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Spot Forecast for 256 Fire...TFS
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
716 PM CDT Wed Sep 2 2026

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 1900 CDT on September 02.
If conditions become unrepresentative, contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...
A mainly light easterly to southerly wind will prevail through
Thursday. Isolated showers and storms remain well to the west of
the burn site early this evening and these will diminish after
sunset. Additional isolated showers and thunderstorms may develop
again Thursday afternoon, but the probability of impact near the
burn site is low (20%). RH values around 25% early this evening
will recover to near 60% by early Thursday morning. Min RH values
Thursday afternoon are forecast to once again fall to around 20%.
High temperatures will reach near 100 again Thursday afternoon.

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (0-10 percent).
Min temperature.....Around 74.
Max humidity........59 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph shifting to the
                    south 10 to 15 mph overnight. Gusty and erratic
                    winds expected near thunderstorms early in the
                    evening.
Mixing height.......1400 ft AGL decreasing to 500 ft AGL in the
                    late evening and overnight.
Transport winds.....East 10 to 15 mph shifting to the south 16 to
                    22 mph in the late evening and overnight.
Chance of pcpn......10 percent.

TIME (CDT)      7 PM   9 PM   11 PM  1 AM   3 AM   5 AM
Sky cover.......MCLEAR MCLEAR CLEAR  CLEAR  CLEAR  CLEAR
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0      0      0      0      0      0
Temp............97     90     84     82     80     77
RH..............24     31     40     46     49     54
20 FT wind dir..SE     SE     SE     S      S      S
20 FT wind spd..8      8      9      10     12     10
20 FT wind gust.                     12     13
Mix hgt (ft)....9600   800    900    500    500    500
Transp wind dir.E      SE     SE     S      S      S
Transp wind spd.12     15     21     22     20     16

.THURSDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (5-15 percent). Isolated showers and
                    thunderstorms in the afternoon.
Max temperature.....Around 100.
Min humidity........22 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........South winds 6 to 9 mph. Gusty and erratic winds expected
                    near thunderstorms in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......10400 ft AGL increasing to 11200 ft AGL late in
                    the afternoon.
Transport winds.....South 8 to 15 mph shifting to the east 6 to 10
                    mph in the afternoon.
Chance of pcpn......20 percent.

TIME (CDT)      6 AM   8 AM   10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM
Sky cover.......CLEAR  MCLEAR MCLEAR CLEAR  MCLEAR MCLEAR
Weather cov.....                            ISOLTD ISOLTD
Weather type....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   RNSHWR RNSHWR
Tstm cov........                            ISOLTD ISOLTD
Chc of pcpn (%).0      0      0      0      20     20
Temp............75     74     86     94     99     100
RH..............58     59     40     29     23     22
20 FT wind dir..S      S      SW     SE     E      E
20 FT wind spd..9      8      8      3      6      7
20 FT wind gust.                     4
Mix hgt (ft)....500    500    2100   8600   10500  11200
Transp wind dir.S      S      SW     E      NE     E
Transp wind spd.15     12     10     6      8      9

.THURSDAY NIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Clear (0-10 percent). Isolated showers and
                    thunderstorms early in the evening.
Min temperature.....Around 74.
Max humidity........66 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southeast winds 10 to 13 mph. Gusty and erratic
                    winds expected near thunderstorms early in the
                    evening.
Mixing height.......500 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southeast 12 to 20 mph increasing to 18 to 24
                    mph in the late evening and overnight.
Chance of pcpn......20 percent.

TIME (CDT)      6 PM   8 PM   10 PM  MIDNGT 2 AM   4 AM
Sky cover.......MCLEAR CLEAR  CLEAR  CLEAR  CLEAR  CLEAR
Weather cov.....ISOLTD
Weather type....RNSHWR NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
Tstm cov........ISOLTD
Chc of pcpn (%).20     0      0      0      0      0
Temp............99     94     89     84     82     80
RH..............22     28     34     43     46     51
20 FT wind dir..SE     SE     SE     S      S      S
20 FT wind spd..10     12     12     13     13     12
20 FT wind gust.       14     14     14     14     14
Mix hgt (ft)....10400  2300   700    800    800    500
Transp wind dir.SE     SE     SE     SE     SE     SE
Transp wind spd.12     15     23     23     22     20

$$
Forecaster...Lindsey
Requested by...ac
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2621126.0/MAF
.DELDT 09/02/26
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.EMAIL csdispatch@tfs.tamu.edu