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Spot Forecast for Ranch Hill...TFS
National Weather Service Austin/San Antonio TX
156 AM CDT Thu Aug 20 2026

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0200 CDT on August 20.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...

Light wind will continue through the morning mainly from the
south or southwest, but could be variable at times. Expect good
recovery through this morning, but hot and dry conditions quickly
drop daytime humidity values as low as 25 percent mid to late
afternoon. South wind will mainly be between 5-10 mph today with
an occasional gust up to 20 mph. Dry conditions are forecast.

.REST OF TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (10-20 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 73.
Max humidity........90 percent.
Eye level winds.....South winds around 5 mph.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......South winds around 8 mph.
Mixing height.......600 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South 14 to 17 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (5900 knot-ft).

TIME (CDT)      2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........3   15  22  24
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0   0   0   0
Temp............77  76  75  74
RH..............76  79  82  87
20 FT wind dir..S   S   S   S
20 FT wind spd..9   9   9   9
20 FT wind gust.
Eye lvl wnd dir.S   S   S   S
Eye lvl wnd spd.5   5   5   5
Eye lvl wnd gst.
Mix hgt (kft)...0.7 0.6 0.6 0.6
Transp wind dir.S   S   S   S
Transp wind spd.17  16  15  14
Vrate kt-ft/1K..8   8   7   6
Ventrate Cat....PR  PR  PR  PR

.TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (10-20 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 97.
Min humidity........29 percent.
Eye level winds.....South winds up to 5 mph.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......South winds 6 to 8 mph.
Mixing height.......7900 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South 9 to 13 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (4800 knot-ft) early in the morning
                    increasing to excellent (71900 knot-ft) in the
                    afternoon.

TIME (CDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........21  27  20  18  7   4   4   13  8   22  27  21
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............74  73  75  78  83  87  90  93  95  96  97  97
RH..............87  90  87  79  65  55  47  39  34  32  31  29
20 FT wind dir..S   S   S   S   SW  S   S   S   S   S   S   S
20 FT wind spd..8   8   7   8   9   9   9   8   8   8   8   8
20 FT wind gust.    16  16  16  17  17  16  16  16  16  16  15
Eye lvl wnd dir.S   S   S   S   SW  S   S   S   S   S   S   S
Eye lvl wnd spd.5   5   4   5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5
Eye lvl wnd gst.    10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10  9
Mix hgt (kft)...0.5 0.5 0.8 1.3 1.5 2.7 4.9 6.0 6.5 7.4 7.9 7.6
Transp wind dir.S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S
Transp wind spd.13  12  10  10  10  9   9   9   9   9   9   9
Vrate kt-ft/1K..5   5   7   17  19  28  35  48  64  61  71  72
Ventrate Cat....PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  FR  GD  GD  GD  GD

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (15-25 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 73.
Max humidity........93 percent.
Eye level winds.....South winds around 4 mph decreasing to around 3
                    mph early in the evening, then increasing to up
                    to 5 mph late in the evening.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......South winds 6 to 8 mph early in the evening
                    becoming light, then becoming south 6 to 8 mph
                    late in the evening.
Mixing height.......400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South 10 to 16 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Excellent (70100 knot-ft) early in the evening
                    decreasing to poor (4000 knot-ft) late in the
                    night.

TIME (CDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........21  19  12  15  14  10  11  9   11  22  27  27
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............96  95  92  86  84  83  81  79  78  77  75  75
RH..............29  33  36  45  48  53  63  72  76  79  84  87
20 FT wind dir..S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S
20 FT wind spd..7   7   5   5   5   7   8   9   8   8   7   7
20 FT wind gust.15  15  13  13  13  15  17  18  17  16  16  15
Eye lvl wnd dir.S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S
Eye lvl wnd spd.4   4   3   3   3   4   5   5   5   5   4   4
Eye lvl wnd gst.9   9   8   8   8   9   10  11  10  10  10  9
Mix hgt (kft)...7.0 6.7 5.1 2.0 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.5
Transp wind dir.S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S
Transp wind spd.10  10  12  13  14  15  16  16  16  15  14  13
Vrate kt-ft/1K..70  60  8   5   4   10  10  10  8   8   6   5
Ventrate Cat....GD  FR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR

$$
Forecaster...27
Requested by...Andrew Chelf
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2620069.0/EWX
.DELDT 08/20/26
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL csdispatch@tfs.tamu.edu