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SPOT FORECAST FOR STEADY FIRE...TEXAS A&M FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
1232 PM CDT THU JUL 30 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON FORECAST START TIME OF 1300 CDT ON JULY 30.
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.
..HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING
DISCUSSION
SOUTHERLY WINDS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AT 10 TO 15 MPH WITH
GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH, CHANGING TO SOUTHEASTERLY THIS EVENING.
SHOWERS OR AN ISOLATED STORM WILL BE POSSIBLE AFTER MIDNIGHT AND
BEFORE SUNRISE. THIS ACTIVITY MAY PRODUCE ERRATIC AND STRONG
SURFACE WINDS. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA AROUND THE
MIDDLE OF FRIDAY AFTERNOON WITH BREEZY NORTHERLY WINDS.
REST OF TODAY
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (0-10 PERCENT).
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 106.
MIN HUMIDITY........21 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 13 TO 14 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......10700 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 14 TO 16 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT (99300 KNOT-FT).
TIME (CDT) 1 PM 3 PM 5 PM
SKY COVER.......CLEAR CLEAR MCLEAR
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0
TEMP............98 101 104
RH..............28 25 21
20 FT WIND......S 13 S 14 S 14
20 FT WIND GUST.18 20 20
MIX HGT (KFT)...8.3 10 10
TRANSPORT WIND..SW 14 SW 15 S 16
VRATE KT-FT/1K..99 133 146
VENTRATE CAT....GOOD VYGD VYGD
TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (20-30 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
MOSTLY CLOUDY (50-60 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
PARTLY CLOUDY (40-50 PERCENT). SLIGHT CHANCE OF
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING, THEN
CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVERNIGHT.
CHANCE OF PCPN......30 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 74.
MAX HUMIDITY........65 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 9 TO 16 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE LATE
EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS
EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS AFTER 3 AM.
MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 17 TO 21 MPH SHIFTING TO THE WEST EARLY
IN THE MORNING.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT (60000 KNOT-FT) DECREASING TO POOR
(6700 KNOT-FT) IN THE LATE EVENING AND
OVERNIGHT.
TIME (CDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM
SKY COVER.......MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR PCLDY PCLDY MCLDY
WEATHER COV..... S CHC S CHC CHANCE CHANCE
WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR
TSTM COV........ S CHC S CHC S CHC CHANCE
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 10 20 20 30 30
TEMP............102 100 91 87 83 79
RH..............23 25 34 41 46 53
20 FT WIND......S 15 S 15 S 15 S 14 S 12 SW 10
20 FT WIND GUST.20 20 22 20 18 14
MIX HGT (KFT)...9.6 3.3 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.5
TRANSPORT WIND..SW 17 S 21 S 20 S 20 S 20 SW 17
VRATE KT-FT/1K..143 60 10 10 9 8
VENTRATE CAT....VYGD GOOD POOR POOR POOR POOR
FRIDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (25-35 PERCENT). CHANCE OF SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS EARLY IN THE MORNING, THEN
SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
EARLY IN THE MORNING. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
CHANCE OF PCPN......30 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 99.
MIN HUMIDITY........29 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 8 TO 9 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTHEAST
AROUND 12 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. GUSTY AND
ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS EARLY
IN THE MORNING. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS
EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......8000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 14 TO 16 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
NORTHEAST 12 TO 14 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (7000 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING
INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (85300 KNOT-FT) IN THE
AFTERNOON.
TIME (CDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM
SKY COVER.......PCLDY PCLDY MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR
WEATHER COV.....CHANCE S CHC S CHC S CHC
WEATHER TYPE....RNSHWR RNSHWR NONE NONE RNSHWR RNSHWR
TSTM COV........CHANCE S CHC S CHC S CHC
CHC OF PCPN (%).30 20 10 10 20 20
TEMP............76 77 85 91 93 96
RH..............61 62 46 38 36 32
20 FT WIND......W 9 W 9 NW 9 N 12 N 13 NE 12
20 FT WIND GUST.13 13 14 15 19 16
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.5 0.9 2.0 4.4 7.1 8.0
TRANSPORT WIND..NW 16 N 15 NW 14 N 13 NE 14 N 12
VRATE KT-FT/1K..7 12 25 48 85 80
VENTRATE CAT....POOR POOR POOR FAIR GOOD GOOD
FORECASTER...VANDEN BOSCH
REQUESTED BY...BELINDA JACKSON
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2618681.0/AMA
.DELDT 07/30/26
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0
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