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Spot Forecast for Long Branch...Texas A&M Forest Service
National Weather Service Austin/San Antonio TX
509 AM CDT Sat Sep 12 2026

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0500 CDT on September 12.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...
No rain is forecast within 50 miles of the wildfire location. Expect
near record temperatures and high heat index values of around 103
possible. Morning RH maximum should be close to 94 percent and late
morning drying will be slow at first with near 50 percent RH values
still through noon. Afternoon drying will accelerate with RH values
in the mid 30s by 3 PM and the minimum RH falling to around 30-33
percent. The winds should be mostly from the due south at 5 to 10
mph through around 2 PM with a SSE direction around 150-160 degrees
at around 10 mph in the late afternoon. Some evening gusts to 20 mph
are possible with most gusts occurring after 7 PM. Conditions will
be somewhat repetitive for tonight into Sunday with another high
heat day expected.

.REST OF TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (10-20 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 75.
Max humidity........94 percent.
Eye level winds.....South winds around 4 mph.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......South winds around 7 mph.
Mixing height.......600 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South around 12 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (6200 knot-ft).

TIME (CDT)      5 AM
Sky (%).........15
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0
Temp............77
RH..............88
20 ft wind......S 7
20 ft wind gust.17
Eye level wind..S 4
Eye lvl wnd gst.10
Mix hgt (ft)....600
Transport wind..S 12
Vrate kt-ft/1K..6
Ventrate Cat....POOR

.TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (15-25 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 99.
Min humidity........33 percent.
Eye level winds.....South winds up to 5 mph.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......South winds 6 to 9 mph.
Mixing height.......7600 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South 10 to 14 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (4100 knot-ft) early in the morning
                    increasing to excellent (76300 knot-ft) in the
                    afternoon.

TIME (CDT)      6 AM   8 AM   10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM
Sky (%).........21     25     24     12     14     29
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0      0      0      0      0      0
Temp............76     77     83     91     97     99
RH..............90     90     74     54     39     33
20 ft wind......S 7    S 7    S 8    S 8    S 8    S 8
20 ft wind gust.16     16     16     16     15     16
Eye level wind..S 4    S 4    S 5    S 5    S 5    S 5
Eye lvl wnd gst.10     10     10     10     9      10
Mix hgt (ft)....500    800    1700   3000   6400   7500
Transport wind..S 10   S 12   S 14   S 12   S 10   S 12
Vrate kt-ft/1K..5      8      20     30     58     75
Ventrate Cat....POOR   POOR   POOR   POOR   FAIR   GOOD

.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 5 mph. Gusts up to 21 mph
                    late in the evening.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......Southeast winds 6 to 9 mph. Gusts up to 21 mph
                    late in the evening.
Mixing height.......500 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South 12 to 16 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Good (59800 knot-ft) early in the evening
                    decreasing to poor (5000 knot-ft) late in the
                    night.

TIME (CDT)      6 PM   8 PM   10 PM  MIDNGT 2 AM   4 AM
Sky (%).........16     8      6      4      5      10
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0      0      0      0      0      0
Temp............97     91     86     83     80     77
RH..............35     42     53     65     79     88
20 ft wind......S 9    SE 7   SE 9   S 8    S 7    S 6
20 ft wind gust.17     18     21     18     17     16
Eye level wind..S 5    SE 4   SE 5   S 5    S 4    S 4
Eye lvl wnd gst.10     11     13     11     10     10
Mix hgt (ft)....6000   500    500    500    600    600
Transport wind..S 12   SE 12  SE 15  S 16   S 14   S 12
Vrate kt-ft/1K..60     5      6      7      8      6
Ventrate Cat....FAIR   POOR   POOR   POOR   POOR   POOR

.SUNDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (5-15 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 98.
Min humidity........34 percent.
Eye level winds.....South winds up to 5 mph.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......South winds 6 to 9 mph.
Mixing height.......7500 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South 9 to 13 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (4400 knot-ft) early in the morning
                    increasing to excellent (76100 knot-ft) in the
                    afternoon.

TIME (CDT)      6 AM   8 AM   10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM
Sky (%).........18     19     14     5      6      17
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0      0      0      0      0      0
Temp............76     76     82     89     95     97
RH..............94     94     77     54     39     34
20 ft wind......S 6    S 6    S 8    S 9    S 9    S 9
20 ft wind gust.15     15     17     17     18     18
Eye level wind..S 4    S 4    S 5    S 5    S 5    S 5
Eye lvl wnd gst.9      9      10     10     11     11
Mix hgt (ft)....700    1200   2300   4200   6800   6900
Transport wind..S 12   S 12   S 13   S 13   S 12   S 13
Vrate kt-ft/1K..7      12     25     46     68     76
Ventrate Cat....POOR   POOR   POOR   FAIR   GOOD   GOOD

$$
Forecaster...18
Requested by...Gary Scott
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2621698.0/EWX
.DELDT 09/12/26
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL csdispatch@tfs.tamu.edu