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FNUS74 KAMA 202302
FWSAMA
SPOT FORECAST FOR 8 BALL...TFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
502 PM CST FRI FEB 20 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON FORECAST START TIME OF 1700 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 UNTIL 7 PM CST THIS EVENING
DISCUSSION
WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY TURN MORE SOUTHEAST THROUGH THE
NEXT FEW HOURS, AND WINDS WILL BEGIN TO WEAKEN AROUND SUNSET.
EXPECTING WINDS TO DROP TO 10 MPH OR LESS BY 9 PM. WINDS WILL TURN
NORTHERLY THEN WESTERLY BY AROUND 12 AM. WINDS WILL TURN
NORTHWESTERLY BY AROUND 4 AM AND STRENGTHEN TO 15-20 MPH WITH
GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. RH RECOVERY TO 70-75% IS EXPECTED TONIGHT.
REST OF TODAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (35-45 PERCENT).
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 58.
MIN HUMIDITY........23 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS 20 TO 21 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
AROUND 29 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......2100 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH AROUND 23 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD (39400 KNOT-FT).
TIME (CST) 5PM
SKY COVER.......PC
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).0
TEMP............55
RH..............24
20 FT WIND DIR..SE
20 FT WIND SPD..21
20 FT WIND GUST.29
MIX HGT (KFT)...2.1
TRANSP WIND DIR.S
TRANSP WIND SPD.23
VRATE KT-FT/1K..47
VENTRATE CAT....FR
TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (35-45 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
MOSTLY CLOUDY (45-55 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
MOSTLY CLEAR (10-20 PERCENT).
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 25.
MAX HUMIDITY........73 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS 7 TO 17 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
WEST 6 TO 13 MPH IN THE LATE EVENING AND
OVERNIGHT, THEN SHIFTING TO THE NORTHWEST 12 TO
16 MPH AFTER 3 AM.
MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 14 TO 21 MPH SHIFTING TO THE WEST 12 TO
20 MPH IN THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT, THEN
INCREASING TO NORTHWEST 23 TO 32 MPH OVERNIGHT.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD (37400 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE EVENING
DECREASING TO POOR (4700 KNOT-FT) LATE IN THE
NIGHT.
TIME (CST) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY COVER.......PC MC PC MCR MCR 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............53 50 45 42 40 39 38 37 37 36 34 31
RH..............27 30 36 41 41 40 40 39 40 43 47 57
20 FT WIND DIR..SE SE SE SE W W W W NW NW NW NW
20 FT WIND SPD..17 15 13 9 9 8 8 9 10 13 14 16
20 FT WIND GUST.23 20 15 11 11 9 9 11 14 15 18 20
MIX HGT (KFT)...1.6 0.9 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.5 1.0
TRANSP WIND DIR.SE SE S S W W W W NW NW NW NW
TRANSP WIND SPD.21 18 14 15 12 12 14 20 23 24 28 32
VRATE KT-FT/1K..37 17 8 8 7 6 8 11 13 15 17 30
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
SATURDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (5-15 PERCENT).
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 53.
MIN HUMIDITY........18 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTH WINDS 10 TO 18 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......5300 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTH 28 TO 36 MPH DECREASING TO 20 TO 25 MPH
IN THE AFTERNOON.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD (36200 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING
INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (111300 KNOT-FT) IN THE
AFTERNOON.
TIME (CST) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY COVER.......MCR MCR MCR MCR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR MCR
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............29 27 25 29 34 39 43 46 50 51 52 52
RH..............61 64 72 67 50 40 33 29 23 21 19 18
20 FT WIND DIR..N N N N N N N N N N N N
20 FT WIND SPD..17 18 18 18 17 16 15 15 14 14 13 10
20 FT WIND GUST.22 23 22 22 22 22 20 19 19 18 16 14
MIX HGT (KFT)...1.2 1.3 1.3 1.5 1.9 2.2 2.7 3.6 4.6 5.2 5.3 5.0
TRANSP WIND DIR.N N N N N N N N N N N N
TRANSP WIND SPD.36 35 32 32 30 28 25 25 24 24 23 20
VRATE KT-FT/1K..45 44 41 47 57 56 62 89 99 111 109 87
VENTRATE CAT....FR FR FR FR FR FR GD GD GD VGD VGD GD
FORECASTER...VANDEN BOSCH
REQUESTED BY...HANJE
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2603278.1/AMA
.DELDT 02/20/26
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0
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