Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS Dallas/Fort Worth, TX
Issued by NWS Dallas/Fort Worth, TX
939
FNUS74 KFWD 181027
FWSFWD
Spot Forecast for Cottonwood Creek...TFS
National Weather Service Fort Worth TX
527 AM CDT Tue Aug 18 2026
Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0600 CDT on August 18.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.
...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CDT TODAY...
...EXTREME HEAT WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM CDT
THIS EVENING...
.DISCUSSION...
Hot and rain-free weather continues today with a high temperature
of 108 degrees. Expect a minimum RH value between 15-20% this
afternoon. Wind speeds will be light through most of the day, and
will vary between southerly and southwesterly while remaining less
than 10 mph. Humidity will only recover to about 50% overnight
while light southerly winds prevail.
.TODAY...
Sky/weather.........Sunny (0-10 percent).
Max temperature.....Around 108.
Min humidity........18 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming southwest 5 to 7 mph.
Mixing height.......8400 ft AGL increasing to 12300 ft AGL in the
afternoon.
Transport winds.....Southwest 8 to 16 mph.
TIME (CDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........2 5 4 2 3 1 2 4 8 8 9 12
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Temp............80 78 81 86 93 98 101 105 106 107 108 107
RH..............56 58 51 39 30 26 23 20 20 19 18 18
20 FT wind dir..S S SW SW W W W W SW SW SW SW
20 FT wind spd..3 3 3 5 7 7 8 7 7 7 6 6
20 FT wind gust.7 7 8 9 12 12 12 12 12 12 10 10
Mix hgt (kft)...0.5 0.4 0.5 1.2 2.0 4.8 8.4 11 11 12 12 12
Transp wind dir.SW SW SW W W W W SW SW SW SW SW
Transp wind spd.9 9 9 16 16 13 10 8 8 8 8 9
.TONIGHT...
Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (10-20 percent).
Min temperature.....Around 82.
Max humidity........51 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........South winds 5 to 8 mph.
Mixing height.......1300 ft AGL decreasing to 500 ft AGL in the
late evening and overnight.
Transport winds.....South 9 to 18 mph shifting to the southwest 17
to 20 mph overnight.
TIME (CDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........14 14 16 11 4 4 3 3 7 28 12 7
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Temp............107 104 100 95 92 91 90 89 88 87 85 84
RH..............18 22 25 30 33 33 34 37 38 40 43 48
20 FT wind dir..S S S S S S S S S S S SW
20 FT wind spd..7 7 6 6 7 8 8 9 9 9 9 9
20 FT wind gust.12 10 10 12 13 14 15 16 16 16 17 16
Mix hgt (kft)...11 8.5 1.3 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5
Transp wind dir.SW S S S S S S S SW SW SW SW
Transp wind spd.9 10 13 13 15 16 18 18 20 20 20 17
$$
Forecaster...Stalley
Requested by...John Fraser
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2619902.0/FWD
.DELDT 08/18/26
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL csdispatch@tfs.tamu.edu