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Spot Forecast for RCRP Unit 1 2024...Jared Hall
National Weather Service Fort Worth TX
510 AM CDT Mon Jun 24 2024

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0800 CDT on June 24.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM CDT TUESDAY...

.DISCUSSION...
Sunny and hot weather will continue today with highs in the upper
90s and afternoon heat index values near 104. A south wind will
prevail between 5 and 10 mph with occasional gusts as high as 16
mph. Tuesday will be very similar to today but it will be slightly
more humid, pushing afternoon heat index values closer to 107.


.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (5-15 percent).
Max temperature.....Around 97.
Min humidity........42 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........South winds 5 to 10 mph.
Mixing height.......7100 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South 10 to 13 mph.
Haines Index........5 or moderate potential for large plume
                    dominated fire growth.

TIME (CDT)      8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........1   3   3   3   2   8   8   9   14  5
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Temp............76  80  85  88  91  93  95  96  97  96
RH..............82  77  67  59  52  49  45  43  42  43
20 FT wind dir..SW  SW  SW  S   S   S   S   S   S   S
20 FT wind spd..6   6   6   7   7   8   8   9   10  10
20 FT wind gust.8   9   10  10  12  13  14  15  16  16
Mix hgt (kft)...0.7 1.5 3.0 4.5 5.7 6.4 6.9 7.1 6.9 6.7
Transp wind dir.SW  SW  SW  S   S   S   S   S   S   S
Transp wind spd.10  12  12  10  10  12  12  12  12  13
Haines index....5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (0-10 percent).
Min temperature.....Around 78.
Max humidity........91 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........South winds around 8 mph.
Mixing height.......500 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South 13 to 15 mph.
Haines Index........4 to 5 or low to moderate potential for large
                    plume dominated fire growth.

TIME (CDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........3   9   10  10  4   4   4   11  4   6   3   2
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Temp............96  95  92  88  86  84  84  82  82  80  80  79
RH..............42  43  51  57  61  67  67  72  74  82  85  85
20 FT wind dir..S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S
20 FT wind spd..12  12  10  10  10  10  9   9   9   9   9   9
20 FT wind gust.17  16  15  15  15  15  15  15  15  15  15  15
Mix hgt (kft)...6.3 5.2 1.1 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5
Transp wind dir.S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S
Transp wind spd.15  15  14  13  14  14  14  14  15  15  14  14
Haines index....5   4   4   4   4   4   4   4   4   4   4   4

.TUESDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (5-15 percent).
Max temperature.....Around 99.
Min humidity........43 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........South winds 7 to 10 mph.
Mixing height.......6500 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South 14 to 16 mph.
Haines Index........4 to 5 or low to moderate potential for large
                    plume dominated fire growth.

TIME (CDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........11  17  7   4   4   6   7   9   11  12  14  12
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Temp............79  78  80  83  88  91  94  96  97  98  99  98
RH..............85  91  88  80  67  60  54  49  47  45  43  43
20 FT wind dir..S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S
20 FT wind spd..8   8   9   10  10  10  10  10  10  12  12  12
20 FT wind gust.15  14  15  15  15  15  16  16  17  18  18  18
Mix hgt (kft)...0.5 0.5 1.3 2.0 2.7 3.7 4.6 5.6 5.9 6.2 6.5 5.8
Transp wind dir.S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S
Transp wind spd.14  14  15  16  16  16  15  15  15  15  15  16
Haines index....4   5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5

$$
Forecaster...Fano
Requested by...Jared Hall
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2416588.0/FWD
.DELDT 06/24/24
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL jared.hall@fortworthtexas.gov