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Spot Forecast for Baker fire...TFS
National Weather Service Austin/San Antonio TX
451 AM CDT Wed Aug 19 2026

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0500 CDT on August 19.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...

Another hot and dry day is expected under mostly sunny skies.
Wind will be from the south or southwest today with 20 foot wind
gusting up to 20 mph at times. Afternoon highs are expected to
reach up to 100 degrees near the fire location with mild lows in
the mid 70s tonight into Thursday morning. Similar conditions are
expected for Thursday, though high temperatures may be a degree or
two hotter than those seen today.

.REST OF TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (55-65 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 76.
Max humidity........76 percent.
Eye level winds.....South winds around 5 mph with gusts to around
                    12 mph.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......South winds around 7 mph with gusts to around
                    20 mph.
Mixing height.......500 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest around 10 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (4900 knot-ft).

TIME (CDT)      5AM
Sky (%).........61
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0
Temp............77
RH..............74
20 FT wind dir..S
20 FT wind spd..8
20 FT wind gust.20
Eye lvl wnd dir.S
Eye lvl wnd spd.5
Eye lvl wnd gst.12
Mix hgt (kft)...0.5
Transp wind dir.SW
Transp wind spd.10
Vrate kt-ft/1K..5
Ventrate Cat....PR

.TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (30-40 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 99.
Min humidity........28 percent.
Eye level winds.....South winds around 5 mph.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......Southwest winds 7 to 8 mph.
Mixing height.......8500 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest 10 to 12 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (4100 knot-ft) early in the morning
                    increasing to excellent (76600 knot-ft) in the
                    afternoon.

TIME (CDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........57  39  45  43  43  30  24  15  22  22  41  22
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............77  76  78  80  85  89  92  95  97  98  99  99
RH..............74  76  74  69  57  48  43  36  33  30  29  28
20 FT wind dir..SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  S   S   S
20 FT wind spd..8   8   8   8   8   9   9   8   9   9   9   9
20 FT wind gust.18  18  17  17  16  16  15  15  15  15  16  16
Eye lvl wnd dir.SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  S   S   S
Eye lvl wnd spd.5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5
Eye lvl wnd gst.11  11  10  10  10  10  9   9   9   9   10  10
Mix hgt (kft)...0.5 0.5 0.8 1.3 1.6 2.9 5.4 6.7 7.1 8.0 8.5 7.9
Transp wind dir.SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  S   S   S
Transp wind spd.10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10  12  12
Vrate kt-ft/1K..4   4   9   18  19  29  46  60  69  73  77  75
Ventrate Cat....PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  FR  FR  GD  GD  GD  GD

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (15-25 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 75.
Max humidity........84 percent.
Eye level winds.....Southwest winds up to 5 mph. Gusts up to 21 mph
                    overnight.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......South winds 6 to 8 mph. Gusts up to 21 mph
                    overnight.
Mixing height.......500 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South 13 to 16 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Excellent (81200 knot-ft) early in the evening
                    decreasing to poor (4600 knot-ft) late in the
                    night.

TIME (CDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........8   6   7   7   19  6   16  12  18  18  27  29
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............98  97  94  88  86  85  83  81  79  78  77  76
RH..............29  30  32  38  42  46  53  60  67  71  74  79
20 FT wind dir..S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   SW
20 FT wind spd..9   9   7   7   7   7   9   9   9   9   9   8
20 FT wind gust.16  16  15  16  15  15  20  21  21  20  20  18
Eye lvl wnd dir.S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   SW
Eye lvl wnd spd.5   5   4   4   4   4   5   5   5   5   5   5
Eye lvl wnd gst.10  10  9   10  9   9   12  13  13  12  12  11
Mix hgt (kft)...6.6 5.9 4.5 1.8 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.13  13  14  14  15  16  16  16  16  15  14  13
Vrate kt-ft/1K..81  65  5   5   5   5   6   8   7   7   5   5
Ventrate Cat....GD  GD  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR

$$
Forecaster...27
Requested by...John Fraser
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2620003.0/EWX
.DELDT 08/19/26
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL csdispatch@tfs.tamu.edu