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Spot Forecast for Potential mitigation burn...Reagan County Fire and EMS
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
847 AM CDT Wed Sep 16 2026

Forecast is based on ignition time of 1200 CDT on September 16.
If conditions become unrepresentative, contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...

Light southeasterly winds will begin to increase and shift more
southerly later this morning. Minimum relative humidity will
stay above critical thresholds with 20ft winds remaining just below
20 mph during the afternoon with no significant shifts in
direction. Thunderstorms are anticipated to remain well west of
the area. Winds decrease after sunset from the southeast.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (10-20 percent).
Max temperature.....Around 96.
Min humidity........25 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........South winds 15 to 16 mph.
Mixing height.......7600 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South 16 to 18 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Good (56400 knot-ft) early in the morning
                    increasing to excellent (119800 knot-ft) in the
                    afternoon.

TIME (CDT)      NOON   2 PM   4 PM
Sky cover.......MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE   NONE   NONE
Tstm cov........
Temp............85     92     94
RH..............45     30     26
20 FT wind dir..S      S      S
20 FT wind spd..16     16     15
20 FT wind gust.18     18     17
Mix hgt (ft)....3800   6000   7600
Transp wind dir.S      S      S
Transp wind spd.17     17     17
Vrate kt-ft/1K..56     91     114
Ventrate Cat....FAIR   GOOD   VYGD

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (10-20 percent).
Min temperature.....Around 71.
Max humidity........84 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southeast winds 8 to 16 mph.
Mixing height.......500 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South 15 to 18 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Excellent (113500 knot-ft) early in the evening
                    decreasing to fair (16700 knot-ft) late in the
                    night decreasing to poor (6200 knot-ft) in the
                    late evening and overnight.

TIME (CDT)      6 PM      9 PM      MIDNGT    3 AM
Sky cover.......MCLEAR    MCLEAR    MCLEAR    MCLEAR
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE      NONE      NONE      NONE
Tstm cov........
Temp............94        85        79        76
RH..............25        35        50        62
20 FT wind dir..SE        SE        SE        S
20 FT wind spd..16        12        8         9
20 FT wind gust.18        13
Mix hgt (ft)....7100      500       500       600
Transp wind dir.S         S         S         S
Transp wind spd.18        16        15        16
Vrate kt-ft/1K..114       7         6         8
Ventrate Cat....VYGD      POOR      POOR      POOR

.THURSDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (5-15 percent).
Max temperature.....Around 95.
Min humidity........29 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southeast winds 10 to 12 mph.
Mixing height.......7900 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southeast 12 to 15 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (6900 knot-ft) early in the morning
                    increasing to excellent (87100 knot-ft) in the
                    afternoon.

TIME (CDT)      6 AM         10 AM        2 PM
Sky cover.......CLEAR        CLEAR        MCLEAR
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE         NONE         NONE
Tstm cov........
Temp............73           79           90
RH..............79           64           37
20 FT wind dir..SE           S            SE
20 FT wind spd..10           12           10
20 FT wind gust.12           13
Mix hgt (ft)....600          2600         7200
Transp wind dir.S            S            SE
Transp wind spd.14           15           12
Vrate kt-ft/1K..7            34           72
Ventrate Cat....POOR         POOR         GOOD

$$
Forecaster...Lamberson
Requested by...Kody Dakan
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2621994.0/MAF
.DELDT 09/16/26
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.EMAIL kody.dakan@reagancounty.org