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Spot Forecast for Whitetail Fire...TFS
National Weather Service Austin/San Antonio TX
541 AM CDT Sun Aug 30 2026

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0600 CDT on August 30.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...
Very good humidity recovery has been observed over the burn area
this morning as southerly winds have kept low-level moisture in
place. Another round of above normal temperatures are in store
today with an afternoon high around 95 degrees and minimum humidity
levels near 32 percent. Southerly winds remain intact today with
afternoon gusts around 11 mph, with slightly stronger gusts on
exposed ridges. South winds continue tonight and will likely be
occasionally gusty on ridges. Very good to excellent humidity
recovery is in store again tonight. The weather pattern does not
change much on Monday, so expect similar temperatures, minimum
humidity levels and occasionally gusty south winds.

.TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (0-10 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 95.
Min humidity........32 percent.
Eye level winds.....South winds 4 to 6 mph with gusts up to
                    11 mph.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......South winds 7 to 9 mph with gusts up to
                    16 mph.
Mixing height.......Increasing to 7300 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South 12 to 16 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (5600 knot-ft) early in the morning
                    increasing to excellent (73000 knot-ft) in the
                    afternoon.

TIME (CDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........4   3   5   2   2   0   2   3   2   1   6   6
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............72  71  72  76  81  84  87  90  92  92  95  94
RH..............87  90  90  79  67  59  52  45  40  38  32  36
20 FT wind dir..S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S
20 FT wind spd..8   8   8   8   8   9   9   9   9   9   9   10
20 FT wind gust.17  17  16  15  15  14  14  14  14  15  15  15
Eye lvl wnd dir.S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S
Eye lvl wnd spd.5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5   6
Eye lvl wnd gst.10  10  10  9   9   8   8   8   8   9   9   9
Mix hgt (kft)...0.5 0.5 0.9 1.6 1.9 2.8 4.5 5.3 5.8 6.8 7.3 6.7
Transp wind dir.S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S
Transp wind spd.14  13  13  12  12  12  12  12  12  12  13  13
Vrate kt-ft/1K..6   6   8   15  23  33  43  54  59  71  73  71
Ventrate Cat....PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  FR  FR  FR  GD  GD  GD

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Clear (0-5 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 71.
Max humidity........93 percent.
Eye level winds.....Southeast winds up to 6 mph.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......Southeast winds 6 to 9 mph with occasional
                    gusts to 16 mph.
Mixing height.......Decreasing to 500 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southeast 13 to 20 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Excellent (72600 knot-ft) early in the evening
                    decreasing to poor (5500 knot-ft) late in the
                    night.

TIME (CDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........3   1   1   2   2   1   1   0   2   3   0   2
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............92  92  88  84  81  79  78  78  77  76  74  73
RH..............34  34  39  46  53  56  60  62  69  74  82  84
20 FT wind dir..SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE
20 FT wind spd..10  9   8   7   7   8   8   9   9   9   9   9
20 FT wind gust.15  15  14  14  16  16  18  18  18  18  18  18
Eye lvl wnd dir.SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE
Eye lvl wnd spd.6   5   5   4   4   5   5   5   5   5   5   5
Eye lvl wnd gst.9   9   8   8   10  10  11  11  11  11  11  11
Mix hgt (kft)...5.4 4.7 3.7 1.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6
Transp wind dir.S   S   S   SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  S   S
Transp wind spd.13  14  15  16  17  18  20  20  20  18  17  16
Vrate kt-ft/1K..73  57  6   6   6   6   7   10  8   10  9   8
Ventrate Cat....GD  FR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR

.MONDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (5-15 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 95.
Min humidity........32 percent.
Eye level winds.....Southeast winds 5 to 7 mph with gusts near
                    10 mph.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......Southeast winds 7 to 11 mph with gusts near
                    16 mph.
Mixing height.......Increasing to 7600 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South 10 to 17 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (6100 knot-ft) early in the morning
                    increasing to excellent (87600 knot-ft) in the
                    afternoon.

TIME (CDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........4   1   2   2   0   0   1   8   15  8   3   10
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............72  71  72  76  81  84  88  90  93  93  93  94
RH..............87  93  90  79  67  57  48  44  37  36  35  32
20 FT wind dir..SE  SE  SE  SE  S   S   S   S   SE  SE  SE  SE
20 FT wind spd..9   8   8   9   9   10  10  10  10  10  10  10
20 FT wind gust.17  17  16  16  16  15  15  15  15  16  16  16
Eye lvl wnd dir.SE  SE  SE  SE  S   S   S   S   SE  SE  SE  SE
Eye lvl wnd spd.5   5   5   5   5   6   6   6   6   6   6   6
Eye lvl wnd gst.10  10  10  10  10  9   9   9   9   10  10  10
Mix hgt (kft)...0.5 0.5 0.9 1.8 2.2 3.2 5.1 6.1 6.5 7.2 7.6 7.3
Transp wind dir.S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   SE  SE  SE
Transp wind spd.15  14  13  13  13  12  12  12  12  12  10  10
Vrate kt-ft/1K..7   6   10  19  27  43  53  61  77  88  68  77
Ventrate Cat....PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  FR  FR  GD  GD  GD  GD  GD

$$
Forecaster...24
Requested by...AC
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2620926.0/EWX
.DELDT 08/30/26
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.EMAIL csdispatch@tfs.tamu.edu