Suppression Forecast
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Spot Forecast for Big Sandy RX...NPS
National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX
340 AM CDT Sat May 24 2025

If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...
Today will be fairly similar to yesterday with mostly cloudy skies
in the morning, clearing out by the afternoon with warm temperatures.
Southerly winds continue today around 6-9mph with occasional gusts
to 16-18mph. There is a slight chance of some isolated showers or
storms popping up this afternoon, and again Sunday afternoon. The
afternoon minimum RH value will be around 50-55 percent with mixing
height rising to near 5000ft. Rain chances are expected to increase
significantly beginning Monday through midweek.

.TODAY...
TIME (CDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky cover.......MC  MC  MC  MC  MC  PC  PC  MCR MCR PC  PC  PC
Sky (%).........87  78  71  69  55  36  38  25  22  28  31  27
Weather cov.....PTY                    SCH SCH SCH SCH
Weather type....FOG                     RW  RW  RW  RW
Tstm cov........                       SCH SCH SCH SCH
CWR.............10  0   0   10  10  10  20  20  20  20  10  10
Temp............75  75  77  78  82  86  88  90  91  91  92  90
RH..............97  97  90  91  79  70  63  58  56  54  52  56
Aparnt tmp (F)..75  75  77  78  89  95  97  98  100 99  100 97
20 FT wind dir..S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S
20 FT wind spd..6   6   6   6   7   7   7   7   7   7   7   7
20 FT wind gust.16  16  17  17  17  18  18  18  17  18  17  18
Mix hgt (kft)...0.6 0.7 1.5 2.2 2.9 3.6 4.1 4.7 4.9 5.3 5.2 4.7
Mix hgt (km)....0.2 0.2 0.5 0.7 0.9 1.1 1.2 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.6 1.4
Transp wind dir.S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S
Transp wind spd.12  13  15  16  18  18  18  18  16  15  14  15
Trans wind dir..S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S
Trans spd (m/s).5   6   7   7   8   8   8   8   7   7   6   7
Ceiling (kft)...1.1 1.1 1.2 1.8 2.9 9.2 11  17  25  25  25  14
Visibility (sm).7   6   8   10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10

.TONIGHT...
TIME (CDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky cover.......MCR PC  MCR MCR MCR MCR PC  MC  MC  MC  MC  MC
Sky (%).........20  29  22  10  13  23  50  68  65  77  83  76
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
CWR.............10  0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............89  87  83  80  78  77  76  76  76  76  76  76
RH..............59  63  72  79  85  88  90  94  94  94  94  94
Aparnt tmp (F)..97  94  89  84  78  77  76  76  76  76  76  76
20 FT wind dir..S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S
20 FT wind spd..7   7   7   7   7   7   7   6   6   6   6   6
20 FT wind gust.18  18  18  18  20  18  17  18  18  17  15  14
Mix hgt (kft)...3.9 2.4 1.7 1.1 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.5
Mix hgt (km)....1.2 0.7 0.5 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2
Transp wind dir.S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S
Transp wind spd.16  16  15  16  15  14  14  14  14  13  12  10
Trans wind dir..S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S
Trans spd (m/s).7   7   7   7   7   6   6   6   6   6   5   4
Ceiling (kft)...18  13  23  24  25  21  11  0.8 0.6 0.4 0.2 0.4
Visibility (sm).10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10  9   9   8

.SUNDAY...
TIME (CDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky cover.......MC  MC  MC  MC  MC  MC  PC  PC  PC  MCR MCR MCR
Sky (%).........86  87  76  69  57  60  46  31  28  24  21  22
Weather cov.....                            SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH
Weather type....                            RW  RW  RW  RW  RW
Tstm cov........                            SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH
CWR.............0   10  10  10  10  10  10  20  20  20  20  20
Temp............76  76  77  79  83  86  88  90  91  92  92  91
RH..............94  94  94  88  80  70  64  60  56  53  52  53
Aparnt tmp (F)..76  76  77  79  91  95  98  99  100 101 100 99
20 FT wind dir..S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S
20 FT wind spd..6   6   6   6   6   7   7   8   9   9   9   9
20 FT wind gust.13  14  15  16  17  18  18  18  18  20  20  20
Mix hgt (kft)...0.5 0.6 1.4 2.2 2.9 3.5 4.3 4.9 5.5 5.8 5.7 5.3
Mix hgt (km)....0.2 0.2 0.4 0.7 0.9 1.1 1.3 1.5 1.7 1.8 1.7 1.6
Transp wind dir.S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S
Transp wind spd.10  10  12  14  15  16  17  17  17  16  16  16
Trans wind dir..S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S
Trans spd (m/s).4   4   5   6   7   7   8   8   8   7   7   7
Ceiling (kft)...0.6 0.8 1.1 1.3 1.6
Visibility (sm).

$$
Forecaster...Fowler
Requested by...Matthew Pearson
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2514603.0/HGX
.DELDT 05/24/25
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL rodney_monk@nps.gov,fulton_jeansonne@nps.gov,matthew_pearson@nps.gov