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............69 69 71 73 76 78 80 82 84 84 85 86
RH..............93 97 90 90 85 82 77 74 70 67 65 63
20 FT WIND DIR..SE NW E SE SE SE SE SE S S S S
20 FT WIND SPD..3 1 2 2 3 5 5 5 5 5 6 7
20 FT WIND GUST. 3 3 3 5 6 7 9 9 9 10 10
EYE LVL WND DIR.SE NW E SE SE SE SE SE S S S S
EYE LVL WND SPD.2 1 1 1 2 3 3 3 3 3 4 4
EYE LVL WND GST. 2 2 2 3 4 4 5 5 5 6 6
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.7 0.8 1.0 1.2 1.5 2.1 2.9 3.5 4.0 4.4 4.6 4.5
TRANSP WIND DIR.S SW SW S S S S S S S S S
TRANSP WIND SPD.5 6 5 6 6 7 7 7 7 7 7 8
VRATE KT-FT/1K..3 4 4 6 8 13 18 21 24 26 27 31
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
FRIDAY NIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (30-40 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
MOSTLY CLOUDY (60-70 PERCENT). SLIGHT CHANCE OF
SHOWERS IN THE EVENING. SLIGHT CHANCE OF
THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE NIGHT. CHANCE OF
SHOWERS OVERNIGHT.
CWR.................5 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 71.
MAX HUMIDITY........97 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTHEAST WINDS UP TO 5 MPH IN THE EVENING
SHIFTING TO THE NORTHEAST AROUND 3 MPH, THEN
SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHEAST OVERNIGHT BECOMING
LIGHT.
WIND (20 FT)........
SLOPE/VALLEY.......SOUTHEAST WINDS 6 TO 8 MPH IN THE EVENING
SHIFTING TO THE NORTHEAST AROUND 5 MPH, THEN
SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHEAST OVERNIGHT BECOMING
LIGHT. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR
THUNDERSTORMS EARLY IN THE EVENING. GUSTY AND
ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN
THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST 8 TO 16 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD (40000 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE EVENING
DECREASING TO POOR (3600 KNOT-FT) LATE IN THE
NIGHT.
TIME (CDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........23 32 43 40 56 71 58 59 63 57 65 65
WEATHER COV.....SCH SCH SCH SCH CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC
WEATHER TYPE....RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW
TSTM COV........SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH
CWR.............0 10 10 10 10 10 10 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............84 84 82 78 77 75 75 75 74 74 74 73
RH..............67 67 72 82 82 87 84 84 87 87 87 90
20 FT WIND DIR..SE SE SE SE SE SE NE SE S SE SE E
20 FT WIND SPD..7 8 8 7 7 6 5 5 3 3 3 3
20 FT WIND GUST.10 12 12 10 10 9 8 7 7 6 6 6
EYE LVL WND DIR.SE SE SE SE SE SE NE SE S SE SE E
EYE LVL WND SPD.4 5 5 4 4 4 3 3 2 2 2 2
EYE LVL WND GST.6 7 7 6 6 5 5 4 4 4 4 4
MIX HGT (KFT)...4.4 2.9 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.5 0.5 0.7 0.5
TRANSP WIND DIR.S S SE SE SE SE S S S S S S
TRANSP WIND SPD.10 10 10 10 12 12 16 13 10 9 9 8
VRATE KT-FT/1K..40 26 6 5 5 5 9 8 5 4 6 4
VENTRATE CAT....FR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
FORECASTER...27
REQUESTED BY...MEGAN HITCHMAN
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2614273.0/EWX
.DELDT 05/21/26
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0
.EMAIL MEGAN.HITCHMAN@BEXAR.ORG
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