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Spot Forecast for Planned Prescription Fire...Texas Division of Emergency Management
National Weather Service Fort Worth TX
802 AM CDT Wed Aug 26 2026

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0830 CDT on August 26.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...
Temperatures will start off in the mid 70s Thursday morning with
relative humidity around 90%. Light north winds will prevail
around 5 mph during the morning, becoming northeasterly at 7 to 10
mph after 10 am. Temperatures will peak around 97 degrees Thursday
afternoon, with minimum relative humidity just under 40%. There is
a very low chance (~10%) for an isolated shower or thunderstorm
throughout the day. Gusty, erratic winds and lightning would be
the main concerns with any of this activity.


.THURSDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (30-40 percent).
Max temperature.....Around 97.
Min humidity........39 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming northeast 5 to 7 mph in
                    the late morning and afternoon.
Mixing height.......9500 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northeast 8 to 13 mph.

TIME (CDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........17  14  32  33  26  26  36  32  42  53  41  51
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Temp............75  74  76  80  84  87  89  93  95  95  97  95
RH..............84  90  87  79  70  63  57  51  45  43  39  42
20 FT wind dir..N   N   N   N   NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE
20 FT wind spd..5   5   5   5   6   7   7   8   7   8   8   8
20 FT wind gust.8   7   8   8   10  12  13  13  13  13  13  13
Mix hgt (kft)...0.4 0.5 0.7 1.5 2.5 4.0 5.3 6.5 7.6 8.5 8.2 9.5
Transp wind dir.N   N   N   NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE
Transp wind spd.9   8   10  10  12  10  10  12  10  10  13  10

$$
Forecaster...Barnes
Requested by...District Chief Brockett
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2620513.1/FWD
.DELDT 08/26/26
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL brian.brockett@tdem.texas.gov