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Spot Forecast for TA5 and TA16...USFWS
National Weather Service Austin/San Antonio TX
541 AM CST Tue Feb 17 2026

Forecast is based on ignition time of 1000 CST on February 17.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...
Southerly winds of 10 to 15 mph with gusts to 25 mph today will
decrease to around 5 mph tonight into Wednesday. Smoke dispersal
remains generally poor, however will improve briefly to good each
afternoon. Minimum humidities in the 50s are expected each
afternoon with a recovery to near 100 percent at night. Low clouds
and patchy fog in the mornings will erode to mostly sunny skies in
the afternoons. Highs will be in the upper 70s each day.

.TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Partly sunny (50-60 percent) then becoming
                    sunny (10-20 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 79.
Min humidity........52 percent.
Eye level winds.....South winds 7 to 8 mph.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......South winds 9 to 12 mph.
Mixing height.......2600 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South 15 to 20 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Fair (23200 knot-ft) early in the morning
                    increasing to good (47400 knot-ft) in the
                    afternoon.

TIME (CST)      10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........62  54  45  23  12  9   3   4
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............63  66  69  73  77  78  79  79
RH..............93  87  78  68  58  56  52  52
20 FT wind dir..S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S
20 FT wind spd..13  13  14  13  13  13  13  12
20 FT wind gust.22  23  23  23  22  22  21  21
Eye lvl wnd dir.S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S
Eye lvl wnd spd.8   8   8   8   8   8   8   7
Eye lvl wnd gst.13  14  14  14  13  13  13  13
Mix hgt (kft)...1.4 1.8 2.0 2.2 2.5 2.6 2.2 1.3
Transp wind dir.S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S
Transp wind spd.18  20  20  18  18  17  16  15
Vrate kt-ft/1K..23  30  37  43  47  47  41  32
Ventrate Cat....PR  PR  PR  FR  FR  FR  FR  PR

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (25-35 percent) then becoming
                    mostly cloudy (60-70 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 57.
Max humidity........100 percent.
Eye level winds.....South winds up to 6 mph with gusts to around 13
                    mph decreasing to around 3 mph after 3 am.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......South winds 5 to 8 mph with gusts to around 21
                    mph in the evening and overnight becoming
                    light.
Mixing height.......500 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South 7 to 16 mph decreasing to around 5 mph
                    early in the morning.
Smoke dispersal.....Fair (24600 knot-ft) early in the evening
                    decreasing to poor (2600 knot-ft) late in the
                    night.

TIME (CST)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........10  12  14  18  30  28  45  50  56  65  67  72
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............77  73  70  68  66  64  63  62  62  61  59  59
RH..............56  62  71  78  87  90  93  97  93  97  100 100
20 FT wind dir..S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S
20 FT wind spd..10  10  10  10  10  9   8   7   6   6   5   3
20 FT wind gust.20  20  21  21  18  16  15  14  13  12  9   7
Eye lvl wnd dir.S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S
Eye lvl wnd spd.6   6   6   6   6   5   5   4   4   4   3   2
Eye lvl wnd gst.12  12  13  13  11  10  9   8   8   7   5   4
Mix hgt (kft)...0.9 0.8 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.7 0.5
Transp wind dir.S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S
Transp wind spd.14  14  15  15  16  16  16  15  13  9   7   5
Vrate kt-ft/1K..25  20  16  13  11  10  9   9   8   6   4   3
Ventrate Cat....PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR

.WEDNESDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (65-75 percent) then becoming
                    mostly sunny (35-45 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 79.
Min humidity........56 percent.
Eye level winds.....South winds around 3 mph.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......Light winds.
Mixing height.......3500 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South 3 to 10 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (1000 knot-ft) early in the morning
                    increasing to good (35100 knot-ft) in the
                    afternoon.

TIME (CST)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........73  70  77  83  75  68  60  50  40  30  30  30
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............59  57  59  62  65  68  71  74  77  78  79  78
RH..............100 100 100 97  90  84  76  69  60  58  56  58
20 FT wind dir..S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S
20 FT wind spd..2   2   2   2   3   3   5   5   5   5   5   5
20 FT wind gust.7   6   6   7   8   8   9   10  12  12  12  10
Eye lvl wnd dir.S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S
Eye lvl wnd spd.1   1   1   1   2   2   3   3   3   3   3   3
Eye lvl wnd gst.4   4   4   4   5   5   5   6   7   7   7   6
Mix hgt (kft)...0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 1.2 2.2 2.7 2.9 3.3 3.5 2.8 1.5
Transp wind dir.S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S
Transp wind spd.3   3   3   3   5   6   7   8   8   9   10  10
Vrate kt-ft/1K..2   1   1   2   5   9   13  21  31  35  27  16
Ventrate Cat....PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR

$$
Forecaster...04
Requested by...Jason Dewhurst
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2602875.0/EWX
.DELDT 02/17/26
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL jason_dewhurst@fws.gov