276  
FNUS74 KHGX 240226  
FWSHGX  
 
SPOT FORECAST FOR RATCLIFF LAKE NIGHT TIME...USDA  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX  
926 PM CDT MON MAR 23 2026  
 
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER  
SERVICE.  
   
DISCUSSION  
 
MOSTLY CLEAR TO PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE DURATION  
OF THE BURN. LOWS TONIGHT WILL BE IN THE LOW 60S. HIGHS TOMORROW WILL REACH  
TO AROUND 85F. WINDS WILL BE OUT OF THE SE/E BELOW 5 MPH WITH GUSTS TO  
AROUND 10 MPH. MIXING HEIGHTS TONIGHT WILL BE BELOW 1000 FEET, AND WILL  
INCREASE TO 3,000 FEET BY NOON TUESDAY. NO PRECIPITATION AND NO ISSUES WITH  
VISIBILITY ARE ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.  
 
   
REST OF TONIGHT  
 
TIME (CDT) 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM  
SKY COVER.......MCR MCR MCR MCR PC PC PC MC  
SKY (%).........12 11 8 15 26 44 40 51  
WEATHER COV.....  
WEATHER TYPE....  
TSTM COV........  
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  
TEMP............71 68 65 65 63 62 62 61  
RH..............66 73 78 75 81 84 84 84  
APARNT TMP (F)..69 67 65 65 63 62 62 61  
20 FT WIND DIR..SE E E E E E E E  
20 FT WIND SPD..2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2  
20 FT WIND GUST.7 7 8 9 8 8 7 7  
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.4 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4  
MIX HGT (KM)....0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1  
TRANSP WIND DIR.SE SE SE SE SE SE SE E  
TRANSP WIND SPD.6 8 8 9 7 8 7 6  
TRANS WIND DIR..SE SE SE SE SE SE SE E  
TRANS SPD (M/S).3 4 4 4 3 4 3 3  
CEILING (KFT)...25 25 25 25 25 25 25 7.9  
VISIBILITY (SM).10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10  
   
TUESDAY  
 
TIME (CDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM  
SKY COVER.......MC MC MC MC MC PC MC MC MC PC PC MCR  
SKY (%).........61 57 77 61 65 45 52 60 63 43 40 16  
WEATHER COV.....  
WEATHER TYPE....  
TSTM COV........  
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  
TEMP............60 60 60 63 67 71 74 77 80 81 83 83  
RH..............84 87 90 81 75 71 62 56 51 49 46 46  
APARNT TMP (F)..60 60 60 63 67 71 74 77 81 82 83 83  
20 FT WIND DIR..E E E SE SE SE S S S S S S  
20 FT WIND SPD..2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3  
20 FT WIND GUST.7 7 7 7 7 9 9 10 10 10 12 12  
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.5 0.4 0.7 1.0 1.4 2.2 3.0 3.8 4.5 5.0 5.0 3.9  
MIX HGT (KM)....0.2 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.7 0.9 1.2 1.4 1.5 1.5 1.2  
TRANSP WIND DIR.E SE SE S S S S S S S S S  
TRANSP WIND SPD.7 7 5 5 6 7 8 8 8 7 7 7  
TRANS WIND DIR..E SE SE S S S S S S S S S  
TRANS SPD (M/S).3 3 2 2 3 3 4 4 4 3 3 3  
CEILING (KFT)...3.5 8.4 7.9 3.2 2.5 4.6 9.3 17 20 25 25 25  
VISIBILITY (SM).10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10  
 
 
FORECASTER...BAILEY  
REQUESTED BY...ROBERT  
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED  
.TAG 2607458.0/HGX  
.DELDT 03/23/26  
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0  
.EMAIL ROBERT.MANRY@USDA.GOV  
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