166  
FNUS74 KHGX 021757  
FWSHGX  
 
SPOT FORECAST FOR ESPARZA...TEXAS A&M FOREST SERVICE  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX  
1157 AM CST FRI JAN 2 2026  
 
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER  
SERVICE.  
   
DISCUSSION  
 
EXPECT GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS THIS AFTERNOON WITH GUSTS OF 15 TO 25 MPH  
UNTIL AROUND 5PM. WARM TEMPERATURES WILL RESULT IN MINIMUM HUMIDITY VALUES  
OF AROUND 25 PERCENT LATE THIS AFTERNOON. DRY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED SATURDAY  
WITH COOLER DAYTIME TEMPERATURES. THE WINDS STAYING UP TONIGHT WILL RESULT IN HUMIDITY  
LEVELS ONLY RECOVERING TO THE 60 TO 70 PERCENT RANGE. THIS SHOULD RESULT IN SLIGHTLY  
HIGHER HUMIDITY LEVELS SATURDAY AFTERNOON OF 30 TO 40 PERCENT.  
 
   
REST OF TODAY  
 
TIME (CST) 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM  
SKY COVER.......CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR  
SKY (%).........0 0 0 0 0 0  
WEATHER COV.....  
WEATHER TYPE....  
TSTM COV........  
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0  
TEMP............77 79 82 83 82 80  
RH..............40 35 30 25 28 32  
APARNT TMP (F)..76 78 79 80 80 79  
20 FT WIND DIR..SW SW SW SW W W  
20 FT WIND SPD..12 12 12 12 10 8  
20 FT WIND GUST.23 23 22 22 18 12  
MIX HGT (KFT)...2.6 2.9 3.5 3.6 2.2 0.7  
MIX HGT (KM)....0.8 0.9 1.1 1.1 0.7 0.2  
TRANSP WIND DIR.W W W W W W  
TRANSP WIND SPD.18 17 18 18 16 13  
TRANS WIND DIR..W W W W W W  
TRANS SPD (M/S).8 8 8 8 7 6  
CEILING (KFT)...25 25 25 25 25 25  
VISIBILITY (SM).10 10 10 10 10 10  
   
TONIGHT  
 
TIME (CST) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM  
SKY COVER.......CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR MCR MCR CLR CLR CLR CLR  
SKY (%).........0 2 2 1 4 4 7 12 4 3 4 5  
WEATHER COV.....  
WEATHER TYPE....  
TSTM COV........  
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  
TEMP............75 72 70 69 67 66 65 65 64 63 61 60  
RH..............40 48 49 53 56 61 58 60 58 58 62 62  
APARNT TMP (F)..76 72 70 69 67 66 65 65 64 63 61 60  
20 FT WIND DIR..SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW W W W W  
20 FT WIND SPD..5 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6  
20 FT WIND GUST.10 9 10 9 10 10 12 12 13 13 14 14  
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5  
MIX HGT (KM)....0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2  
TRANSP WIND DIR.W SW SW W W W W W W W W NW  
TRANSP WIND SPD.10 10 10 10 12 14 14 14 15 14 15 14  
TRANS WIND DIR..W SW SW W W W W W W W W NW  
TRANS SPD (M/S).4 4 4 4 5 6 6 6 7 6 7 6  
CEILING (KFT)...25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25  
VISIBILITY (SM).10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10  
   
SATURDAY  
 
TIME (CST) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM  
SKY COVER.......CLR CLR CLR CLR MCR MCR MCR MCR CLR MCR CLR CLR  
SKY (%).........3 4 4 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  
WEATHER COV.....  
WEATHER TYPE....  
TSTM COV........  
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  
TEMP............59 57 57 60 63 65 66 67 69 71 71 69  
RH..............62 67 67 64 62 60 50 45 40 35 35 40  
APARNT TMP (F)..59 58 58 60 63 65 66 67 68 68 69 68  
20 FT WIND DIR..NW NW NW N N N N N N N N N  
20 FT WIND SPD..6 7 8 9 10 10 10 10 10 9 9 7  
20 FT WIND GUST.13 15 16 18 20 20 20 20 20 18 17 14  
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.6 0.6 0.7 1.1 1.5 2.1 2.7 2.9 3.0 3.1 2.2 1.0  
MIX HGT (KM)....0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.5 0.6 0.8 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.7 0.3  
TRANSP WIND DIR.NW N N N N N N N N N N N  
TRANSP WIND SPD.14 13 15 17 18 20 21 22 20 18 17 14  
TRANS WIND DIR..NW N N N N N N N N N N N  
TRANS SPD (M/S).6 6 7 8 8 9 9 10 9 8 8 6  
CEILING (KFT)...25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25  
VISIBILITY (SM).10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10  
 
 
FORECASTER...MORELAND  
REQUESTED BY...DISPATCH  
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE  
.TAG 2528209.0/HGX  
.DELDT 01/02/26  
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0  
.EMAIL CSDISPATCH@TFS.TAMU.EDU  
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