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SPOT FORECAST FOR LAVENDER...TFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
829 AM CST FRI FEB 20 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON FORECAST START TIME OF 0900 CST ON FEBRUARY 20.
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.
...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM CST THIS
EVENING...
...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM CST THIS
EVENING...
DISCUSSION
CURRENT CONDITIONS NEAR THE SPOT FORECAST SITE SHOWS TEMPERATURE
OF 28 DEGREES WITH SE WINDS AROUND 12 MPH WITH RH VALUES AROUND 52
PERCENT. MIN RH VALUES AS WE GO INTO THE AFTERNOON HOURS WILL DROP
TO AROUND 15 PERCENT BEFORE SLOWLY INCREASING TO AROUND 55 TO 60
PERCENT BY SUNRISE TOMORROW MORNING. 20 FT WINDS WILL START OUT OF
THE SE THIS MORNING, BUT THEN VEER TO SOUTHERLY BY LATE MORNING
INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON BEFORE VEERING TO SOUTHWESTERLY AND THEN
WESTERLY BY LATE AFTERNOON. 20 FT WINDS STARTING LATE THIS MORNING
INTO THE AFTERNOON HOURS WILL RANGE FROM 15-25 MPH WITH HIGHER
GUSTS AT TIMES. 20 FT WINDS WILL THEN SUBSIDE AND VEER TO
NORTHWESTERLY BY MIDNIGHT TONIGHT WITH WINDS OF 10-15 MPH. SKIES
WILL BE MOSTLY CLEAR.
REST OF TODAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (25-35 PERCENT).
CHANCE OF PCPN......10 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 63.
MIN HUMIDITY........15 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........BREEZY. SOUTH WINDS 12 TO 21 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
AROUND 29 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST 22 TO
29 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 41 MPH LATE IN THE
AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......8800 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 24 TO 31 MPH INCREASING TO SOUTHWEST 37
TO 44 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD (35300 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING
INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (85700 KNOT-FT) IN THE
AFTERNOON INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (253900
KNOT-FT).
TIME (CST) 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY COVER.......MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR PC PC PC MCR
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 10 10 10 10 10 10
TEMP............30 36 42 47 54 57 60 61 62
RH..............48 40 33 30 24 22 20 17 15
20 FT WIND DIR..SE SE S S S SW SW W W
20 FT WIND SPD..14 14 15 17 21 23 26 25 29
20 FT WIND GUST.18 21 21 23 29 33 37 36 41
MIX HGT (KFT)...1.7 1.9 2.2 3.4 5.4 8.2 8.8 8.7 8.3
TRANSP WIND DIR.S S S S SW SW SW W W
TRANSP WIND SPD.24 25 24 28 31 37 38 41 44
VRATE KT-FT/1K..39 46 52 86 158 302 314 325 335
VENTRATE CAT....PR FR FR GD EXL EXL EXL EXL EXL
TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR (0-10 PERCENT).
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 23.
MAX HUMIDITY........73 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........BREEZY. WEST WINDS 14 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
AROUND 36 MPH DECREASING TO 8 TO 14 MPH LATE IN
THE EVENING.
MIXING HEIGHT.......400 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST AROUND 40 MPH DECREASING TO 21 TO 29 MPH
IN THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT, THEN SHIFTING TO
THE NORTHWEST AROUND 18 MPH AFTER 3 AM.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT (168200 KNOT-FT) DECREASING TO FAIR
(17600 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE EVENING DECREASING
TO POOR (7100 KNOT-FT) LATE IN THE NIGHT.
TIME (CST) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY COVER.......MCR MCR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............58 54 48 46 43 41 40 37 36 34 31 28
RH..............15 15 18 19 22 24 26 31 33 38 45 50
20 FT WIND DIR..W W W W W W W W W NW NW NW
20 FT WIND SPD..25 23 22 16 16 14 13 13 13 13 12 12
20 FT WIND GUST.36 33 30 23 22 20 18 18 18 16 15 14
MIX HGT (KFT)...4.8 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.9
TRANSP WIND DIR.W W W W W W W W NW NW NW N
TRANSP WIND SPD.40 29 25 24 23 21 21 22 21 21 18 18
VRATE KT-FT/1K..184 17 12 12 12 11 10 10 10 9 13 18
VENTRATE CAT....EXL PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
SATURDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (0-10 PERCENT).
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 54.
MIN HUMIDITY........16 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTH WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......5300 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTH 14 TO 20 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (8200 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING
INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (84300 KNOT-FT) IN THE
AFTERNOON.
TIME (CST) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY COVER.......CLR MCR MCR MCR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............25 24 23 28 34 39 44 48 51 53 54 53
RH..............62 66 73 61 48 40 32 25 21 19 17 16
20 FT WIND DIR..N N N N N N N N N N N N
20 FT WIND SPD..10 9 9 9 9 8 8 8 7 7 6 6
20 FT WIND GUST.14 14 14 13 13 12 12 12 12 12 11 9
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.7 0.8 1.1 1.3 1.7 2.2 2.6 3.5 4.4 5.3 4.6 3.9
TRANSP WIND DIR.N N N N N N N N N N N N
TRANSP WIND SPD.15 15 17 20 20 18 17 17 17 17 16 14
VRATE KT-FT/1K..13 15 22 32 38 40 43 58 72 84 69 57
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR PR FR FR GD GD GD FR
FORECASTER...MECCARIELLO
REQUESTED BY...DISPATCH
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2603323.0/AMA
.DELDT 02/20/26
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0
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