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Spot Forecast for Ross Wildfire...Texas Division of Emergency Management
National Weather Service Fort Worth TX
817 AM CDT Sun Aug 30 2026

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0900 CDT on August 30.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...
Relative humidity has recovered to 60-65% across the burn site
with additional recovery unlikely before daytime mixing ensues.
Light SSE winds with sustained speeds less than 8 mph are ongoing
this morning and will increase to around 8 to 12 mph over the next
several hours. Occasional wind gusts ranging from 15 to 20 mph
will be possible through the afternoon and early evening. Full sun
is expected with a high of 104 degrees and RH dropping to 20-23%
this afternoon.

Winds will weaken slightly late this evening with sustained
speeds of 5 to 10 mph overnight, while relative humidity recovers
to near 70% under continued clear skies. The SE winds this evening
will become more due southerly after midnight, then become SSW
for a few hours Monday morning (~0600-1000). Winds will be due
southerly again for a few hours into the afternoon before becoming
SE mid to late afternoon, with sustained speeds still near 5 to
10 mph. Occasional gusts of 15 to 20 mph are still expected
overnight and during the day Monday. A high near 103 is forecast
tomorrow with relative humidity dropping to ~20%. There are no
rain chances in the forecast.


.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (0-10 percent).
Max temperature.....Around 104.
Min humidity........23 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........South winds 6 to 9 mph. Gusts up to 21 mph late
                    in the morning.
Mixing height.......8900 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South 13 to 16 mph.

TIME (CDT)      9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........4   3   2   3   4   6   7   8   7
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Temp............81  87  91  94  97  100 101 102 103
RH..............65  55  47  40  35  30  26  25  23
20 FT wind dir..S   SW  S   S   S   S   S   S   S
20 FT wind spd..8   10  10  10  10  10  10  10  12
20 FT wind gust.21  20  16  17  16  16  16  16  17
Mix hgt (kft)...1.4 2.3 4.5 6.9 8.2 8.8 8.9 8.9 8.8
Transp wind dir.SW  SW  S   S   S   S   S   S   S
Transp wind spd.16  15  15  14  14  13  14  13  14

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Clear (0-10 percent).
Min temperature.....Around 77. today, but occasional gusts up to 25 mph
Max humidity........69 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........South winds 5 to 8 mph.
Mixing height.......400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South 13 to 14 mph.

TIME (CDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........5   5   7   5   2   2   5   6   6   2   3   1
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Temp............102 101 98  93  90  88  87  85  84  82  80  79
RH..............24  25  27  31  34  36  39  43  47  49  55  59
20 FT wind dir..S   SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  S   S   S   S   S   S
20 FT wind spd..10  10  9   8   8   8   8   8   8   7   7   7
20 FT wind gust.17  18  18  17  17  16  15  14  14  14  14  14
Mix hgt (kft)...8.3 5.8 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.5
Transp wind dir.S   S   S   SE  SE  S   S   S   S   S   S   S
Transp wind spd.13  14  13  14  14  14  14  14  14  13  14  13

.MONDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (0-10 percent).
Max temperature.....Around 103.
Min humidity........21 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........South winds 5 to 8 mph.
Mixing height.......9900 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South 10 to 14 mph.

TIME (CDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........1   0   2   1   1   0   1   7   2   6   9   10
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Temp............78  77  78  82  87  91  93  97  99  101 102 102
RH..............64  69  68  60  49  40  35  30  26  23  21  21
20 FT wind dir..S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   SE  SE  SE
20 FT wind spd..7   6   6   6   7   8   8   8   8   8   9   9
20 FT wind gust.14  13  13  12  13  14  14  14  14  15  16  16
Mix hgt (kft)...0.4 0.5 0.9 1.6 2.4 4.9 6.9 8.3 9.0 9.2 9.3 9.9
Transp wind dir.S   S   S   SW  SW  S   S   S   SE  SE  SE  SE
Transp wind spd.12  12  10  14  13  14  13  13  13  13  13  13

$$
Forecaster...Sellers
Requested by...Ryan Powell
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2620689.3/FWD
.DELDT 08/30/26
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL ryan.powell@tdem.texas.gov