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Spot Forecast for Prescribed Fire WX...TFS
National Weather Service Fort Worth TX
803 AM CST Thu Nov 14 2024

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0800 CST on November 14.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...
Dry and sunny conditions will continue through today with light
winds from the north becoming southeasterly this afternoon. Winds
will generally remain below 10 mph, though gusts upwards of 15 mph
will be possible this afternoon. Minimum relative humidity will
range between 20-30% with overnight recovery upwards of 90%.
Similar conditions can be expected for tomorrow as well.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (0-5 percent).
Max temperature.....Around 72.
Min humidity........26 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........North winds 5 to 6 mph early in the morning
                    becoming light.
Mixing height.......3600 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....North 7 to 9 mph.
Haines Index........4 or low potential for large plume dominated
                    fire growth.

TIME (CST)      8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........0   2   2   2   3   2   1   4   2   3
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Temp............50  57  62  66  69  71  72  72  71  70
RH..............74  59  48  38  31  28  27  26  28  30
20 FT wind dir..NW  N   N   N   N   N   N   N   NE  NE
20 FT wind spd..6   6   6   6   7   6   6   6   5   3
20 FT wind gust.10  10  12  13  13  12  12  12  10  7
Mix hgt (kft)...0.4 0.7 1.6 2.7 3.4 3.6 3.6 3.4 2.6 0.6
Transp wind dir.N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N   NE
Transp wind spd.8   9   8   8   9   9   9   8   8   7
Haines index....4   4   4   4   4   4   4   4   4   4

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Clear (0-5 percent).
Min temperature.....Around 41.
Max humidity........93 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds.
Mixing height.......400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northeast 6 to 8 mph shifting to the southeast
                    5 to 6 mph overnight.
Haines Index........4 or low potential for large plume dominated
                    fire growth.

TIME (CST)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........2   0   1   1   1   1   3   1   4   2   2   4
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Temp............64  59  57  55  53  51  49  48  47  46  44  43
RH..............37  44  45  53  59  63  68  71  71  71  79  79
20 FT wind dir..NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  SW  SW  S   SW
20 FT wind spd..2   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1
20 FT wind gust.6   3   3   3   3   3   3   2   3   3   3   3
Mix hgt (kft)...0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4
Transp wind dir.NE  NE  NE  NE  E   E   E   SE  SE  SE  SE  SE
Transp wind spd.8   7   8   7   7   6   6   5   6   5   6   5
Haines index....4   4   4   4   4   4   4   4   4   4   4   4

.FRIDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (0-10 percent).
Max temperature.....Around 73.
Min humidity........34 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming southeast 5 to 6 mph late
                    in the morning.
Mixing height.......3100 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southeast 5 to 9 mph.
Haines Index........4 or low potential for large plume dominated
                    fire growth.

TIME (CST)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........4   4   1   3   2   2   2   2   3   3   2   2
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Temp............43  41  45  53  58  63  68  69  71  73  70  67
RH..............79  93  82  66  57  50  44  40  38  34  39  45
20 FT wind dir..N   N   E   E   SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE
20 FT wind spd..1   1   1   2   3   5   6   6   6   6   6   5
20 FT wind gust.3   3   3   5   7   9   12  13  13  13  12  10
Mix hgt (kft)...0.4 0.3 0.3 0.6 1.2 1.9 2.5 3.0 3.1 2.9 2.1 1.1
Transp wind dir.SE  E   E   SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE
Transp wind spd.5   6   6   7   7   7   8   8   9   9   9   9
Haines index....4   4   4   4   4   4   4   4   4   4   4   4

$$
Forecaster...Reeves
Requested by...Sethly
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
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.DELDT 11/14/24
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