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SPOT FORECAST FOR 8 BALL...TFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
828 AM CST THU FEB 19 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON FORECAST START TIME OF 0900 CST ON FEBRUARY 19.
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
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
FRIDAY EVENING...
DISCUSSION
POOR OVERNIGHT RECOVERY HAS ALREADY SEEN NEARBY
STATIONS REPORTING RH VALUES UNDER 25% WITH EXPECTATIONS TO SEE
VALUES DROPPING TO BELOW 10% BY THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS ARE
CURRENTLY OUT OF THE NORTHWEST THIS MORNING WITH SPEEDS AROUND 20
TO 25 MPH AND GUSTS UPWARD OF 30 TO 35 MPH. PRESENT EXPECTATIONS
ARE FOR WINDS TO PEAK DURING THE LATE MORNING AT 25 TO 30 MPH
WITH GUSTS NEARING THE 40 MPH. WINDS DO START SHIFTING BACK
WESTERLY OVER THE COURSE OF THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING BEFORE
THE FRONT MOVES IN AROUND 7 TO 8 PM. BEHIND THE FRONT WINDS WILL
BE MORE NORTHEASTERLY TO EASTERLY, BUT WITH SPEEDS UNDER 10 MPH
CLEAR THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT.
REST OF TODAY
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (0-10 PERCENT).
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 62.
MIN HUMIDITY........9 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........BREEZY. WEST WINDS 17 TO 25 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 40
MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......7500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 28 TO 37 MPH SHIFTING TO THE WEST 22
TO 24 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT (87900 KNOT-FT).
TIME (CST) 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY COVER.......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
TEMP............47 50 53 54 56 59 60 61 61
RH..............24 17 13 11 10 10 9 9 10
20 FT WIND DIR..W W NW NW NW NW W W W
20 FT WIND SPD..25 24 23 22 22 21 20 20 18
20 FT WIND GUST.36 35 34 30 32 29 26 26 25
MIX HGT (KFT)...2.8 3.7 4.6 5.4 6.0 6.5 7.1 7.5 7.5
TRANSP WIND DIR.NW NW NW NW W W W W W
TRANSP WIND SPD.37 35 31 28 24 23 23 24 22
VRATE KT-FT/1K..98 120 129 135 133 126 145 159 152
VENTRATE CAT....GD VGD VGD VGD VGD VGD VGD EXL EXL
TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR (15-25 PERCENT).
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 27.
MAX HUMIDITY........55 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 9 TO 14 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
NORTHWEST 8 TO 9 MPH LATE IN THE EVENING, THEN
SHIFTING TO THE NORTHEAST 5 TO 9 MPH IN THE
LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT SHIFTING TO THE EAST
5 TO 8 MPH AFTER 3 AM.
MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 12 TO 15 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTH AROUND
15 MPH LATE IN THE EVENING, THEN SHIFTING TO
THE EAST 15 TO 17 MPH OVERNIGHT.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD (39800 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE EVENING
DECREASING TO POOR (5300 KNOT-FT) LATE IN THE
NIGHT.
TIME (CST) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY COVER.......MCR MCR MCR PC PC PC PC PC PC PC MCR MCR
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............58 55 50 47 46 43 42 40 38 36 33 31
RH..............14 18 21 25 28 29 31 33 38 40 48 52
20 FT WIND DIR..W W W NW NE NE E E E E E E
20 FT WIND SPD..14 13 10 9 9 9 9 9 8 8 8 7
20 FT WIND GUST.18 14 14 13 13 13 13 12 11 11 11 11
MIX HGT (KFT)...2.6 0.9 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.7 1.3 1.3 0.7 1.0 1.0 0.8
TRANSP WIND DIR.W W W W NW N E E E E E E
TRANSP WIND SPD.14 13 15 14 12 15 17 15 15 16 16 15
VRATE KT-FT/1K..40 12 10 10 7 14 21 19 11 16 17 11
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
FRIDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (10-20 PERCENT).
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 64.
MIN HUMIDITY........18 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 14 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
SOUTH 15 TO 20 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON, THEN
SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST 15 TO 16 MPH LATE IN
THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......4200 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST 15 TO 22 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTH 23
TO 31 MPH LATE IN THE MORNING, THEN SHIFTING TO
THE WEST 29 TO 32 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (7200 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING
INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (107600 KNOT-FT) IN THE
AFTERNOON INCREASING TO GOOD (50600 KNOT-FT)
EARLY IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO EXCELLENT
(119800 KNOT-FT) IN THE AFTERNOON LATE IN THE
AFTERNOON.
TIME (CST) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY COVER.......MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............29 28 29 33 38 44 49 55 59 62 63 62
RH..............55 55 54 49 40 32 26 22 20 19 18 18
20 FT WIND DIR..SE SE SE SE SE SE SE S S S SW SW
20 FT WIND SPD..7 8 9 13 14 14 15 17 20 20 18 16
20 FT WIND GUST.9 12 13 16 18 19 20 23 25 26 23 22
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.6 0.6 0.9 1.4 1.8 2.1 2.5 3.2 3.9 4.2 3.4 2.1
TRANSP WIND DIR.E SE SE SE SE S S S SW SW W W
TRANSP WIND SPD.15 16 18 21 22 23 25 28 31 32 31 29
VRATE KT-FT/1K..9 11 18 29 38 47 57 81 108 120 96 61
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR FR FR GD VGD VGD GD GD
FORECASTER...SCOLERI
REQUESTED BY...DISPATCH
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2603184.0/AMA
.DELDT 02/19/26
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0
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