729  
FNUS74 KHGX 182025  
FWSHGX  
 
SPOT FORECAST FOR ODAY HAY FIELD...MATAGORDA COUNTY EXTENSION  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX  
225 PM CST WED FEB 18 2026  
 
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER  
SERVICE.  
   
DISCUSSION  
 
MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES AND SOUTH WINDS 10-17MPH ARE ANTICIPATED  
THURSDAY AFTERNOON. NO RAIN IS ANTICIPATED, THOUGH IT WILL  
BE FAIRLY HUMID WITH MINIMUM AFTERNOON RH'S 70-75%.  
 
   
THURSDAY  
 
TIME (CST) 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM  
SKY COVER.......MC MC MC PC  
SKY (%).........56 55 51 46  
WEATHER COV.....  
WEATHER TYPE....  
TSTM COV........  
CWR.............0 0 0 0  
TEMP............77 77 78 76  
RH..............75 75 73 82  
APARNT TMP (F)..77 77 78 76  
20 FT WIND DIR..S S S S  
20 FT WIND SPD..12 10 9 8  
20 FT WIND GUST.17 16 15 14  
MIX HGT (KFT)...3.0 3.1 2.5 1.6  
MIX HGT (KM)....0.9 0.9 0.8 0.5  
TRANSP WIND DIR.S S S S  
TRANSP WIND SPD.17 15 14 13  
TRANS WIND DIR..S S S S  
TRANS SPD (M/S).8 7 6 6  
CEILING (KFT)...3.5 4.5 3.5 3.5  
VISIBILITY (SM).7 7 7 7  
   
THURSDAY NIGHT  
 
TIME (CST) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM  
SKY COVER.......PC MC MC MC MC MC MC MC MC CDY CDY CDY  
SKY (%).........36 61 68 75 76 76 77 81 84 88 90 91  
WEATHER COV..... PTY PTY ARS ARS ARS ARS ARS ARS  
WEATHER TYPE.... FOG FOG FOG FOG FOG FOG FOG FOG  
TSTM COV........  
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  
TEMP............73 72 69 68 68 68 68 68 67 66 66 65  
RH..............89 94 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 99 100 100  
APARNT TMP (F)..73 72 69 68 68 68 68 68 67 66 66 65  
20 FT WIND DIR..S S S SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  
20 FT WIND SPD..6 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5  
20 FT WIND GUST.12 10 9 8 8 8 8 8 8 7 7 7  
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.6 0.6 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.4  
MIX HGT (KM)....0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1  
TRANSP WIND DIR.S S S S S S S S S S S S  
TRANSP WIND SPD.9 10 9 7 7 8 9 10 10 10 9 8  
TRANS WIND DIR..S S S S S S S S S S S S  
TRANS SPD (M/S).4 4 4 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4  
CEILING (KFT)...2.7 1.3 0.8 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.3  
VISIBILITY (SM).7 7 7 6 6 5 .90 .81 .71 .61 .69 .77  
   
FRIDAY  
 
TIME (CST) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM  
SKY COVER.......CDY MC MC MC MC MC MC MC MC MC MC MC  
SKY (%).........93 87 82 76 68 61 53 52 52 51 51 51  
WEATHER COV.....ARS ARS PTY PTY  
WEATHER TYPE....FOG FOG FOG FOG  
TSTM COV........  
CWR.............10 10 10 10 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0  
TEMP............65 67 69 71 73 75 76 78 78 78 77 75  
RH..............100 100 100 100 93 85 80 77 76 76 79 86  
APARNT TMP (F)..65 67 69 71 73 75 76 78 78 78 77 75  
20 FT WIND DIR..SE SE SE SE S S S S S S S S  
20 FT WIND SPD..5 5 6 6 7 9 10 12 12 10 9 7  
20 FT WIND GUST.7 7 8 9 12 14 16 16 16 16 15 13  
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.5 0.6 0.9 1.3 1.8 2.3 2.7 2.9 2.8 2.5 2.1 1.5  
MIX HGT (KM)....0.2 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.7 0.8 0.9 0.9 0.8 0.6 0.5  
TRANSP WIND DIR.S S S S S S S S S S S S  
TRANSP WIND SPD.7 8 10 13 15 17 20 20 20 18 17 15  
TRANS WIND DIR..S S S S S S S S S S S S  
TRANS SPD (M/S).3 4 4 6 7 8 9 9 9 8 8 7  
CEILING (KFT)...  
VISIBILITY (SM)..85 .85 4 6 6 7 7 7 7 7 7 7  
 
 
FORECASTER...47  
REQUESTED BY...GREG BAKER  
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED  
.TAG 2603091.0/HGX  
.DELDT 02/18/26  
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0  
.EMAIL MODAY1950@GMAIL.COM,GREG.BAKER@AG.TAMU.EDU  
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