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Spot Forecast for Caddo Creek...Texas A&M Forest Service
National Weather Service Fort Worth TX
555 AM CST Sun Jan 18 2026

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0600 CST on January 18.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...
Winds are nearly calm at the fire early this morning, but will
take on a west/southwest direction after sunrise and increase in
speed to 10-15 mph by midday. A few daytime gusts around 20 mph
can be expected. Current RH values of about 70% will fall as low
as 15% this afternoon as temperatures warm into the lower 60s. A
weak cold front will move into the area this evening, and this
will result in a light east/northeast wind shift overnight.

.TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (0-10 percent).
Max temperature.....Around 61.
Min humidity........16 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........West winds 5 to 12 mph.
Mixing height.......3400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West 12 to 18 mph increasing to 20 to 25 mph in
                    the late morning and afternoon, then decreasing
                    to around 13 mph late in the afternoon.

TIME (CST)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........4   4   4   2   2   3   2   2   2   3   3   4
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Temp............24  24  26  33  39  47  52  56  59  61  61  59
RH..............71  74  71  56  40  28  24  20  18  16  16  18
20 FT wind dir..SW  SW  SW  W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W
20 FT wind spd..6   7   9   10  12  14  14  14  14  13  10  7
20 FT wind gust.12  14  15  17  20  22  22  23  22  20  17  13
Mix hgt (kft)...0.4 0.4 0.4 0.5 1.3 1.9 2.4 2.8 3.1 3.4 3.3 0.8
Transp wind dir.W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W
Transp wind spd.12  14  15  18  22  24  24  25  23  22  20  13

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (0-10 percent).
Min temperature.....Around 31.
Max humidity........63 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming east around 5 mph after 3
                    am.
Mixing height.......400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest 6 to 10 mph shifting to the east 7 to
                    15 mph overnight.

TIME (CST)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........4   4   3   3   3   2   3   6   9   12  9   7
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Temp............55  51  46  44  43  41  39  38  37  36  35  33
RH..............21  26  31  35  36  41  42  44  48  50  52  56
20 FT wind dir..SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  W   E   E   E   E   E   E
20 FT wind spd..5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5   6   6
20 FT wind gust.9   8   8   8   8   8   9   9   10  10  10  10
Mix hgt (kft)...0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4
Transp wind dir.SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  W   E   E   E   E   E   E
Transp wind spd.10  10  9   8   8   6   7   8   10  13  15  15

.MARTIN LUTHER KING JR DAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (25-35 percent).
Max temperature.....Around 50.
Min humidity........27 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Northeast winds 5 to 9 mph.
Mixing height.......3900 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....East 16 to 22 mph.

TIME (CST)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........14  41  41  41  41  41  42  41  40  39  42  46
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Temp............33  33  32  36  40  43  47  48  49  50  48  46
RH..............58  58  63  54  44  38  31  30  28  27  29  30
20 FT wind dir..E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E   NE  NE  NE  NE
20 FT wind spd..6   7   8   9   10  12  12  12  12  12  12  10
20 FT wind gust.12  13  14  15  16  17  18  20  20  20  20  18
Mix hgt (kft)...0.4 0.4 0.8 1.1 1.8 2.4 3.1 3.4 3.6 3.9 3.1 2.3
Transp wind dir.E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E   NE
Transp wind spd.16  17  20  22  22  20  18  18  17  17  16  16

$$
Forecaster...Stalley
Requested by...Dwayne Teel
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2600436.0/FWD
.DELDT 01/18/26
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL csdispatch@tfs.tamu.edu