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Spot Forecast for McKnight Rd Fire...Sand Hills VFD
National Weather Service Austin/San Antonio TX
245 PM CDT Sat Oct 19 2024

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 1500 CDT on October 19.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...
Easterly winds will continue today, with a few afternoon gusts up to
15 mph. High temperatures will peak around 86 degrees. Minimum humidity
levels will drop to around 40 percent this afternoon. Light east to
northeast winds remain in place overnight along with excellent humidity
recovery. On Sunday, expect very similar weather conditions as today,
with east to northeast winds, daytime highs around 87 degrees and
minimum humidity levels near 36 percent.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (20-30 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
LAL.................No Tstms.
Max temperature.....Around 86.
Min humidity........40 percent.
Eye level winds.....East winds around 7 mph.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......East winds around 9  to 11 mph.
Mixing height.......6500 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....East around 13 mph.
Haines Index........4 or low potential for large plume dominated
                    fire growth.

TIME (CDT)      3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........27  18  27
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0   0   0
LAL.............1   1   1
Temp............84  85  85
RH..............46  43  41
20 FT wind dir..E   E   E
20 FT wind spd..12  12  12
20 FT wind gust.20  20  20
Eye lvl wnd dir.E   E   E
Eye lvl wnd spd.7   7   7
Eye lvl wnd gst.12  12  12
Mix hgt (kft)...6.3 6.4 5.6
Transp wind dir.E   E   E
Transp wind spd.13  13  13
Haines index....4   4   4

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (10-20 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
LAL.................No Tstms.
Min temperature.....Around 58.
Max humidity........100 percent.
Eye level winds.....East winds up to 7 mph decreasing to northeast
                    around 3 mph overnight.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......East winds 5 to 8 mph becoming northeast around
                    5 mph after 3 am.
Mixing height.......Decreasing to 500 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....East 9 to 13 mph.
Haines Index........4 or low potential for large plume dominated
                    fire growth.

TIME (CDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........21  15  18  20  17  9   6   5   6   7   8   16
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
LAL.............1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1
Temp............84  81  77  73  72  70  68  66  64  63  62  60
RH..............43  47  54  64  68  76  81  87  90  90  90  96
20 FT wind dir..E   E   E   E   E   SE  E   E   E   NE  NE  NE
20 FT wind spd..12  10  9   8   8   7   6   5   5   5   6   6
20 FT wind gust.20  17  17  16  14  14  12  10  10  10  10  10
Eye lvl wnd dir.E   E   E   E   E   SE  E   E   E   NE  NE  NE
Eye lvl wnd spd.7   6   5   5   5   4   4   3   3   3   4   4
Eye lvl wnd gst.12  10  10  10  8   8   7   6   6   6   6   6
Mix hgt (kft)...2.8 1.3 1.1 0.7 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5
Transp wind dir.E   E   E   E   E   E   SE  SE  E   E   E   E
Transp wind spd.13  13  13  13  13  13  12  12  12  10  9   9
Haines index....4   4   4   4   4   4   4   4   4   4   4   4

.SUNDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (15-25 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
LAL.................No Tstms.
Max temperature.....Around 87.
Min humidity........36 percent.
Eye level winds.....East winds up to 6 mph.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......Northeast winds 5 to 8 mph.
Mixing height.......Increasing to 5600 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....East 8 to 9 mph.
Haines Index........4 to 5 or low to moderate potential for large
                    plume dominated fire growth.

TIME (CDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........13  22  19  17  21  24  27  29  26  23  19  16
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
LAL.............1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1
Temp............60  60  58  63  70  75  78  82  84  85  86  85
RH..............93  93  100 90  73  62  54  47  41  39  36  36
20 FT wind dir..NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  E   E   E   E   E   E   E
20 FT wind spd..6   6   7   8   9   9   10  9   9   8   8   8
20 FT wind gust.10  10  13  14  15  16  15  16  16  15  15  14
Eye lvl wnd dir.NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  E   E   E   E   E   E   E
Eye lvl wnd spd.4   4   4   5   5   5   6   5   5   5   5   5
Eye lvl wnd gst.6   6   8   8   9   10  9   10  10  9   9   8
Mix hgt (kft)...0.5 0.4 0.7 1.2 1.4 2.1 3.6 4.3 4.6 5.3 5.6 4.4
Transp wind dir.NE  NE  NE  NE  E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E
Transp wind spd.8   8   8   8   8   9   9   9   9   9   9   9
Haines index....4   4   4   4   4   4   5   5   5   5   5   5

$$
Forecaster...24
Requested by...KB Hallmark V
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2424464.0/EWX
.DELDT 10/19/24
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL kb5.hallmark@sandhillsvfd.org