122  
FNUS74 KFWD 311631  
FWSFWD  
 
SPOT FORECAST FOR HAZ MAT TRAIN DERAILMENT...FT. WORTH FIRE DEPT.  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX  
1131 AM CDT SUN AUG 31 2025  
 
FORECAST IS BASED ON FORECAST START TIME OF 1200 CDT ON AUGUST 31.  
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER  
SERVICE.  
   
DISCUSSION  
 
PRECIPITATION-FREE CONDITIONS ARE ONGOING AT THIS TIME IN THE  
VICINITY OF THE INCIDENT, HOWEVER, THIS IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE IN  
THE COMING HOURS. A FEW SHOWERS AND STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP  
BY 1400, POSING A RISK FOR LIGHTNING AND BRIEF HEAVY RAIN. SEVERE  
WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED.  
 
LIGHT WINDS BETWEEN 3-5 MPH OUT OF THE SOUTHEAST ARE ONGOING, WITH  
A SLIGHT UPTICK IN WIND SPEEDS BY 1300. WINDS SHOULD REMAIN BELOW  
10 MPH THROUGH THE REST OF TODAY. THE ONE EXCEPTION WILL BE IF A  
SHOWER OR STORM DEVELOPS IN THE VICINITY OF THE INCIDENT, THEN  
ERRATIC WIND CAN BE EXPECTED WITH QUICKLY SHIFTING DIRECTION AND  
SPEED.  
 
THE HIGHEST LIKELIHOOD FOR PRECIPITATION WILL BE FROM 1400 TO  
1900, HOWEVER, AN ISOLATED SHOWER OR STORM CANNOT BE RULED OUT  
THROUGH THE NIGHT. SIMILARLY, BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND LIGHTNING WILL  
BE THE MAIN THREATS.  
 
ANOTHER BURST OF PRECIPITATION MAY DEVELOP TOMORROW MORNING,  
GENERALLY BETWEEN 0700-1200. OVERALL, COVERAGE SHOULD REMAIN  
ISOLATED TO SCATTERED, THEREFORE, RAIN CHANCES WILL BE AROUND 40%  
DURING THE MORNING HOURS. WINDS WILL BE OUT OF THE NORTHEAST AT  
OR BELOW 5MPH. A FEW ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND STORMS MAY DEVELOP  
TOMORROW AFTERNOON, HOWEVER, PROBABILITY OF PRECIPITATION WILL  
DROP BELOW 20%.  
   
REST OF TODAY  
 
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80 PERCENT). CHANCE OF  
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.  
CHANCE OF PCPN......50 PERCENT.  
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 84.  
MIN HUMIDITY........65 PERCENT.  
SURFACE WINDS (MPH).SOUTHEAST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH.  
 
TIME (CDT) 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM  
SKY (%).........79 69 74 73 72 68  
WEATHER COV.....CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC  
WEATHER TYPE....RW RW RW RW RW RW  
TSTM COV........CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC  
CHC OF PCPN (%).50 50 50 50 50 50  
TEMP............78 79 81 82 82 84  
RH..............82 79 72 69 69 65  
SURFACE WND DIR.E SE SE SE E SE  
SURFACE WND SPD.5 5 5 5 5 5  
SURFACE WND GST.8 9 8 9 9 9  
   
TONIGHT  
 
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80 PERCENT). CHANCE OF  
THUNDERSTORMS EARLY IN THE EVENING. CHANCE OF  
SHOWERS THROUGH THE NIGHT. SLIGHT CHANCE OF  
THUNDERSTORMS IN THE LATE EVENING AND  
OVERNIGHT.  
CHANCE OF PCPN......50 PERCENT.  
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 71.  
MAX HUMIDITY........100 PERCENT.  
SURFACE WINDS (MPH).NORTHEAST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH BECOMING LIGHT.  
 
TIME (CDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM  
SKY (%).........67 70 71 72 73 65 58 71 77 86 84 91  
WEATHER COV.....CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC  
WEATHER TYPE....RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW  
TSTM COV........CHC CHC CHC CHC SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH  
CHC OF PCPN (%).50 40 40 40 30 30 30 30 30 30 40 40  
TEMP............82 82 80 77 76 75 74 74 74 74 73 73  
RH..............67 69 74 85 90 94 100 100 100 100 100 100  
SURFACE WND DIR.E E E E E E E E E E NE N  
SURFACE WND SPD.5 5 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2  
SURFACE WND GST.8 7 5 5 5 3 3 3  
   
LABOR DAY  
 
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY (60-70 PERCENT). SLIGHT CHANCE OF  
THUNDERSTORMS EARLY IN THE MORNING. CHANCE OF  
SHOWERS IN THE MORNING, THEN SLIGHT CHANCE OF  
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.  
CHANCE OF PCPN......40 PERCENT.  
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 88.  
MIN HUMIDITY........61 PERCENT.  
SURFACE WINDS (MPH).NORTHEAST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH.  
 
TIME (CDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM  
SKY (%).........85 83 81 76 70 68 65 62 59 55 52 46  
WEATHER COV.....CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH  
WEATHER TYPE....RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW  
TSTM COV........SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH  
CHC OF PCPN (%).40 30 30 30 30 30 30 20 20 20 20 20  
TEMP............73 72 71 74 76 78 80 83 84 86 88 87  
RH..............97 100 100 97 94 88 82 74 72 65 61 63  
SURFACE WND DIR.N NE N NE NE NE E E E NE NE NE  
SURFACE WND SPD.2 2 2 2 3 3 5 5 5 5 5 5  
SURFACE WND GST.3 3 5 6 7 8 9 9 9 9 9 9  
 
 
FORECASTER...HERNANDEZ  
REQUESTED BY...LT. JAKE PANNELL  
TYPE OF REQUEST...HAZMAT  
.TAG 2521026.0/FWD  
.DELDT 08/31/25  
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0  
.EMAIL JACOB.PANNELL@FORTWORTHTEXAS.GOV  
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