Suppression Forecast
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Spot Forecast for MTSP--North Side...Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX
739 AM CDT Tue Mar 18 2025

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

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

.DISCUSSION...

Windy conditions are anticipated today with sustained 15-25mph speeds
by afternoon along with some gusts above 30 mph for portions of the region.
Minimum relative humidity values in Houston County are around 45%, and
with higher humidity in place than what we have experienced in the
past couple days, Red Flag Warning criteria does not look like it will be
met, but caution is advised with any outdoor burning. A cold front will
pass through Southeast Texas on Wednesday. Once the front passes through,
afternoon relative humidities are expected to drop to around 20%. Winds
will remain elevated with gusts to 25 mph possible.
A Fire Weather Watch has been issued for portions of Southeast
Texas for Wednesday afternoon through the evening hours.


.REST OF TODAY...
TIME (CDT)      11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky cover.......PC  MC  PC  PC  PC  PC  PC
Sky (%).........49  53  38  37  36  33  28
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............69  72  75  77  79  79  79
RH..............63  55  50  47  44  44  44
Aparnt tmp (F)..69  72  75  77  79  79  79
20 FT wind dir..S   S   S   S   S   S   S
20 FT wind spd..9   12  12  12  12  12  12
20 FT wind gust.26  26  26  28  28  29  29
Mix hgt (kft)...3.4 3.8 4.0 4.3 4.8 4.9 4.9
Mix hgt (km)....1.0 1.2 1.2 1.3 1.5 1.5 1.5
Transp wind dir.S   S   S   S   S   S   S
Transp wind spd.29  29  28  29  29  30  31
Trans wind dir..S   S   S   S   S   S   S
Trans spd (m/s).13  13  13  13  13  13  14
Ceiling (kft)...22  22  22  23  23  23  23
Visibility (sm).10  10  10  10  10  10  10

.TONIGHT...
TIME (CDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky cover.......PC  MCR MCR MCR PC  PC  PC  PC  MC  MC  MC  MC
Sky (%).........28  24  21  22  37  36  32  42  56  75  84  83
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   10  10
Temp............77  74  68  67  65  64  63  63  63  62  62  63
RH..............47  53  65  68  75  78  84  84  84  87  90  90
Aparnt tmp (F)..77  74  68  67  65  64  63  63  63  62  62  63
20 FT wind dir..S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   SW  SW
20 FT wind spd..12  10  10  10  10  10  9   9   8   8   9   8
20 FT wind gust.29  29  29  30  31  31  31  32  31  30  29  28
Mix hgt (kft)...3.4 1.3 1.1 1.3 1.4 1.3 1.4 1.2 1.3 1.1 1.5 1.5
Mix hgt (km)....1.0 0.4 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.5 0.5
Transp wind dir.S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   SW  SW
Transp wind spd.30  24  26  28  28  28  28  25  26  24  24  23
Trans wind dir..S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   SW  SW
Trans spd (m/s).13  11  12  13  13  13  13  11  12  11  11  10
Ceiling (kft)...23  22  22  23  22  21  19  11  2.4 2.0 1.6 1.6
Visibility (sm).10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10

.WEDNESDAY...
TIME (CDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky cover.......MC  MC  MC  MCR MCR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR
Sky (%).........73  73  53  17  9   3   1   2   3   3   3   3
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
CWR.............10  0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............63  63  63  64  68  70  72  73  74  74  73  71
RH..............90  90  84  73  54  39  29  24  21  21  23  25
Aparnt tmp (F)..63  63  63  64  68  70  72  73  74  74  73  71
20 FT wind dir..SW  SW  SW  W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   NW
20 FT wind spd..7   10  10  10  10  10  12  12  12  12  12  12
20 FT wind gust.25  24  24  23  23  23  22  22  22  23  23  22
Mix hgt (kft)...1.2 1.2 1.2 2.2 2.9 4.1 4.7 5.3 6.2 7.0 7.0 5.7
Mix hgt (km)....0.4 0.4 0.4 0.7 0.9 1.2 1.4 1.6 1.9 2.1 2.1 1.7
Transp wind dir.SW  SW  SW  W   W   W   W   W   W   W   NW  NW
Transp wind spd.23  21  20  22  23  23  23  24  25  26  26  25
Trans wind dir..SW  SW  SW  W   W   W   W   W   W   W   NW  NW
Trans spd (m/s).10  9   9   10  10  10  10  11  11  12  12  11
Ceiling (kft)...1.7 1.7 7.7 14  20  22  23  25  25  25  25
Visibility (sm).10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10

$$
Forecaster...Adams
Requested by...Jeff Sparks
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2506888.0/HGX
.DELDT 03/18/25
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL jeff.sparks@tpwd.texas.gov