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SPOT FORECAST FOR HYPERNIGHT...TEXAS A&M FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
1017 PM CDT FRI SEP 4 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON FORECAST START TIME OF 2300 CDT ON SEPTEMBER 04.
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
CURRENT OBSERVATIONS NEAR THE SPOT FORECAST SITE SHOWS 83 DEGREES
WITH SOUTH WINDS AROUND 27 MPH GUSTING TO 31 MPH WITH RH VALUES
AROUND 42 PERCENT. WE ARE WATCHING A SERIES OF OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES
MOVE NEARBY THE SPOT SITE. FIRST WILL BE A SHIFT TO THE SOUTHEAST
WITH WINDS IN THE NEXT 15-30 MIN, IF TRAJECTORY HOLDS. THIS WILL
BE FOLLOWED BY A SECOND OUTFLOW BOUNDARY FROM THE NORTH, WHICH
SHOULD BRIEFLY SHIFT WINDS TO NORTHERLY SOMETIME BEFORE MIDNIGHT
WITH NORTHERLY WINDS AT 15-25 MPH SUSTAINED. OVERALL WINDS ONCE
THESE OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES PASS WILL EVENTUALLY SHIFT BACK TO
SOUTHERLY AND THEN SOUTHEASTERLY AS WE GO INTO THE DAY ON
SATURDAY WITH WINDS AT 10-20 MPH SUSTAINED, WITH HIGHER GUSTS AT
TIMES. RH VALUES WILL TOP OUT AROUND 70 PERCENT BY SUNRISE
SATURDAY MORNING, THEN DROPPING TO AROUND 25 PERCENT BY EARLY
AFTERNOON, BEFORE INCREASING TO AROUND 50 PERCENT BY 12 AM SUNDAY.
REST OF TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (25-35 PERCENT).
CHANCE OF PCPN......10 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 72.
MAX HUMIDITY........67 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 8 TO 10 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 15 TO 17 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (6700 KNOT-FT).
TIME (CDT) 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY COVER.......PC PC PC MCR MCR MCR MCR
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).10 10 10 10 10 0 0
TEMP............83 81 79 78 77 76 75
RH..............43 45 50 52 53 57 61
20 FT WIND DIR..S S S S S S S
20 FT WIND SPD..8 8 9 9 10 10 10
20 FT WIND GUST.13 14 14 14 14 15 15
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.5
TRANSP WIND DIR.S S S S S SW SW
TRANSP WIND SPD.17 17 15 15 16 15 15
VRATE KT-FT/1K..8 8 7 7 8 7 7
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
SATURDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (15-25 PERCENT). SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
CHANCE OF PCPN......30 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 98.
MIN HUMIDITY........24 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS LATE IN THE
AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......9100 FT AGL INCREASING TO 10900 FT AGL LATE IN
THE AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 8 TO 13 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (4100 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING
INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (80200 KNOT-FT) IN THE
AFTERNOON.
TIME (CDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY COVER.......PC MCR MCR MCR CLR CLR CLR MCR MCR PC PC PC
WEATHER COV..... SCT SCT
WEATHER TYPE.... RW RW
TSTM COV........ ISO ISO
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 10 10 30 30
TEMP............74 73 72 77 82 86 90 94 95 96 97 95
RH..............62 64 67 56 47 40 34 28 26 25 24 25
20 FT WIND DIR..S S SW SW SW SW S S S SE SE S
20 FT WIND SPD..10 9 7 7 6 6 5 5 6 7 8 8
20 FT WIND GUST.14 13 11 11 11 9 8 8 11 13 14 14
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.5 0.5 0.5 0.7 1.4 3.5 6.1 9.1 11 11 10 8.3
TRANSP WIND DIR.S SW SW SW SW SW SW S S S S S
TRANSP WIND SPD.13 12 10 9 9 9 8 8 8 8 9 9
VRATE KT-FT/1K..6 5 4 5 11 28 43 63 74 77 80 67
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR PR FR GD GD GD GD GD
SATURDAY NIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (45-55 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
MOSTLY CLOUDY (50-60 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
PARTLY CLOUDY (45-55 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
MOSTLY CLOUDY (50-60 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
PARTLY CLOUDY (40-50 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
MOSTLY CLOUDY (50-60 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
PARTLY CLOUDY (20-30 PERCENT). SCATTERED
SHOWERS EARLY IN THE EVENING. ISOLATED
THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING. ISOLATED SHOWERS
LATE IN THE EVENING.
CHANCE OF PCPN......30 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 72.
MAX HUMIDITY........68 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 9 TO 12 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
EVENING.
MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 12 TO 20 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD (45600 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE EVENING
DECREASING TO POOR (7300 KNOT-FT) LATE IN THE
NIGHT.
TIME (CDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY COVER.......PC MC PC MC PC MC PC PC PC PC MCR MCR
WEATHER COV.....SCT SCT SCT SCT ISO ISO ISO
WEATHER TYPE....RW RW RW RW RW RW RW
TSTM COV........ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO
CHC OF PCPN (%).30 30 30 30 20 20 20 10 10 10 10 10
TEMP............95 94 90 86 84 83 81 80 79 77 76 74
RH..............25 27 32 37 40 43 46 47 50 54 56 62
20 FT WIND DIR..S SE SE SE SE S S S S S S S
20 FT WIND SPD..9 9 9 10 12 12 12 12 10 10 10 10
20 FT WIND GUST.14 14 14 14 15 16 16 16 15 14 14 14
MIX HGT (KFT)...4.6 3.3 1.4 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.5
TRANSP WIND DIR.S SE S S S S S S S S S S
TRANSP WIND SPD.12 15 17 18 18 20 20 20 18 18 18 16
VRATE KT-FT/1K..46 42 21 9 9 10 10 9 10 9 8 7
VENTRATE CAT....FR FR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
SUNDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (15-25 PERCENT).
CHANCE OF PCPN......10 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 96.
MIN HUMIDITY........25 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 8 TO 10 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......9900 FT AGL INCREASING TO 11100 FT AGL LATE IN
THE AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 9 TO 16 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (6700 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING
INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (99500 KNOT-FT) IN THE
AFTERNOON INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (108600
KNOT-FT) LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
TIME (CDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY COVER.......PC MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............74 73 72 76 82 86 89 91 92 93 93 94
RH..............62 64 68 60 49 42 37 33 31 29 28 26
20 FT WIND DIR..S S S S S S S S S S S S
20 FT WIND SPD..9 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 9 9 10 10
20 FT WIND GUST.14 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 14 14 15 15
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.5 0.5 0.6 1.0 2.1 4.5 7.4 9.9 11 11 11 11
TRANSP WIND DIR.S S S SW SW SW S S S S S S
TRANSP WIND SPD.15 16 13 12 13 12 10 9 10 10 12 13
VRATE KT-FT/1K..7 7 7 11 23 45 66 79 89 100 109 121
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR FR GD GD GD GD VGD VGD
FORECASTER...MECCARIELLO
REQUESTED BY...SETH
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2621245.0/AMA
.DELDT 09/04/26
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0
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