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FWSAMA
SPOT FORECAST FOR OLDHAM 6729...TFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
318 PM CDT SAT AUG 8 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON FORECAST START TIME OF 1600 CDT ON AUGUST 08.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.
PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT (806) 335-1421, IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS
OR CONCERNS WITH THIS FORECAST.
DISCUSSION
PRESENT OBSERVATIONS THIS AFTERNOON ARE SEEING
SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS ARE AROUND 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UPWARDS OF
20 MPH. THESE WINDS SHOULD STAY SOUTHERLY TO SOUTHWESTERLY OVER
THE COURSE OF THE DAY WITH SPEEDS LOOKING TO INCREASE TO AROUND 15
TO 20 MPH BY MIDNIGHT. CURRENT RH VALUES ARE HOLDING AT AROUND 15
PERCENT, WITH EXPECTATIONS TO STAY THERE THROUGH THIS EVENING
BEFORE RECOVERING INTO THE UPPER 50S DURING THE OVERNIGHT.
OTHERWISE, LOW AMOUNTS OF INSTABILITY ARE STILL PRESENT, BUT
CONFIDENCE IS LOW IN THE POTENTIAL FOR PLUME DOMINATION OR THE
DEVELOPMENT OF A PYROCUMULUS OVER THE FIRE AREA.
REST OF TODAY
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (0-10 PERCENT).
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 101.
MIN HUMIDITY........14 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS AROUND 8 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......12100 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 10 TO 12 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT (108100 KNOT-FT).
TIME (CDT) 4 PM
SKY COVER.......CLEAR
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).0
TEMP............99
RH..............15
20 FT WIND......S 8
20 FT WIND GUST.13
MIX HGT (KFT)...12
TRANSPORT WIND..S 10
VRATE KT-FT/1K..108
VENTRATE CAT....VYGD
TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR (15-25 PERCENT).
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 72.
MAX HUMIDITY........55 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 8 TO 15 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......3400 FT AGL DECREASING TO 500 FT AGL IN THE
LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 13 TO 22 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST 22
TO 25 MPH OVERNIGHT.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT (130500 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE EVENING
DECREASING TO GOOD (47300 KNOT-FT) LATE IN THE
NIGHT DECREASING TO FAIR (14100 KNOT-FT) EARLY
IN THE EVENING DECREASING TO POOR (7000
KNOT-FT) LATE IN THE NIGHT IN THE LATE EVENING
AND OVERNIGHT.
TIME (CDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY COVER.......CLR CLR CLR MCR CLR MCR CLR MCR MCR PC MCR MCR
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............99 100 97 91 87 85 84 82 81 80 77 76
RH..............14 14 16 20 24 27 30 35 39 42 48 50
20 FT WIND DIR..S S S S S S S S S S SW SW
20 FT WIND SPD..9 9 8 9 10 12 14 14 14 15 15 15
20 FT WIND GUST.13 13 12 13 14 16 18 20 20 21 21 22
MIX HGT (KFT)...12 11 3.4 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.5
TRANSP WIND DIR.S S S S S S S S S SW SW SW
TRANSP WIND SPD.13 14 16 16 16 18 22 23 25 24 23 22
VRATE KT-FT/1K..131 130 47 7 7 8 10 11 14 13 12 10
VENTRATE CAT....VGD VGD FR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
SUNDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (0-10 PERCENT).
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 102.
MIN HUMIDITY........14 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 14 TO 15 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......9400 FT AGL INCREASING TO 12800 FT AGL LATE IN
THE AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 15 TO 23 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (8900 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING
INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (77000 KNOT-FT) IN THE
AFTERNOON INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (129400
KNOT-FT) IN THE AFTERNOON.
TIME (CDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY COVER.......MCR CLR MCR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR MCR MCR CLR
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............75 73 76 79 86 90 93 96 98 100 100 100
RH..............52 55 50 45 35 28 23 19 17 16 16 14
20 FT WIND DIR..SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW S S S
20 FT WIND SPD..15 14 14 14 14 15 14 14 14 14 14 14
20 FT WIND GUST.22 21 21 20 20 20 20 19 19 19 19 19
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.5 0.5 0.8 1.4 1.9 4.5 8.1 9.4 11 12 13 13
TRANSP WIND DIR.SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW S SW S S
TRANSP WIND SPD.20 20 20 23 21 20 18 17 15 15 15 16
VRATE KT-FT/1K..9 9 14 28 35 77 129 140 140 155 167 179
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR GD VGD VGD VGD EXL EXL EXL
FORECASTER...SCOLERI
REQUESTED BY...KAREN HAWKINS
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2619239.0/AMA
.DELDT 08/08/26
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0
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