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Spot Forecast for Eastland 7721...Texas A&M Forest Service
National Weather Service Fort Worth TX
838 PM CDT Wed Aug 26 2026
Forecast is based on forecast start time of 2100 CDT on August 26.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.
.DISCUSSION...
Light and variable winds generally below 5 mph will continue for
the next several hours becoming predominately out of the north-
northeast after midnight. Expect an overnight RH recovery to
around 75% beneath mostly to partly clear skies. North-northeast
winds will increase to 8-12 mph with occasional gusts over 15 mph
during the day Thursday. These winds may pull smoke from the Ross
Fire in Palo Pinto toward the burn site later tonight into
tomorrow. Temperatures will rise into the upper 90s during the
afternoon with a minimum afternoon RH near 35%.
Most of the night will remain dry. Low rain chances (10-20%)
return to the forecast at the burn site Thursday morning into
Thursday afternoon with the best chances in the 3-8 PM timeframe
tomorrow afternoon/evening.
.REST OF TONIGHT...
Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (15-25 percent) then becoming
mostly cloudy (45-55 percent) then becoming
partly cloudy (40-50 percent). Areas of smoke
in the late evening and overnight. Patchy smoke
after 3 am.
Min temperature.....Around 73.
Max humidity........84 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming east around 5 mph late in
the evening, then becoming light late in the
evening.
Mixing height.......500 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southeast 6 to 7 mph shifting to the northwest
8 to 10 mph overnight.
TIME (CDT) 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........9 9 20 26 32 51 41 41 44
Weather cov..... ARS ARS ARS ARS ARS PTY PTY PTY
Weather type.... SMK SMK SMK SMK SMK SMK SMK SMK
Tstm cov........
Temp............84 82 81 79 78 77 76 75 74
RH..............57 61 63 69 71 74 76 79 82
20 FT wind dir..E E E E E E E NE NE
20 FT wind spd..5 6 5 3 3 3 3 3 2
20 FT wind gust.7 8 9 9 9 7 7 6 6
Mix hgt (kft)...0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5
Transp wind dir.SE E E NW NW NW NW NW W
Transp wind spd.6 7 7 8 9 10 8 9 9
.THURSDAY...
Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (25-35 percent). Patchy smoke
early in the morning. Patchy smoke late in the
afternoon. Areas of smoke late in the
afternoon. Slight chance of showers late in the
afternoon.
Max temperature.....Around 98.
Min humidity........37 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming north 5 to 12 mph in the
late morning and afternoon.
Mixing height.......8900 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northwest 7 to 12 mph shifting to the northeast
late in the afternoon.
TIME (CDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........39 38 35 23 18 24 21 20 21 24 29 40
Weather cov.....PTY PTY PTY SCH ARS
Weather type....SMK SMK SMK RW SMK
Tstm cov........
Temp............74 73 75 79 84 88 91 93 95 96 96 97
RH..............82 84 82 74 63 54 49 44 42 39 38 37
20 FT wind dir..NW NW NW N NW N N N N NE NE NE
20 FT wind spd..2 5 3 6 14 10 10 10 10 13 12 10
20 FT wind gust.5 6 6 9 21 18 17 17 18 15 14 14
Mix hgt (kft)...0.5 0.5 0.5 1.3 2.3 4.0 5.7 6.9 7.9 8.7 8.9 8.0
Transp wind dir.W NW NW NW N N N N N NE NE NE
Transp wind spd.7 7 9 12 14 12 10 10 10 13 12 12
.THURSDAY NIGHT...
Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (50-60 percent) then becoming
partly cloudy (45-55 percent) then becoming
mostly cloudy (65-75 percent) then becoming
partly cloudy (35-45 percent) then becoming
mostly cloudy (70-80 percent). Slight chance of
showers early in the evening. Areas of smoke
early in the evening. Patchy smoke late in the
evening, then patchy smoke after 3 am.
Min temperature.....Around 71.
Max humidity........93 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Northeast winds 5 to 9 mph becoming light.
Mixing height.......500 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....East 10 to 15 mph shifting to the south 8 to 9
mph after 3 am, then shifting to the northwest
around 8 mph early in the morning.
TIME (CDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........53 49 68 76 75 73 72 59 66 41 78 76
Weather cov.....ARS ARS ARS ARS PTY PTY PTY
Weather type....SMK SMK SMK SMK SMK SMK SMK
Tstm cov........
Temp............94 92 90 84 81 80 79 77 76 75 73 73
RH..............40 43 49 59 65 69 72 76 79 82 87 87
20 FT wind dir..NE NE NE E E E E E N N N N
20 FT wind spd..12 9 6 3 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0
20 FT wind gust.14 13 10 9 8 8 7 6 5 5 5 5
Mix hgt (kft)...6.3 4.4 1.1 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5
Transp wind dir.E NE E E E E E E E SE S NW
Transp wind spd.14 15 13 12 10 10 10 10 10 9 8 8
.FRIDAY...
Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (70-80 percent) then becoming
sunny (10-20 percent). Patchy smoke early in
the morning.
Max temperature.....Around 96.
Min humidity........37 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming east around 5 mph late in
the afternoon.
Mixing height.......9900 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....North 7 to 8 mph shifting to the east 8 to 12
mph early in the morning.
TIME (CDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........73 32 1 14 27 24 21 18 20 23 25 23
Weather cov.....PTY PTY PTY
Weather type....SMK SMK SMK
Tstm cov........
Temp............73 71 73 78 83 87 90 92 94 95 95 95
RH..............87 93 90 76 65 57 50 46 41 40 39 37
20 FT wind dir..N N N E E E E E E E E E
20 FT wind spd..0 0 0 1 2 3 3 5 5 6 6 6
20 FT wind gust.5 5 5 6 7 8 10 12 13 13 13 13
Mix hgt (kft)...0.5 0.4 0.9 1.8 3.2 4.9 6.7 8.2 9.3 9.9 9.8 9.1
Transp wind dir.N N NE NE NE E E E E E E E
Transp wind spd.8 7 8 8 8 9 9 10 10 10 10 12
$$
Forecaster...Langfeld
Requested by...seth
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2620656.0/FWD
.DELDT 08/26/26
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL csdispatch@tfs.tamu.edu