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Spot Forecast for East Metro Unit D/E...Travis County Parks
National Weather Service Austin/San Antonio TX
540 AM CDT Wed Jul 29 2026

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0700 CDT on July 29.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...
Hot and dry weather again today. Southerly winds will keep
relative humidity high with minimum RH near 42% this afternoon.
Winds will be 7-10 mph with gusts up to 15. Winds will stay up
through the evening and overnight. RH recovery will be excellent
with maximum near 97%.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Partly sunny (50-60 percent) then becoming
                    sunny (0-10 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
Temperature.........75 at ignition...Max 97.
RH..................100 percent at ignition...Min 42 percent.
Eye level winds.....South winds up to 6 mph.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......Winds south at 6 mph at ignition...otherwise
                    South winds 5 to 8 mph.
Mixing height.......900 ft AGL at ignition...otherwise 6500 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South 10 to 13 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor /7800 knot-ft/ at ignition.
                    Max...excellent /70000 knot-ft/.

TIME (CDT)      7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........76  69  63  56  34  12  8   4   2   7   5
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............75  77  80  84  86  89  91  95  96  97  97
RH..............100 94  85  74  70  61  56  48  45  43  42
20 FT wind dir..S   S   S   SW  S   S   S   S   S   S   S
20 FT wind spd..6   8   9   10  9   8   7   7   7   6   7
20 FT wind gust.8   10  13  15  14  15  15  14  14  14  14
Eye lvl wnd dir.S   S   S   SW  S   S   S   S   S   S   S
Eye lvl wnd spd.4   5   5   6   5   5   4   4   4   4   4
Eye lvl wnd gst.5   6   8   9   8   9   9   8   8   8   8
Mix hgt (kft)...0.9 1.3 2.3 2.7 3.2 4.2 4.6 5.1 6.1 6.5 6.4
Transp wind dir.S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S
Transp wind spd.10  10  10  10  12  12  12  12  12  13  13
Vrate kt-ft/1K..8   22  36  36  35  44  47  50  55  59  70
Ventrate Cat....PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  FR  FR  FR  FR  FR  GD

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (15-25 percent) then becoming
                    mostly cloudy (60-70 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
Temperature.........Min 76.
RH..................Max 97 percent.
Eye level winds.....South winds up to 6 mph.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......South winds 6 to 8 mph.
Mixing height.......600 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South 12 to 14 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Excellent (65500 knot-ft) early in the evening
                    decreasing to poor (6600 knot-ft) late in the
                    night.

TIME (CDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........1   7   20  22  2   4   24  35  35  39  71  57
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............96  95  92  88  86  84  82  81  80  79  78  77
RH..............43  45  49  57  61  65  72  77  82  85  91  94
20 FT wind dir..S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S
20 FT wind spd..7   8   8   9   10  10  9   9   8   8   7   7
20 FT wind gust.14  14  14  17  20  18  17  16  16  15  15  14
Eye lvl wnd dir.S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S
Eye lvl wnd spd.4   5   5   5   6   6   5   5   5   5   4   4
Eye lvl wnd gst.8   8   8   10  12  11  10  10  10  9   9   8
Mix hgt (kft)...6.1 6.0 4.6 2.0 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.8 0.8 0.8
Transp wind dir.S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S
Transp wind spd.13  13  13  14  14  14  14  14  14  13  12  12
Vrate kt-ft/1K..63  66  7   9   8   9   10  8   10  9   9   7
Ventrate Cat....GD  GD  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR

.THURSDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (25-35 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
Temperature.........Max 99.
RH..................Min 37 percent.
Eye level winds.....South winds up to 5 mph.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......South winds 5 to 7 mph.
Mixing height.......7700 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South 10 to 14 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (5900 knot-ft) early in the morning
                    increasing to excellent (81700 knot-ft) in the
                    afternoon.

TIME (CDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........36  48  58  60  34  15  10  13  4   1   8   2
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............77  76  78  80  84  87  90  93  95  97  98  98
RH..............94  97  91  85  74  65  58  52  48  42  39  38
20 FT wind dir..S   S   SW  S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S
20 FT wind spd..7   6   7   7   8   8   8   8   7   7   7   7
20 FT wind gust.13  12  14  14  15  15  16  15  15  15  14  14
Eye lvl wnd dir.S   S   SW  S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S
Eye lvl wnd spd.4   4   4   4   5   5   5   5   4   4   4   4
Eye lvl wnd gst.8   7   8   8   9   9   10  9   9   9   8   8
Mix hgt (kft)...0.7 0.7 1.1 2.0 2.4 3.1 4.6 5.3 5.9 7.1 7.7 7.6
Transp wind dir.S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S
Transp wind spd.10  10  10  12  12  13  14  14  14  14  13  13
Vrate kt-ft/1K..6   6   17  25  31  36  48  63  68  77  77  82
Ventrate Cat....PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  FR  GD  GD  GD  GD  GD

$$
Forecaster...05
Requested by...Steven Moore
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2618428.1/EWX
.DELDT 07/29/26
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL c.cat@traviscountytx.gov,andrew.thompson@traviscountytx.gov,steven.moore2@traviscountytx.gov,gabe.mahlum@traviscountytx.gov