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Spot Forecast for Matagorda County Prescribed Burn-Hobbs...Matagorda County Extension
National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX
852 PM CDT Wed May 22 2024

If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...

Southerly winds will prevail through the period around 10mph with
occasional gusts to 20mph. Mostly cloudy skies are expected during
the overnight periods with gradually clearing skies through the
morning into the afternoon. Hot conditions are expected with
afternoon heat indices rising into the triple digits. Minimum
afternoon relative humidity values will be around 50 to 60 percent
with mixing heights peaking around 3500ft during the afternoon.

.FRIDAY...
TIME (CDT)      MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky cover.......PC  PC  MC  MC  MC  MC
Sky (%).........50  50  53  58  64  69
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............79  78  78  78  78  78
RH..............88  94  97  94  94  91
Aparnt tmp (F)..79  78  78  78  78  78
20 FT wind dir..S   S   S   S   S   S
20 FT wind spd..10  10  10  9   8   8
20 FT wind gust.18  18  18  18  17  17
Mix hgt (kft)...0.7 0.8 0.8 0.9 0.9 0.9
Mix hgt (km)....0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.3
Transp wind dir.S   S   S   S   S   S
Transp wind spd.16  16  16  15  14  14
Trans wind dir..S   S   S   S   S   S
Trans spd (m/s).7   7   7   7   6   6

.FRIDAY...
TIME (CDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky cover.......MC  MC  PC  PC  PC  PC  MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR
Sky (%).........69  55  49  44  38  31  24  17  14  12  9   12
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............78  79  81  84  87  89  89  90  91  91  91  90
RH..............91  88  81  75  70  66  64  62  59  57  56  57
Aparnt tmp (F)..78  79  88  93  98  100 100 101 101 100 100 98
20 FT wind dir..S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S
20 FT wind spd..8   7   8   8   9   10  12  12  12  12  12  12
20 FT wind gust.16  16  17  17  18  20  22  23  23  23  23  22
Mix hgt (kft)...1.0 1.3 1.7 2.1 2.6 3.0 3.3 3.6 3.7 3.7 3.5 3.2
Mix hgt (km)....0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.8 0.9 1.0 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.0
Transp wind dir.S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S
Transp wind spd.13  14  14  15  16  17  18  20  20  20  20  20
Trans wind dir..S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S
Trans spd (m/s).6   6   6   7   7   8   8   9   9   9   9   9

.FRIDAY NIGHT...
TIME (CDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky cover.......MCR MCR MCR PC  PC  PC  PC  PC  PC  MC  MC  MC
Sky (%).........15  18  22  27  31  31  30  30  40  51  61  66
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0   10  10  10  10  10  10  0   0   0   0   0
Temp............89  87  85  83  81  80  79  78  78  78  78  78
RH..............59  63  70  77  85  90  92  94  94  94  94  95
Aparnt tmp (F)..96  94  93  90  87  84  79  78  78  78  78  78
20 FT wind dir..S   S   S   SE  SE  SE  S   S   S   S   S   S
20 FT wind spd..12  12  10  9   8   7   7   7   7   6   6   6
20 FT wind gust.21  20  18  18  17  16  15  14  14  14  14  14
Mix hgt (kft)...2.7 2.2 1.6 1.1 0.7 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.8
Mix hgt (km)....0.8 0.7 0.5 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2
Transp wind dir.S   S   S   SE  SE  SE  S   S   S   S   S   S
Transp wind spd.18  17  16  15  14  14  14  14  14  13  12  12
Trans wind dir..S   S   S   SE  SE  SE  S   S   S   S   S   S
Trans spd (m/s).8   8   7   7   6   6   6   6   6   6   5   5

.SATURDAY...
TIME (CDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky cover.......MC  MC  MC  PC  PC  PC  MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR
Sky (%).........70  75  62  49  36  29  23  16  17  19  20  24
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............78  79  81  84  87  89  91  92  92  91  90  89
RH..............96  94  87  78  70  64  59  56  55  56  58  59
Aparnt tmp (F)..78  79  89  94  98  100 102 102 101 100 98  97
20 FT wind dir..S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S
20 FT wind spd..6   6   7   7   8   9   12  12  13  13  13  13
20 FT wind gust.14  14  15  16  17  18  21  22  23  24  24  23
Mix hgt (kft)...1.0 1.2 1.6 2.1 2.6 3.1 3.4 3.7 3.8 3.8 3.6 3.2
Mix hgt (km)....0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.8 0.9 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.2 1.1 1.0
Transp wind dir.S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S
Transp wind spd.12  13  14  16  17  18  20  21  21  21  21  21
Trans wind dir..S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S
Trans spd (m/s).5   6   6   7   8   8   9   9   9   9   9   9

$$
Forecaster...Fowler
Requested by...Gregory Baker
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2414942.0/HGX
.DELDT 05/23/24
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL greg.baker@ag.tamu.edu