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Spot Forecast for Dry Draw...Texas A&M Forest Service
National Weather Service Austin/San Antonio TX
627 PM CDT Sun Sep 20 2026

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 1900 CDT on September 20.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...

Shower and thunderstorm activity will be near the fire site
through late tonight and may bring gusty wind, erratic wind up to
40 mph along with locally heavy rain if a storm does move over
the area. Otherwise, wind remains predominantly south to
east through Tuesday generally under 10 mph. Minimum humidity
each day will be around 40 percent with excellent overnight
recovery. Low chances for showers and thunderstorms remain in the
forecast each afternoon and evening into early next week.

.REST OF TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (65-75 percent) then becoming
                    clear (0-10 percent). Chance of showers and
                    thunderstorms early in the evening, then slight
                    chance of showers and thunderstorms in the late
                    evening and overnight.
CWR.................7 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 69.
Max humidity........100 percent.
Eye level winds.....South winds around 3 mph.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......Light winds. Gusty and erratic winds expected
                    near thunderstorms in the evening and
                    overnight.
Mixing height.......500 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southeast 10 to 12 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Fair (13600 knot-ft) early in the evening
                    decreasing to poor (4200 knot-ft) late in the
                    night.

TIME (CDT)      7 PM   9 PM   11 PM  1 AM   3 AM   5 AM
Sky (%).........69     43     29     29     15     5
Weather cov.....CHANCE CHANCE S CHC  S CHC  S CHC
Weather type....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR NONE
Tstm cov........CHANCE CHANCE S CHC  S CHC  S CHC
CWR.............10     10     10     0      0      0
Temp............87     80     77     76     74     71
RH..............48     65     71     74     79     90
20 ft wind......SE 5   SE 3   E 2    SE 2   S 2    S 3
20 ft wind gust.8      7      8      7      7      9
Eye level wind..SE 3   SE 2   E 1    SE 1   S 1    S 2
Eye lvl wnd gst.5      4      5      4      4      5
Mix hgt (ft)....1500   700    500    500    500    500
Transport wind..S 10   S 12   SE 12  SE 12  S 12   S 10
Vrate kt-ft/1K..14     4      5      5      5      5
Ventrate Cat....POOR   POOR   POOR   POOR   POOR   POOR

.MONDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (5-15 percent). Slight chance of showers and
                    thunderstorms in the afternoon.
CWR.................2 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 94.
Min humidity........39 percent.
Eye level winds.....Southeast winds around 3 mph shifting to the
                    east around 4 mph.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......Southeast winds around 5 mph early in the
                    morning becoming light, then becoming southeast
                    around 5 mph late in the afternoon. Gusty and
                    erratic winds expected near thunderstorms in
                    the afternoon.
Mixing height.......5800 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southeast 7 to 9 mph shifting to the east
                    around 8 mph late in the afternoon.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (3800 knot-ft) early in the morning
                    increasing to good (44600 knot-ft) in the
                    afternoon.

TIME (CDT)      6 AM   8 AM   10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM
Sky (%).........13     18     5      10     54     52
Weather cov.....                            S CHC  S CHC
Weather type....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   RNSHWR RNSHWR
Tstm cov........                            S CHC  S CHC
CWR.............0      0      0      0      0      0
Temp............71     69     80     87     91     91
RH..............90     100    72     53     42     41
20 ft wind......S 2    S 3    S 5    S 3    SE 5   SE 6
20 ft wind gust.9      8      8      7      7      9
Eye level wind..S 1    S 2    S 3    S 2    SE 3   SE 4
Eye lvl wnd gst.5      5      5      4      4      5
Mix hgt (ft)....500    700    1500   4700   5800   5600
Transport wind..S 9    S 9    SE 8   SE 7   SE 7   SE 8
Vrate kt-ft/1K..4      4      12     31     42     45
Ventrate Cat....POOR   POOR   POOR   POOR   FAIR   FAIR

.MONDAY NIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (15-25 percent) then becoming
                    mostly cloudy (65-75 percent). Slight chance of
                    showers and thunderstorms early in the evening.
                    Slight chance of showers and thunderstorms
                    overnight, then chance of showers and
                    thunderstorms after 3 am.
CWR.................5 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 68.
Max humidity........100 percent.
Eye level winds.....Southeast winds around 4 mph shifting to the
                    east around 3 mph early in the evening, then
                    becoming light overnight.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......East winds around 6 mph shifting to the
                    southeast around 5 mph early in the evening. Gusty
                    and erratic winds expected near thunderstorms.
Mixing height.......500 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....East 7 to 9 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Good (37700 knot-ft) early in the evening
                    decreasing to poor (3800 knot-ft) late in the
                    night.

TIME (CDT)      6 PM   8 PM   10 PM  MIDNGT 2 AM   4 AM
Sky (%).........18     23     24     76     63     42
Weather cov.....S CHC  S CHC                S CHC  CHANCE
Weather type....RNSHWR RNSHWR NONE   NONE   RNSHWR RNSHWR
Tstm cov........S CHC  S CHC                S CHC  CHANCE
CWR.............0      0      0      0      10     10
Temp............89     83     77     75     75     72
RH..............44     55     69     76     79     84
20 ft wind......E 7    E 5    E 3    E 1    N 0    N 0
20 ft wind gust.12     9      8      6      5      5
Eye level wind..E 4    E 3    E 2    E 1    N 0    N 0
Eye lvl wnd gst.7      5      5      4      3      3
Mix hgt (ft)....3400   2100   500    500    500    500
Transport wind..E 9    E 9    E 9    E 9    E 8    E 7
Vrate kt-ft/1K..38     10     4      4      5      4
Ventrate Cat....POOR   POOR   POOR   POOR   POOR   POOR

.TUESDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (30-40 percent). Chance of showers
                    and thunderstorms early in the morning. Slight
                    chance of showers and thunderstorms in the
                    afternoon.
CWR.................5 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 91.
Min humidity........42 percent.
Eye level winds.....Light winds becoming east up to 5 mph in the
                    afternoon.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......Light winds becoming east 5 to 7 mph in the
                    afternoon. Gusty and erratic winds expected
                    near thunderstorms early in the morning. Gusty
                    and erratic winds expected near thunderstorms
                    in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......6600 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....East 6 to 13 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (2400 knot-ft) early in the morning
                    increasing to excellent (66100 knot-ft) in the
                    afternoon.

TIME (CDT)      6 AM   8 AM   10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM
Sky (%).........39     44     28     38     44     45
Weather cov.....CHANCE                      S CHC  S CHC
Weather type....RNSHWR NONE   NONE   NONE   RNSHWR RNSHWR
Tstm cov........CHANCE                      S CHC  S CHC
CWR.............10     0      0      0      0      0
Temp............70     68     78     85     89     89
RH..............90     100    74     55     45     42
20 ft wind......N 0    N 0    E 2    E 6    E 8    E 8
20 ft wind gust.5      5      6      9      13     13
Eye level wind..N 0    N 0    E 1    E 4    E 5    E 5
Eye lvl wnd gst.3      3      4      5      8      8
Mix hgt (ft)....500    900    2200   4800   5900   6600
Transport wind..SE 6   SE 6   SE 8   E 10   E 12   E 13
Vrate kt-ft/1K..4      3      17     46     60     66
Ventrate Cat....POOR   POOR   POOR   FAIR   FAIR   GOOD

$$
Forecaster...27
Requested by...JBrown
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2622203.0/EWX
.DELDT 09/20/26
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL csdispatch@tfs.tamu.edu