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Spot Forecast for Pile...USFWS
National Weather Service Fort Worth TX
637 AM CDT Fri Mar 22 2024

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0700 CDT on March 22.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

...DENSE FOG ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CDT THIS MORNING...

.DISCUSSION...
Areas of fog will gradually dissipate later this morning with intermittent
low cloud cover through the morning. High morning humidity will lower
throughout the day with northwest winds increasing to 10 to 15 mph.
Minimum afternoon humidity will only drop to around 50%.


.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Cloudy with fog this morning then partly cloudy
this afternoon.
Max temperature.....Around 72.
Min humidity........50 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph becoming north
                    10 to 15 mph late in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......4500 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northwest 10 to 20 mph increasing to 20 to
                    25 mph in the afternoon.
Haines Index........4 or low potential for large plume dominated
                    fire growth.

TIME (CDT)      7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........90  90  70  60  40  30  20  10  10  10  10
Weather cov.....PTY PTY
Weather type....FOG FOG
Tstm cov........
Temp............52  53  56  59  64  66  70  70  71  71  71
RH..............99  93  86  83  70  65  57  52  51  50  53
20 FT wind dir..W   NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  N   N   N   N
20 FT wind spd..6   8   9   10  14  14  15  16  17  17  16
20 FT wind gust.14  15  17  18  22  23  24  24  25  25  25
Mix hgt (kft)...0.5 0.6 0.8 1.5 1.8 2.3 3.1 3.7 4.4 4.5 4.2
Transp wind dir.NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  N   N   N   N   N
Transp wind spd.9   10  13  15  17  18  21  24  26  26  25
Haines index....4   4   4   4   4   4   4   4   4   4   4

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (15-25 percent).
Min temperature.....Around 49.
Max humidity........93 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........North winds 10 to 15 mph.
Mixing height.......400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....North 15 to 25 mph decreasing to 10 to 15 mph in
                    the late evening.
Haines Index........3 to 4 or very low to low potential for large
                    plume dominated fire growth.

TIME (CDT)      6 PM   8 PM   10 PM  MIDNGT 2 AM   4 AM
Sky (%).........10     10     10     10     10     15
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
Tstm cov........
Temp............72     66     60     56     55     53
RH..............53     65     78     90     90     89
20 ft wind......N 15   N 10   N 6    N 6    N 6    N 6
20 ft wind gust.23     20     14     12     12     13
Mix hgt (ft)....3400   600    500    400    400    500
Transport wind..N 24   N 15   N 12   N 9    N 9    N 12
Haines index....4      3      3      3      3      3

.SATURDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (30-40 percent).
Max temperature.....Around 71.
Min humidity........49 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Northeast winds 5 to 10 mph.
Mixing height.......3800 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....North 10 to 15 mph becoming southeast 5 to 10  mph
in the afternoon.
Haines Index........3 to 4 or very low to low potential for large
                    plume dominated fire growth.

$$

Forecaster...Dunn
Requested by...Brendon
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2408163.0/FWD
.DELDT 03/22/24
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL brendon_mcneil@fws.gov


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