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Fire Weather Planning Forecast for Swisher 4185...CS Dispatch TX A&M FS
National Weather Service Lubbock TX
425 PM CDT Mon May 18 2026

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 1700 CDT on May 18. 
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

If you have questions or concerns with this forecast,
please contact our office at (806) 745-4926.

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING...
...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

.DISCUSSION...
Currently, winds are out of the southwest at 30 mph, gusting to 40.
A gust to 50 mph or beyond is within the realm of possibility.
Some decrease in speed is expected around sunset to around 10 mph. 
However, shortly after midnight, a strong cold front will swing winds
around to the north at 20-30 mph. RH will only show modest 
improvements this evening, but will improve substantially after 
frontal passage.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (0-5 percent). Patchy blowing dust. 
CWR.................0 percent. 
Max temperature.....Around 94. 
Min humidity........5 percent. 
Wind (20 ft)........Breezy. Southwest winds around 29 mph with 
                    gusts to around 48 mph. 

TIME (CDT)      5 PM   
Sky (%).........1      
Weather cov.....PATCHY 
Weather type....BLDUST 
Tstm cov........       
CWR.............0      
Temp............93     
RH..............5      
20 ft wind......SW 29  
20 ft wind gust.48     

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (5-15 percent). Patchy blowing 
                    dust early in the evening. 
CWR.................0 percent. 
Min temperature.....Around 52. 
Max humidity........71 percent. 
Wind (20 ft)........Breezy. Southwest winds 22 to 29 mph with gusts 
                    to around 47 mph decreasing to 10 to 17 mph in 
                    the late evening and overnight, then shifting 
                    to the north 14 to 16 mph after 3 am. 

TIME (CDT)      6 PM   8 PM   10 PM  MIDNGT 2 AM   4 AM   
Sky (%).........2      3      6      3      3      19     
Weather cov.....PATCHY                                    
Weather type....BLDUST NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   
Tstm cov........                                          
CWR.............0      0      0      0      0      0      
Temp............92     89     79     75     70     63     
RH..............6      8      12     15     22     46     
20 ft wind......SW 29  SW 22  SW 15  SW 10  SW 10  N 14   
20 ft wind gust.47     37     21     17     15     18     

.TUESDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (15-25 percent). 
CWR.................0 percent. 
Max temperature.....Around 77. 
Min humidity........26 percent. 
Wind (20 ft)........Northeast winds 13 to 18 mph shifting to the 
                    east 12 to 13 mph late in the afternoon. 

TIME (CDT)      6 AM   8 AM   10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM   
Sky (%).........30     28     9      16     16     20     
Weather cov.....                                          
Weather type....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   
Tstm cov........                                          
CWR.............0      0      0      0      0      0      
Temp............54     52     58     65     71     76     
RH..............66     69     49     37     31     26     
20 ft wind......N 17   N 17   N 18   NE 17  NE 15  E 12   
20 ft wind gust.22     25     26     24     22     18     

$$
Forecaster...JURECKA / ALLEN
Requested by...Rachael Haver
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2613969.0/LUB
.DELDT 05/18/26
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.EMAIL csdispatch@tfs.tamu.edu