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SPOT FORECAST FOR PURPLE MONSTER...TEXAS A&M FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
532 AM CDT SAT APR 11 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON FORECAST START TIME OF 0700 CDT ON APRIL 11.
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
NO ELEVATED OR CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TODAY
DUE TO HIGH MOISTURE AND PERSISTENT SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM
ACTIVITY. SURFACE WINDS WILL STILL BE BREEZY, AND STRONG AT
TIMES, DURING THE AFTERNOON. THE WIND DIRECTION WILL REMAIN FROM
THE SOUTH. WINDS MAY BECOME VERY STRONG AND SPORADIC IF
INFLUENCED BY A THUNDERSTORM.
REST OF TODAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80 PERCENT). RAIN SHOWERS
LIKELY EARLY IN THE MORNING, THEN CHANCE OF
RAIN SHOWERS AND SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS
LATE IN THE MORNING. RAIN SHOWERS LIKELY AND
CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
CHANCE OF PCPN......70 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 73.
MIN HUMIDITY........49 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 9 TO 16 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE LATE
MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS LATE IN THE
AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......4000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 14 TO 22 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (8200 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING
INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (75800 KNOT-FT) IN THE
AFTERNOON.
TIME (CDT) 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY COVER.......MC MC MC MC MC MC MC MC MC MC MC
WEATHER COV.....LKY LKY LKY CHC CHC CHC LKY LKY LKY LKY LKY
WEATHER TYPE....RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW
TSTM COV........ SCH SCH SCH CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC
CHC OF PCPN (%).60 60 60 50 50 50 70 70 70 70 70
TEMP............57 56 58 62 65 68 69 70 71 71 71
RH..............93 96 90 78 68 61 59 57 53 51 49
20 FT WIND DIR..S SW S SW S S S S S S S
20 FT WIND SPD..9 9 12 13 14 15 15 16 16 16 16
20 FT WIND GUST.13 14 15 18 19 20 20 21 22 22 21
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.7 0.7 1.4 1.5 2.6 3.3 3.4 4.0 3.7 3.2 2.8
TRANSP WIND DIR.S S SW SW S S S S S S S
TRANSP WIND SPD.14 14 16 17 18 20 20 22 20 21 20
VRATE KT-FT/1K..8 9 19 22 41 56 58 76 63 57 48
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR FR FR FR GD GD FR FR
TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80 PERCENT). RAIN SHOWERS
LIKELY AND CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
EVENING, THEN CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS OVERNIGHT.
CHANCE OF PCPN......70 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 54.
MAX HUMIDITY........86 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 13 TO 16 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 14 TO 22 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD (58100 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE EVENING
DECREASING TO POOR (5700 KNOT-FT) LATE IN THE
NIGHT.
TIME (CDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY COVER.......MC MC MC CDY MC CDY MC MC CDY MC MC MC
WEATHER COV.....LKY CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH
WEATHER TYPE....RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW
TSTM COV........CHC CHC CHC CHC
CHC OF PCPN (%).70 50 50 50 30 30 30 20 20 20 20 20
TEMP............72 70 67 63 61 61 60 59 58 57 56 56
RH..............49 55 59 67 72 75 78 78 80 86 86 83
20 FT WIND DIR..SW S S S S S S SW SW SW SW SW
20 FT WIND SPD..16 15 14 14 14 14 14 14 13 13 13 13
20 FT WIND GUST.21 20 20 20 19 19 18 18 18 18 18 18
MIX HGT (KFT)...3.2 1.7 1.0 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5
TRANSP WIND DIR.S S S S S S S S SW SW SW SW
TRANSP WIND SPD.21 22 20 18 16 18 21 20 15 15 14 15
VRATE KT-FT/1K..58 33 17 10 7 8 9 8 6 6 6 6
VENTRATE CAT....FR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
SUNDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY (45-55 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
SUNNY (5-15 PERCENT). SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN
SHOWERS EARLY IN THE MORNING.
CHANCE OF PCPN......20 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 82.
MIN HUMIDITY........14 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 13 TO 17 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......9000 FT AGL INCREASING TO 11900 FT AGL LATE IN
THE AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 16 TO 23 MPH INCREASING TO 26 TO 31
MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (7000 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING
INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (83600 KNOT-FT) IN THE
AFTERNOON INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (281400
KNOT-FT).
TIME (CDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY COVER.......MC MC MC PC PC PC MCR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR
WEATHER COV.....SCH
WEATHER TYPE....RW
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).20 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10
TEMP............56 56 55 58 64 69 73 76 78 80 80 82
RH..............83 83 80 69 56 44 33 26 22 17 16 14
20 FT WIND DIR..SW SW SW SW W W W W W SW SW SW
20 FT WIND SPD..13 13 13 14 16 17 16 16 16 17 17 17
20 FT WIND GUST.18 16 18 20 21 22 22 22 23 23 23 23
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.5 0.5 0.5 0.9 2.0 4.1 6.7 9.0 11 12 12 11
TRANSP WIND DIR.SW SW SW SW W W W SW SW SW SW SW
TRANSP WIND SPD.18 18 16 17 21 23 26 29 30 31 31 31
VRATE KT-FT/1K..8 8 7 14 36 84 153 225 281 317 320 292
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR GD EXL EXL EXL EXL EXL EXL
FORECASTER...RANGEL
REQUESTED BY...SAGE SWIMMER
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2610045.0/AMA
.DELDT 04/11/26
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0
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