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Spot Forecast for FM 466...Sand Hills VFD
National Weather Service Austin/San Antonio TX
320 PM CDT Fri Apr 18 2025

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 1600 CDT on April 18.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...

Breezy southeast winds will continue through the evening, with 20
ft winds above 15 mph possible through midnight followed by
gradual weakening overnight under cloudy skies. Steady inflow of
Gulf moisture will allow for rapid moisture recovery after sunset.
Gusty winds return Saturday afternoon, with sustained winds
approaching 18 mph and gusts up to 35 mph. Relative humidity
values are forecast to be higher Saturday than today, with minimum
values near 55 percent. A low chance for light showers is
forecast Saturday afternoon. Showers and storms are possible early
Sunday morning.


.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Partly sunny (60-70 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 90.
Min humidity........45 percent.
Eye level winds.....South winds around 13 mph.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......South winds around 17 mph.
Mixing height.......5600 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South 25 to 26 mph.

TIME (CDT)      4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........64  68
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0   0
Temp............90  89
RH..............49  48
20 FT wind dir..S   S
20 FT wind spd..21  21
20 FT wind gust.30  29
Eye lvl wnd dir.S   S
Eye lvl wnd spd.13  13
Eye lvl wnd gst.18  17
Mix hgt (kft)...5.6 4.9
Transp wind dir.S   S
Transp wind spd.26  25

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (80-90 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 68.
Max humidity........97 percent.
Eye level winds.....Southeast winds 6 to 13 mph decreasing to
                    around 5 mph early in the morning.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......Southeast winds 8 to 17 mph decreasing to
                    around 7 mph early in the morning.
Mixing height.......800 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South 17 to 26 mph.

TIME (CDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........72  82  83  85  87  90  84  87  93  86  87  83
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............87  85  80  77  76  75  75  74  73  72  70  69
RH..............52  55  67  76  82  84  84  84  84  84  90  93
20 FT wind dir..S   SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE
20 FT wind spd..20  21  20  18  17  16  15  14  13  12  10  8
20 FT wind gust.28  30  30  28  26  25  25  24  22  20  18  16
Eye lvl wnd dir.S   SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE
Eye lvl wnd spd.12  13  12  11  10  10  9   8   8   7   6   5
Eye lvl wnd gst.17  18  18  17  16  15  15  14  13  12  11  10
Mix hgt (kft)...3.4 2.7 2.3 1.4 1.0 1.2 1.5 1.7 1.5 1.0 0.8 0.8
Transp wind dir.S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   SE
Transp wind spd.25  24  24  25  26  26  26  26  24  22  20  17

.SATURDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (75-85 percent). Slight chance of
                    showers and thunderstorms early in the
                    afternoon. Chance of showers and thunderstorms
                    late in the afternoon.
CWR.................6 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 85.
Min humidity........57 percent.
Eye level winds.....Southeast winds up to 10 mph increasing to 11
                    to 13 mph late in the afternoon.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......Southeast winds 5 to 17 mph becoming 6 to 15
                    mph early in the morning, then increasing to 16
                    to 17 mph late in the afternoon. Gusty and
                    erratic winds expected near thunderstorms in
                    the afternoon.
Mixing height.......4600 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southeast 14 to 22 mph shifting to the south 24
                    to 28 mph in the afternoon.

TIME (CDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........80  90  86  71  86  79  80  89  93  90  72  73
Weather cov.....                            SCH SCH SCH CHC CHC
Weather type....                            RW  RW  RW  RW  RW
Tstm cov........                            SCH SCH SCH CHC CHC
CWR.............0   0   0   0   0   0   0   10  10  10  10  10
Temp............69  68  70  71  75  78  81  83  84  84  84  85
RH..............93  97  90  90  82  74  67  63  61  61  61  57
20 FT wind dir..SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE
20 FT wind spd..7   6   7   9   12  14  15  16  18  20  20  21
20 FT wind gust.14  13  14  16  18  22  23  24  26  28  29  30
Eye lvl wnd dir.SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE
Eye lvl wnd spd.4   4   4   5   7   8   9   10  11  12  12  13
Eye lvl wnd gst.8   8   8   10  11  13  14  14  16  17  17  18
Mix hgt (kft)...0.7 0.7 1.1 2.1 2.5 3.0 4.0 4.6 4.5 4.5 4.5 4.1
Transp wind dir.SE  SE  SE  S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S
Transp wind spd.15  14  15  16  17  20  22  24  25  26  26  28

$$
Forecaster...16
Requested by...K Hallmark
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2511029.0/EWX
.DELDT 04/18/25
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL kb4.hallmark@sandhillsvfd.org