FNUS74 KFWD 160053
FWSFWD

SPOT FORECAST FOR RHODES RANCH FIRE...TEXAS FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
753 PM CDT WED AUG 15 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1802 CDT ON AUGUST 15.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
SOUTHEAST WINDS AROUND 10 MPH THIS EVENING WILL BECOME MORE
SOUTHERLY AFTER MIDNIGHT AND PREVAIL BETWEEN 5 TO 15 MPH. ON
THURSDAY MORNING...EXPECT A SOUTH-SOUTHWEST DIRECTION TO THE WIND
WITH A CHANGE TO A MORE SOUTH DIRECTION IN THE AFTERNOON. WIND
SPEEDS DURING THE AFTERNOON WILL BE 10 TO 15 MPH WITH SLIGHTLY
HIGHER GUSTS.

RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES ARE STILL BETWEEN 25 TO 30 PERCENT THIS
EVENING BUT WILL START TO INCREASE WITH SUNSET. VALUES AROUND 50
PERCENT ARE FORECAST BY MIDNIGHT WITH A PEAK IN THE MID 60S BY
DAYBREAK. RH VALUES WILL FALL INTO THE LOWER 20S THURSDAY
AFTERNOON AS TEMPERATURES RISE TO AROUND 102 DEGREES. THE FORECAST
THROUGH THURSDAY IS DRY BUT A CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS ENTERS THE FORECAST THURSDAY NIGHT.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (40-50 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
                    MOSTLY CLOUDY (45-55 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
                    PARTLY CLOUDY (40-50 PERCENT). SLIGHT CHANCE OF
                    SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EARLY IN THE EVENING.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 75.
MAX HUMIDITY........66 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 9 TO 12 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
                    WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS EARLY IN THE
                    EVENING.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTH WINDS 9 TO 12 MPH.

TIME (CDT)      6 PM   8 PM   10 PM  MIDNGT 2 AM   4 AM
SKY (%).........46     51     48     46     45     45
WEATHER COV.....S CHC
WEATHER TYPE....RNSHWR NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
TEMP............96     90     85     82     79     78
RH..............41     43     47     48     52     56
20 FT WIND......SE 10  S 9    SE 8   S 9    S 10   S 10
20 FT WIND GUST.15     15     10     15     15     15
EYE LEVEL WIND..SE 7   S 7    SE 6   S 7    S 7    S 7
EYE LVL WND GST.15     15     10     15     15     15
HAINES INDEX.....66      6      6      5      5
LIGHTNING........11      1      1      1      1

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (45-55 PERCENT).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 101.
MIN HUMIDITY........24 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 9 TO 12 MPH.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTH WINDS 9 TO 12 MPH.

TIME (CDT)      6 AM   8 AM   10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM
SKY (%).........45     46     46     47     49     51
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
TEMP............76     76     85     93     99     101
RH..............62     61     45     33     26     24
20 FT WIND......S 8    S 8    S 10   S 9    S 9    S 10
20 FT WIND GUST.10     10     15     15     15     20
EYE LEVEL WIND..S 6    S 6    S 7    S 7    S 7    S 7
EYE LVL WND GST.10     10     15     15     15     20
HAINES INDEX.....54      4      4      5      5
LIGHTNING........11      1      1      1      1

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FORECASTER...JLDUNN
REQUESTED BY...MARY LEATHERS
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120815.RHODE.02/FWD