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Spot Forecast for Hidalgo 1432...Texas A&M Forest Service
National Weather Service Brownsville TX
220 PM CDT Tue Mar 18 2025

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 1500 CDT on March 18.
If conditions become unrepresentative, contact the National Weather
Service.

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING...
...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING...
...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 8 PM CDT WEDNESDAY...

.DISCUSSION...Strong gusty southeasterly winds are expected to
continue this afternoon with winds speeds diminishing slightly
overnight but remaining gusty. A cold front looks to move through
the area shortly before sunrise Wednesday, bringing a
northwesterly wind shift. Wind speeds will increase again
Wednesday. Relative humidity values this afternoon around 40%
will recover slightly overnight with maximum values overnight
reaching around 85%. Relative humidity values will drop rapidly
behind the cold front falling below 10% by Wednesday afternoon.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (0-10 percent).
Max temperature.....Around 88.
Min humidity........38 percent.
Eye level winds.....Southeast winds 15 to 16 mph.
Wind (20 ft)........Southeast winds 23 to 24 mph.
Mixing height.......3800 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South 25 to 26 mph.

TIME (CDT)      3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........3   3   3
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Temp............87  88  87
RH..............38  39  40
20 FT wind dir..SE  SE  SE
20 FT wind spd..25  26  26
20 FT wind gust.35  36  36
Eye lvl wnd dir.SE  SE  SE
Eye lvl wnd spd.15  16  16
Eye lvl wnd gst.21  22  22
Mix hgt (kft)...3.7 3.8 3.4
Transp wind dir.S   S   SE
Transp wind spd.25  26  26

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (20-30 percent) then becoming
                    mostly cloudy (45-55 percent).
Min temperature.....Around 67.
Max humidity........86 percent.
Eye level winds.....South winds 9 to 15 mph with gusts to around 23
                    mph shifting to the around 8 mph with gusts to
                    around 14 mph early in the morning.
Wind (20 ft)........Southeast winds 14 to 23 mph with gusts to
                    around 38 mph shifting to the south around 12
                    mph with gusts to around 24 mph early in the
                    morning.
Mixing height.......1000 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South 23 to 31 mph decreasing to around 18 mph
                    early in the morning.

TIME (CDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........0   3   2   2   3   7   17  35  34  31  48  51
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Temp............85  82  76  74  73  71  71  71  70  69  68  68
RH..............44  50  62  69  72  76  79  78  80  81  83  85
20 FT wind dir..SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  S   S   S   S   S
20 FT wind spd..25  20  21  21  21  21  20  18  18  17  15  13
20 FT wind gust.36  35  36  38  37  37  36  35  35  32  30  24
Eye lvl wnd dir.SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  S   S   S   S   S
Eye lvl wnd spd.15  12  13  13  13  13  12  11  11  10  9   8
Eye lvl wnd gst.22  21  22  23  22  22  22  21  21  19  18  14
Mix hgt (kft)...3.0 2.5 2.0 1.5 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.4
Transp wind dir.SE  SE  SE  SE  S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S
Transp wind spd.28  29  30  31  29  26  29  28  26  26  23  18

.WEDNESDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (25-35 percent).
Max temperature.....Around 89.
Min humidity........8 percent.
Eye level winds.....Southwest winds up to 6 mph shifting to the
                    north 5 to 8 mph with gusts to around 14 mph
                    early in the morning, then shifting to the 10
                    to 13 mph late in the morning.
Wind (20 ft)........South winds around 9 mph shifting to the
                    southwest around 6 mph early in the morning,
                    then shifting to the northwest 7 to 12 mph with
                    gusts to around 24 mph early in the morning
                    shifting to the north 16 to 18 mph late in the
                    morning.
Mixing height.......6500 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South 10 to 17 mph shifting to the west around
                    8 mph early in the morning, then increasing to
                    north 15 to 24 mph late in the morning
                    increasing to 22 to 30 mph late in the morning.

TIME (CDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........55  58  50  42  34  11  2   2   3   5   3   7
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Temp............68  67  68  70  74  78  82  86  87  88  89  88
RH..............83  86  84  77  67  47  32  22  16  12  10  9
20 FT wind dir..S   SW  W   NW  N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N
20 FT wind spd..10  7   8   10  13  17  20  21  20  20  18  17
20 FT wind gust.20  15  17  20  24  28  30  31  31  30  29  26
Eye lvl wnd dir.S   SW  W   NW  N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N
Eye lvl wnd spd.6   4   5   6   8   10  12  13  12  12  11  10
Eye lvl wnd gst.12  9   10  12  14  17  18  19  19  18  17  16
Mix hgt (kft)...1.4 1.4 1.7 2.0 2.3 3.4 4.6 5.8 6.0 6.3 6.5 5.2
Transp wind dir.S   SW  W   N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N
Transp wind spd.17  10  8   15  24  30  29  28  26  24  24  22

$$
Forecaster...Ellzey
Requested by...CS Dispatch
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2506949.0/BRO
.DELDT 03/18/25
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL csdispatch@tfs.tamu.edu