FNUS74 KFWD 151246 FWSFWD SPOT FORECAST FOR RHODES RANCH FIRE...TEXAS FOREST SERVICE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 746 AM CDT WED AUG 15 2012 FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0736 CDT ON AUGUST 15. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS MORNING WITH ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON. RAINFALL AMOUNTS RANGED FROM 0.25 TO ALMOST 2.00 FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST ACROSS PALO PINTO COUNTY. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS NOT EXPECTED TO BE WIDESPREAD. ISOLATED CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES REMAIN POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY THIS MORNING. SOUTH WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH WILL BE OCCASIONALLY GUSTY TO BETWEEN 20 AND 25 MPH THIS AFTERNOON. HIGHS WILL REMAIN HOT WILL READING NEAR 100 DEGREES EACH DAY THROUGH THURSDAY. A COLD FRONT AND ADDITIONAL CHANCES FOR RAIN WILL ARRIVE FRIDAY INTO THE WEEKEND. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY (55-65 PERCENT). CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EARLY IN THE MORNING...THEN SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. TEMPERATURE.........73 AT REQUEST...MAX 100. RH..................84 PERCENT AT REQUEST...MIN 26 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........WINDS SOUTHEAST AT 8 MPH AT REQUEST...OTHERWISE EAST WINDS 7 TO 10 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....EAST WINDS 7 TO 10 MPH. TIME (CDT) 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%).........62 65 68 71 67 63 60 56 52 50 48 WEATHER COV.....SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH WEATHER TYPE....RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW TEMP............72 73 77 79 83 86 90 93 97 100 100 RH..............84 81 69 62 53 48 41 36 30 26 27 20 FT WIND DIR..E SE SE S S S SE SE E E E 20 FT WIND SPD..7 7 8 9 8 7 6 7 7 8 9 20 FT WIND GUST.10 10 10 15 10 10 10 10 10 10 15 EYE LVL WND DIR.E SE SE S S S SE SE E E E EYE LVL WND SPD.5 5 6 7 6 5 4 5 5 6 7 EYE LVL WND GST.10 10 10 15 10 10 10 10 10 10 15 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (40-50 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY (50-60 PERCENT). SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EARLY IN THE EVENING. TEMPERATURE.........MIN 73. RH..................MAX 68 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 7 TO 12 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS EARLY IN THE EVENING. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTH WINDS 7 TO 12 MPH. TIME (CDT) 6 PM 9 PM MIDNGT 3 AM SKY (%).........46 44 43 48 WEATHER COV.....S CHC WEATHER TYPE....RNSHWR NONE NONE NONE TEMP............98 90 86 80 RH..............29 38 43 52 20 FT WIND......SE 10G20 S 7G10 S 9G15 S 10G20 EYE LEVEL WIND..SE 7G20 S 5G10 S 7G15 S 7G20 .THURSDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY (50-60 PERCENT). TEMPERATURE.........MAX 99. RH..................MIN 28 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 7 TO 10 MPH. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTH WINDS 7 TO 10 MPH. TIME (CDT) 6 AM 10 AM 2 PM SKY (%).........56 56 54 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE TEMP............73 83 97 RH..............68 47 31 20 FT WIND......SE 7G10 S 9G15 S 8G10 EYE LEVEL WIND..SE 5G10 S 7G15 S 6G10 $$ FORECASTER...MARTELLO REQUESTED BY...MARY LEATHERS TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20120815.RHODE.01/FWD