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Spot Forecast for Ross Wildfire...Texas Division of Emergency Management
National Weather Service Fort Worth TX
824 AM CDT Sat Aug 29 2026

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0900 CDT on August 29.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...
Southeast winds around 5 mph are ongoing this morning and will
continue the next few hours, before becoming southerly mid-morning
and increasing in speed to 5 to 10 mph. RH this morning is now around
70% and will drop down to 20-23% later this afternoon with a high
of 103 degrees expected. Sunny skies are forecast with a mixing
height of 9800 ft and occasional gusts to 15 mph possible.

Tonight, RH will recover to around 70%, with continued sustained
south winds near 5 to 10 mph and low of 77 degrees. Transport
winds will increase in speed to 12 to 14 mph. It will be slightly
breezier this evening onward, with 15 to 20 mph gusts possible
beginning around 6 PM this evening and continuing into Sunday.
Sunny skies are expected again Sunday with a high of 102. Afternoon
humidity will drop to 25%, with mixing heights slightly lower,
around 9300 ft. There are no rain chances or abrupt wind shifts
anticipated.


.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (0-10 percent). Patchy smoke in the
                    afternoon.
Max temperature.....Around 103.
Min humidity........23 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming south 5 to 8 mph late in
                    the morning.
Mixing height.......9800 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South 8 to 10 mph.

TIME (CDT)      9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........3   2   1   4   4   2   7   13  13
Weather cov.....                PTY PTY PTY PTY PTY
Weather type....                SMK SMK SMK SMK SMK
Tstm cov........
Temp............81  87  91  95  98  100 101 102 102
RH..............62  53  44  36  30  26  25  24  23
20 FT wind dir..S   SW  S   S   S   S   S   SE  SE
20 FT wind spd..3   3   6   6   7   7   8   8   9
20 FT wind gust.7   8   10  12  12  13  14  15  16
Mix hgt (kft)...1.1 1.9 4.5 6.9 8.4 9.2 9.5 9.8 9.7
Transp wind dir.SW  SW  S   S   S   S   S   S   S
Transp wind spd.8   8   9   9   9   9   9   10  10

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (5-15 percent). Patchy smoke in
                    the evening.
Min temperature.....Around 77.
Max humidity........70 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........South winds 5 to 8 mph.
Mixing height.......400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South 12 to 14 mph.

TIME (CDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........6   4   6   5   8   16  7   3   3   4   4   1
Weather cov.....PTY PTY PTY PTY PTY
Weather type....SMK SMK SMK SMK SMK
Tstm cov........
Temp............101 100 97  92  90  88  86  85  84  82  80  79
RH..............24  26  28  32  36  39  43  46  50  53  58  61
20 FT wind dir..SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  S   S   S   S   S   S   S
20 FT wind spd..9   9   8   8   8   8   7   7   6   6   7   7
20 FT wind gust.16  16  15  16  16  15  14  14  13  13  14  14
Mix hgt (kft)...9.0 5.5 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   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S
Transp wind spd.12  13  12  13  14  14  14  14  14  14  13  13

.SUNDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (0-10 percent). Patchy smoke late in the
                    afternoon.
Max temperature.....Around 102.
Min humidity........25 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........South winds 5 to 8 mph.
Mixing height.......9300 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   6   1   0   0   2   3   2   6   7   5
Weather cov.....                                PTY PTY PTY PTY
Weather type....                                SMK SMK SMK SMK
Tstm cov........
Temp............78  77  78  82  87  90  94  97  99  101 101 102
RH..............64  70  68  63  54  46  39  33  29  27  25  24
20 FT wind dir..S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S
20 FT wind spd..7   6   7   7   8   9   9   9   9   9   10  10
20 FT wind gust.15  14  13  14  15  16  16  16  16  17  17  17
Mix hgt (kft)...0.4 0.5 0.9 1.6 2.8 5.3 7.1 8.5 8.8 8.9 9.3 9.3
Transp wind dir.S   SW  SW  SW  SW  S   S   S   S   S   S   S
Transp wind spd.12  10  10  14  14  14  13  12  14  14  13  13

$$
Forecaster...Sellers
Requested by...Ryan Powell
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2620689.2/FWD
.DELDT 08/29/26
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL ryan.powell@tdem.texas.gov