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Spot Forecast for Wright...Texas A&M Forest Service
National Weather Service Fort Worth TX
214 PM CDT Fri Jul 26 2024

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 1400 CDT on July 26.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...
Light easterly to southeasterly winds will continue through the
rest of today as sunny skies persist. Temperatures will continue
to rise to around 91 degrees. Relative humidity will bottom out in
a few hours, generally around 42%. No rain is expected today as
precipitation remains well east of the fire.

Tonight, mostly clear skies are expected with a minimum
temperature in the upper 60s. Winds will be out of the southeast,
then east staying below 10 mph.

Another sunny day is expected tomorrow with slightly warmer
temperatures. Highs will approach 93 degrees with minimum
relative humidity values around 37%. Mixing heights both today and
tomorrow will be around 8,000 feet AGL with a drop to 500 feet
AGL tonight.


.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (20-30 percent).
Max temperature.....Around 91.
Min humidity........42 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........East winds 5 to 6 mph.
Mixing height.......8200 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....East 8 to 9 mph.
Haines Index........5 or moderate potential for large plume
                    dominated fire growth.

TIME (CDT)      2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........21  30  20  17
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Temp............88  90  91  91
RH..............52  45  44  42
20 FT wind dir..E   E   E   E
20 FT wind spd..5   6   6   7
20 FT wind gust.12  12  13  13
Mix hgt (kft)...7.1 7.7 8.1 8.2
Transp wind dir.NE  E   E   E
Transp wind spd.9   8   8   8
Haines index....5   5   5   5

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (10-20 percent).
Min temperature.....Around 69.
Max humidity........100 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southeast winds 6 to 7 mph shifting to the
                    south around 6 mph after 3 am.
Mixing height.......500 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....East 8 to 16 mph shifting to the south 12 to 14
                    mph overnight.
Haines Index........3 to 5 or very low to moderate potential for
                    large plume dominated fire growth.

TIME (CDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........19  6   8   7   5   3   2   3   9   8   12  23
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Temp............91  90  88  82  80  77  76  75  73  71  71  70
RH..............42  44  48  63  72  79  85  90  97  100 97  100
20 FT wind dir..E   E   E   SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  S   S   S
20 FT wind spd..7   7   7   7   8   7   6   6   6   6   6   6
20 FT wind gust.14  14  14  15  16  15  14  14  13  12  12  12
Mix hgt (kft)...7.7 6.9 1.7 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5
Transp wind dir.E   E   E   E   SE  SE  SE  S   S   S   S   S
Transp wind spd.8   9   12  14  16  15  14  14  13  13  12  12
Haines index....5   4   4   4   4   4   4   3   3   3   3   3

.SATURDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (15-25 percent).
Max temperature.....Around 93.
Min humidity........37 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........South winds 6 to 8 mph.
Mixing height.......7800 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South 8 to 12 mph.
Haines Index........3 to 5 or very low to moderate potential for
                    large plume dominated fire growth.

TIME (CDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........23  26  23  19  10  9   12  18  14  19  15  9
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Temp............69  69  72  76  81  84  86  89  91  91  91  92
RH..............100 100 93  85  69  61  53  47  42  41  39  37
20 FT wind dir..S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S
20 FT wind spd..6   6   6   6   6   6   6   6   6   7   8   9
20 FT wind gust.12  12  12  12  12  10  10  12  12  13  14  16
Mix hgt (kft)...0.5 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.9 4.8 5.8 6.7 7.1 7.5 7.8 7.6
Transp wind dir.S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S
Transp wind spd.12  10  12  10  8   8   8   8   8   9   10  12
Haines index....3   4   4   4   4   4   4   5   5   5   5   5

$$
Forecaster...Hernandez
Requested by...Belinda Jackson
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2419014.0/FWD
.DELDT 07/26/24
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.EMAIL csdispatch@tfs.tamu.edu