Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
Issued by NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
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FNUS74 KEWX 112227
FWSEWX
Spot Forecast for Sandy...Texas A&M Forest Service
National Weather Service Austin/San Antonio TX
527 PM CDT Tue Aug 11 2026
Forecast is based on forecast start time of 1800 CDT on August 11.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.
.DISCUSSION...
A hot, dry, and breezy pattern is anticipated over the next several
days as southerly winds increase. Winds will be from the south
at 7-12 mph with gusts up to 21 mph through the night. Relative
humidity will recover to near 97% overnight. Wednesday afternoon
RH will drop to near 31%, and winds will continue to be from the
south at 7-10 mph with gusts up to 21 mph.
.TONIGHT...
Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (5-15 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 75.
Max humidity........97 percent.
Eye level winds.....South winds up to 6 mph. Gusts up to 22 mph in
the evening and overnight then 20 mph early in
the morning.
Wind (20 ft)........
Slope/valley.......South winds 6 to 8 mph. Gusts up to 22 mph in
the evening and overnight then 20 mph early in
the morning.
Mixing height.......500 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South 12 to 17 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Excellent (101800 knot-ft) decreasing to poor
(5500 knot-ft) early in the evening.
TIME (CDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM
Sky (%).........11 19 14 3 3 16
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0
Temp............97 94 87 84 80 77
RH..............32 37 52 65 77 88
20 ft wind......S 10 S 8 S 8 S 8 S 7 S 7
20 ft wind gust.20 20 22 21 20 18
Eye level wind..S 6 S 5 S 5 S 5 S 4 S 4
Eye lvl wnd gst.12 12 13 13 12 11
Mix hgt (ft)....7400 5600 500 500 600 700
Transport wind..S 16 S 16 S 17 S 17 S 16 S 14
Vrate kt-ft/1K..107 6 7 8 10 9
Ventrate Cat....VYGD POOR POOR POOR POOR POOR
.WEDNESDAY...
Sky/weather.........Sunny (10-20 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 101.
Min humidity........31 percent.
Eye level winds.....South winds up to 6 mph. Gusts up to 21 mph
late in the morning.
Wind (20 ft)........
Slope/valley.......South winds 5 to 8 mph. Gusts up to 21 mph late
in the morning.
Mixing height.......7000 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South 10 to 17 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (4400 knot-ft) early in the morning
increasing to excellent (94900 knot-ft) in the
afternoon increasing to excellent (105100
knot-ft) late in the afternoon.
TIME (CDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM
Sky (%).........25 26 10 3 2 6
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0
Temp............77 77 85 92 98 100
RH..............90 90 67 49 35 31
20 ft wind......SE 6 S 7 S 8 S 10 S 10 S 10
20 ft wind gust.18 18 18 20 21 21
Eye level wind..SE 4 S 4 S 5 S 6 S 6 S 6
Eye lvl wnd gst.11 11 11 12 13 13
Mix hgt (ft)....600 1000 2500 4200 5300 7000
Transport wind..S 10 S 10 S 14 S 16 S 17 S 17
Vrate kt-ft/1K..4 20 38 58 82 105
Ventrate Cat....POOR POOR POOR FAIR GOOD VYGD
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...
Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (5-15 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 75.
Max humidity........90 percent.
Eye level winds.....South winds 5 to 6 mph with gusts to around 15
mph.
Wind (20 ft)........
Slope/valley.......South winds 7 to 8 mph with gusts to around 25
mph.
Mixing height.......800 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South 14 to 20 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Excellent (103400 knot-ft) early in the evening
decreasing to poor (8100 knot-ft) late in the
night.
TIME (CDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM
Sky (%).........1 1 2 2 5 15
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0
Temp............100 96 89 85 81 78
RH..............31 35 50 61 72 79
20 ft wind......S 10 S 8 S 10 S 9 S 8 S 8
20 ft wind gust.21 21 24 24 23 23
Eye level wind..S 6 S 5 S 6 S 5 S 5 S 5
Eye lvl wnd gst.13 13 14 14 14 14
Mix hgt (ft)....5700 4100 800 1100 1200 1100
Transport wind..S 16 S 17 S 18 S 20 S 18 S 15
Vrate kt-ft/1K..103 9 13 20 18 14
Ventrate Cat....VYGD POOR POOR POOR POOR POOR
.THURSDAY...
Sky/weather.........Sunny (20-30 percent) then becoming partly
sunny (50-60 percent) then becoming sunny (5-15
percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 100.
Min humidity........30 percent.
Eye level winds.....South winds up to 7 mph.
Wind (20 ft)........
Slope/valley.......South winds 6 to 9 mph.
Mixing height.......7400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South 12 to 18 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (6400 knot-ft) early in the morning
increasing to excellent (102100 knot-ft) in the
afternoon increasing to excellent (111200
knot-ft) late in the afternoon.
TIME (CDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM
Sky (%).........26 65 20 8 3 5
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0
Temp............76 77 84 92 97 100
RH..............87 88 67 49 37 31
20 ft wind......S 8 S 8 S 10 S 12 S 12 S 12
20 ft wind gust.22 21 22 22 22 22
Eye level wind..S 5 S 5 S 6 S 7 S 7 S 7
Eye lvl wnd gst.13 13 13 13 13 13
Mix hgt (ft)....1300 1700 2800 4200 5400 7400
Transport wind..S 13 S 12 S 15 S 17 S 18 S 18
Vrate kt-ft/1K..6 22 48 67 89 111
Ventrate Cat....POOR POOR FAIR GOOD GOOD VYGD
$$
Forecaster...05
Requested by...Christopher Jandt
Type of request...WILDFIRE
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.DELDT 08/11/26
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