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FNUS74 KAMA 101844
FWSAMA
SPOT FORECAST FOR BROWN FIRE...TFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
144 PM CDT MON AUG 10 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON FORECAST START TIME OF 1400 CDT ON AUGUST 10.
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
CURRENT OBSERVATIONS FROM THE NEARBY STATION HAVE
SEEN WINDS HOLD A SOUTHERLY TO SOUTHWESTERLY DIRECTION FOR MOST
OF THE MORNING AND AFTERNOON, WHILE SPEEDS HAVE STAYED AROUND 10
TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UPWARDS OF 25 MPH. PRESENT EXPECTATIONS HAVE
THE SOUTHERLY DIRECTION BECOMING MORE DOMINATE BY THE EVENING
HOURS WITH SPEEDS LOOKING TO HOLD THROUGH SUNSET. AS FOR RH
VALUES, CURRENT OBSERVATIONS ARE SEEING THE AREA HOLD AT AROUND 20
PERCENT, BUT ARE EXPECTED TO GET AS LOW AS 15 PERCENT BEFORE
SUNSET THIS EVENING. OTHERWISE, INSTABILITY FOR TODAY HAS BEEN
TRENDING ON THE LOWER END MAKING IT UNLIKELY FOR ANY PLUME
DOMINATION OR PYROCUMULUS DEVELOPMENT.
REST OF TODAY
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (0-10 PERCENT).
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 100.
MIN HUMIDITY........15 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 14 TO 15 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......10800 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 16 TO 17 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT (143900 KNOT-FT).
TIME (CDT) 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY COVER.......CLR CLR MCR CLR
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0
TEMP............97 98 100 100
RH..............19 17 15 15
20 FT WIND DIR..S S S S
20 FT WIND SPD..14 14 14 15
20 FT WIND GUST.19 19 20 20
MIX HGT (KFT)...10 11 11 11
TRANSP WIND DIR.S S S S
TRANSP WIND SPD.16 16 16 17
VRATE KT-FT/1K..144 148 152 158
VENTRATE CAT....VGD VGD EXL EXL
TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR (5-15 PERCENT).
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 70.
MAX HUMIDITY........66 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......4900 FT AGL DECREASING TO 500 FT AGL IN THE
LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 17 TO 21 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT (88700 KNOT-FT) DECREASING TO POOR
(8100 KNOT-FT) IN THE LATE EVENING AND
OVERNIGHT.
TIME (CDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY COVER.......MCR CLR CLR MCR CLR CLR MCR MCR CLR 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............100 98 96 90 87 85 83 81 80 78 76 74
RH..............16 16 18 23 26 30 32 38 41 45 48 53
20 FT WIND DIR..S S S S S S S S S S S SW
20 FT WIND SPD..15 15 14 14 14 14 14 14 13 13 12 10
20 FT WIND GUST.20 20 19 19 20 20 19 18 19 18 16 15
MIX HGT (KFT)...11 9.7 4.9 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.6
TRANSP WIND DIR.S S S S S S S S S S S S
TRANSP WIND SPD.17 17 21 18 20 20 18 20 18 17 17 17
VRATE KT-FT/1K..159 146 89 10 10 10 9 10 9 8 8 9
VENTRATE CAT....EXL VGD GD PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
TUESDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (0-10 PERCENT).
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 101.
MIN HUMIDITY........17 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 7 TO 10 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......9900 FT AGL INCREASING TO 10800 FT AGL LATE IN
THE AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 10 TO 16 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (5800 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING
INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (105300 KNOT-FT) IN THE
AFTERNOON.
TIME (CDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY COVER.......MCR MCR MCR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR MCR CLR
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............72 71 72 77 82 86 90 93 97 99 100 100
RH..............61 66 64 54 46 37 31 27 22 19 18 17
20 FT WIND DIR..S S S SW SW SW SW S S S S S
20 FT WIND SPD..9 7 8 8 9 10 10 10 10 10 10 9
20 FT WIND GUST.14 12 12 13 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.6 0.5 0.7 1.7 2.4 3.4 5.3 7.2 9.1 9.9 11 11
TRANSP WIND DIR.SW S SW SW SW SW S S S S S S
TRANSP WIND SPD.13 13 12 16 16 15 14 13 12 12 12 10
VRATE KT-FT/1K..6 6 7 24 34 44 63 79 91 99 105 97
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR FR GD GD GD GD VGD GD
FORECASTER...SCOLERI
REQUESTED BY...KAREN HAWKINS
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2619375.0/AMA
.DELDT 08/10/26
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0
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