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FNUS74 KAMA 171942
FWSAMA
SPOT FORECAST FOR OLD MILL...TFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
242 PM CDT TUE MAR 17 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON FORECAST START TIME OF 1500 CDT ON MARCH 17.
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 MAJOR CHANGES HAVE BEEN MADE FROM THE PREVIOUS FORECAST.
NEW OBSERVATIONS NEAR THE SPOT AREA STILL SHOW BREEZY,
SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS AT THE SURFACE AND AT 20 FT AGL. WIND GUSTS
REMAIN BETWEEN 20-25 MPH FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. NO WIND
DIRECTION CHANGE IS EXPECTED UNTIL THE EVENING WHERE WINDS BECOME
LIGHT AND SOUTHERLY. MINIMUM RH VALUES ARE AT THERE LOWEST THESE
NEXT FEW HOURS, AND RECOVERY WILL BE SLOW TO UNFOLD EVEN AFTER THE
SUN SETS. RH MAY NOT RISE ABOVE 30% UNTIL MIDNIGHT.
REST OF TODAY
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (5-15 PERCENT).
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 76.
MIN HUMIDITY........13 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 12 TO 13 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......4800 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 15 TO 17 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD (52000 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING
INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (66500 KNOT-FT) IN THE
AFTERNOON.
TIME (CDT) 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY COVER.......MCR MCR MCR
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0
TEMP............73 74 75
RH..............13 14 14
20 FT WIND DIR..SW SW SW
20 FT WIND SPD..12 13 12
20 FT WIND GUST.14 16 14
MIX HGT (KFT)...3.5 4.4 4.8
TRANSP WIND DIR.SW SW SW
TRANSP WIND SPD.17 17 15
VRATE KT-FT/1K..52 67 62
VENTRATE CAT....FR GD GD
TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR (15-25 PERCENT).
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 44.
MAX HUMIDITY........45 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 6 TO 12 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......400 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 9 TO 15 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT (60400 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE EVENING
DECREASING TO POOR (3300 KNOT-FT) LATE IN THE
NIGHT.
TIME (CDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY COVER.......MCR PC PC MCR CLR PC 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............76 74 68 61 58 56 54 53 51 50 48 46
RH..............14 15 19 23 27 28 30 29 32 34 37 42
20 FT WIND DIR..SW SW S S S SW SW SW SW W W W
20 FT WIND SPD..12 10 8 7 7 7 7 8 7 7 7 6
20 FT WIND GUST.14 14 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 9 9 8
MIX HGT (KFT)...4.6 3.0 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4
TRANSP WIND DIR.SW SW S S S S SW SW W W W W
TRANSP WIND SPD.15 13 9 12 13 14 15 15 15 13 12 12
VRATE KT-FT/1K..60 34 3 5 5 5 5 5 6 5 4 4
VENTRATE CAT....GD PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
WEDNESDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (10-20 PERCENT).
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 83.
MIN HUMIDITY........15 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 6 TO 7 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
NORTH 5 TO 6 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND
AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......6600 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST AROUND 10 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTH 7
TO 12 MPH LATE IN THE MORNING, THEN SHIFTING TO
THE NORTHWEST LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (3300 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING
INCREASING TO GOOD (39700 KNOT-FT) IN THE
AFTERNOON.
TIME (CDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY COVER.......MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR CLR MCR MCR MCR CLR
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............47 46 45 49 58 65 70 75 77 81 81 82
RH..............40 43 45 42 34 29 24 21 20 17 16 16
20 FT WIND DIR..W W NW NW N N N N N N N NW
20 FT WIND SPD..7 7 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 5 5 5
20 FT WIND GUST.9 9 9 8 9 8 8 8 7 8 8 7
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.6 1.1 2.0 3.0 4.3 5.6 6.6 5.9
TRANSP WIND DIR.NW NW NW NW N N N N N NW NW NW
TRANSP WIND SPD.10 10 10 10 10 12 10 10 7 7 7 7
VRATE KT-FT/1K..4 3 4 3 5 11 18 27 26 34 40 36
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
FORECASTER...COR
REQUESTED BY...DANA PEIRCE
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2606140.0/AMA
.DELDT 03/17/26
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0
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