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FNUS74 KEWX 152133
FWSEWX
SPOT FORECAST FOR SH 123...SAND HILLS VFD
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
433 PM CDT FRI MAY 15 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON FORECAST START TIME OF 1700 CDT ON MAY 15.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.
DISCUSSION
SOUTHERLY WINDS REMAIN QUITE BREEZY THIS AFTERNOON BEFORE WANING
AFTER SUNSET. HOWEVER, GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH ARE STILL POSSIBLE
THROUGH THIS EVENING. MINIMUM RH VALUES FALL TO AROUND 40% BEFORE
EXCELLENT RECOVERY TAKES PLACE OVERNIGHT WITH RH VALUES AROUND
90%. FOR SATURDAY, EXPECT WINDS TO REMAIN LIGHTER AND FROM THE
SOUTH BEFORE TURNING MORE SOUTHEASTERLY AND BECOMING BREEZY 12
TO 15 MPH BY THE AFTERNOON. COULD SEE GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH AT TIMES
AS WELL. SATURDAY WILL BE VERY WARM WITH HIGHS AROUND 90.
ADDITIONALLY RH VALUES SHOULD REMAIN ABOVE 40% THROUGHOUT THE DAY.
REST OF TODAY
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY (65-75 PERCENT).
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 91.
MIN HUMIDITY........42 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTH WINDS AROUND 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH.
WIND (20 FT)........
SLOPE/VALLEY.......SOUTH WINDS AROUND 14 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......4100 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH AROUND 22 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT (115000 KNOT-FT).
TIME (CDT) 5PM
SKY (%).........69
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CWR.............0
TEMP............90
RH..............42
20 FT WIND DIR..S
20 FT WIND SPD..17
20 FT WIND GUST.24
EYE LVL WND DIR.S
EYE LVL WND SPD.10
EYE LVL WND GST.14
MIX HGT (KFT)...4.1
TRANSP WIND DIR.S
TRANSP WIND SPD.22
VRATE KT-FT/1K..115
VENTRATE CAT....VGD
TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80 PERCENT).
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 69.
MAX HUMIDITY........90 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH.
WIND (20 FT)........
SLOPE/VALLEY.......SOUTHEAST WINDS 7 TO 15 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 15 TO 22 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD (42100 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE EVENING
DECREASING TO POOR (900 KNOT-FT) LATE IN THE
NIGHT.
TIME (CDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........70 69 78 72 69 75 77 83 83 81 81 70
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............89 87 82 79 76 74 73 72 72 71 71 71
RH..............42 45 53 60 69 76 79 84 84 87 87 84
20 FT WIND DIR..SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE S SE SE SE
20 FT WIND SPD..17 17 17 16 15 14 13 12 9 9 8 8
20 FT WIND GUST.24 25 24 23 22 22 21 20 17 16 15 15
EYE LVL WND DIR.SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE S SE SE SE
EYE LVL WND SPD.10 10 10 10 9 8 8 7 5 5 5 5
EYE LVL WND GST.14 15 14 14 13 13 13 12 10 10 9 9
MIX HGT (KFT)...2.8 2.2 1.8 0.9 0.5 0.6 1.0 1.1 1.0 0.9 0.8 0.8
TRANSP WIND DIR.S S S S S S S S S S S SE
TRANSP WIND SPD.22 22 22 21 21 20 20 18 17 17 16 15
VRATE KT-FT/1K..36 42 8 1 8 11 15 18 16 13 10 8
VENTRATE CAT....PR FR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
SATURDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (35-45 PERCENT).
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 89.
MIN HUMIDITY........45 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH INCREASING TO SOUTHEAST
AROUND 12 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
WIND (20 FT)........
SLOPE/VALLEY.......SOUTHEAST WINDS 6 TO 15 MPH INCREASING TO
AROUND 16 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......5500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 15 TO 21 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (7200 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING
INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (94400 KNOT-FT) IN THE
AFTERNOON.
TIME (CDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........55 54 56 56 56 55 41 38 34 19 23 42
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............70 69 72 74 78 81 82 85 88 88 89 88
RH..............87 90 81 79 69 63 58 53 48 48 45 48
20 FT WIND DIR..SE SE SE S S S S S S S S SE
20 FT WIND SPD..8 8 10 13 15 16 16 16 16 17 18 20
20 FT WIND GUST.15 16 18 21 22 23 23 23 24 25 25 26
EYE LVL WND DIR.SE SE SE S S S S S S S S SE
EYE LVL WND SPD.5 5 6 8 9 10 10 10 10 10 11 12
EYE LVL WND GST.9 10 11 13 13 14 14 14 14 15 15 16
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.8 0.7 1.2 2.2 2.7 3.2 4.3 4.8 5.0 5.3 5.5 4.7
TRANSP WIND DIR.SE SE SE S S S S S S S S S
TRANSP WIND SPD.15 15 15 16 17 18 18 20 20 21 21 21
VRATE KT-FT/1K..7 10 19 34 52 66 76 82 90 94 93 82
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR FR GD GD GD GD GD GD GD
FORECASTER...02
REQUESTED BY...K HALLMARK
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2613757.0/EWX
.DELDT 05/15/26
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0
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