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Spot Forecast for SH 123...Sand Hills VFD
National Weather Service Austin/San Antonio TX
556 AM CDT Sat Apr 19 2025

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0600 CDT on April 19.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...

Expect mostly cloudy skies this morning with a low chance for
showers and storms. RH values will remain high today as clouds and
increased humidity limit RH from falling too low. Southeasterly
winds will remain breezy though, generally 10-15 mph with higher
gusts to 20+ mph. An increased chance for rain and storms arrives
late tonight through early Sunday morning. Winds will shift and
turn more northwesterly tomorrow as a weak cold front moves
through.

.TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (80-90 percent). Chance of
                    showers and slight chance of thunderstorms in
                    the afternoon.
CWR.................3 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 86.
Min humidity........59 percent.
Eye level winds.....Southeast winds up to 11 mph increasing to 12
                    to 13 mph late in the afternoon.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......Southeast winds 6 to 18 mph becoming 8 to 16
                    mph early in the morning, then increasing to
                    around 18 mph late in the afternoon. Gusty and
                    erratic winds expected near thunderstorms in
                    the afternoon.
Mixing height.......4800 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South 13 to 22 mph increasing to 24 to 25 mph
                    in the afternoon.

TIME (CDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........88  89  84  77  82  86  83  88  85  87  81  80
Weather cov.....                            CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC
Weather type....                            RW  RW  RW  RW  RW
Tstm cov........                            SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH
CWR.............0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............71  71  71  74  78  80  82  84  84  85  85  84
RH..............87  84  84  82  71  67  63  59  61  59  59  61
20 FT wind dir..SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE
20 FT wind spd..8   7   9   10  13  15  16  17  18  20  20  22
20 FT wind gust.14  13  14  16  18  22  23  24  26  29  29  31
Eye lvl wnd dir.SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE
Eye lvl wnd spd.5   4   5   6   8   9   10  10  11  12  12  13
Eye lvl wnd gst.8   8   8   10  11  13  14  14  16  17  17  19
Mix hgt (kft)...0.8 0.7 1.3 2.4 2.9 3.4 4.3 4.8 4.7 4.4 4.3 3.8
Transp wind dir.S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   SE
Transp wind spd.13  13  14  16  17  21  22  24  25  25  25  25

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (65-75 percent) then becoming
                    partly cloudy (45-55 percent) then becoming
                    mostly cloudy (55-65 percent) then becoming
                    partly cloudy (40-50 percent) then becoming
                    mostly cloudy (70-80 percent). Chance of
                    showers and slight chance of thunderstorms
                    early in the evening.
CWR.................3 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 68.
Max humidity........93 percent.
Eye level winds.....South winds 8 to 14 mph shifting to the around
                    7 mph early in the morning.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......Southeast winds 12 to 20 mph shifting to the
                    south around 9 mph early in the morning. Gusty
                    and erratic winds expected near thunderstorms
                    early in the evening.
Mixing height.......1200 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southeast 20 to 28 mph shifting to the south
                    around 17 mph early in the morning.

TIME (CDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........79  80  61  49  63  60  45  42  59  87  83  76
Weather cov.....CHC
Weather type....RW
Tstm cov........SCH
CWR.............0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............83  81  78  76  75  74  73  72  72  72  71  70
RH..............61  65  71  76  79  82  84  87  87  84  87  90
20 FT wind dir..SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  S   S   S   S
20 FT wind spd..23  22  23  22  20  20  18  17  16  14  14  12
20 FT wind gust.31  31  31  30  29  28  28  28  28  25  22  16
Eye lvl wnd dir.SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  S   S   S   S
Eye lvl wnd spd.14  13  14  13  12  12  11  10  10  8   8   7
Eye lvl wnd gst.19  19  19  18  17  17  17  17  17  15  13  10
Mix hgt (kft)...2.8 2.3 2.1 1.6 1.3 1.4 1.6 1.6 1.5 1.4 1.3 1.2
Transp wind dir.SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  S   S   S
Transp wind spd.25  25  26  26  26  28  28  26  24  22  20  17

.SUNDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (70-80 percent). Showers likely
                    and chance of thunderstorms through the day.
CWR.................1 percent increasing to 39 percent in the
                    morning, then decreasing to 8 percent in the
                    afternoon.
Max temperature.....Around 80.
Min humidity........54 percent.
Eye level winds.....South winds up to 5 mph decreasing to around 3
                    mph late in the morning, then shifting to the
                    northwest early in the afternoon shifting to
                    the north up to 7 mph in the afternoon.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......South winds around 8 mph decreasing to 6 to 8
                    mph in the morning, then becoming light late in
                    the morning becoming north 5 to 9 mph in the
                    afternoon. Gusty and erratic winds expected
                    near thunderstorms early in the morning. Gusty
                    and erratic winds expected near thunderstorms
                    in the late morning and early afternoon. Gusty
                    and erratic winds expected near thunderstorms
                    late in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......2500 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South 9 to 15 mph shifting to the east around 8
                    mph late in the afternoon.

TIME (CDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........69  65  63  70  85  91  88  84  77  70  63  55
Weather cov.....    LKY LKY LKY LKY LKY LKY CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC
Weather type....    RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW
Tstm cov........    SCH SCH SCH CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC SCH SCH
CWR.............0   40  40  40  40  40  40  10  10  10  10  10
Temp............70  70  69  70  73  74  75  75  76  77  78  78
RH..............93  90  93  93  84  82  81  79  73  66  60  56
20 FT wind dir..S   S   S   S   S   S   NW  NW  NW  N   N   N
20 FT wind spd..9   7   7   8   9   5   5   9   12  10  8   6
20 FT wind gust.15  14  14  14  14  15  16  17  16  15  13  12
Eye lvl wnd dir.S   S   S   S   S   S   NW  NW  NW  N   N   N
Eye lvl wnd spd.5   4   4   5   5   3   3   5   7   6   5   4
Eye lvl wnd gst.9   8   8   8   8   9   10  10  10  9   8   7
Mix hgt (kft)...0.9 0.8 1.2 2.0 2.3 2.2 2.0 1.9 2.0 2.3 2.5 2.3
Transp wind dir.S   S   S   S   S   S   SW  SW  S   S   SE  E
Transp wind spd.15  13  12  12  10  10  10  10  9   9   8   8

$$
Forecaster...34
Requested by...K Hallmark
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2511052.0/EWX
.DELDT 04/19/25
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL kb4.hallmark@sandhillsvfd.org