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Spot Forecast for Wind Direct...Amarillo OEM
National Weather Service Amarillo TX
330 PM CDT Fri Apr 12 2024

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 1600 CDT on April 12.
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...Continued dry and fair weather for the rest of
today, tonight, and Saturday. Winds remain southerly and gusty
through the rest of today winds cease gusting overnight and pick
up a more SW direction. Winds will become gusty again and remain
SW during the later morning hours through evening hours of
Saturday. Conditions will continue to dry through Saturday.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (0-10 percent).
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
LAL.................No Tstms.
Max temperature.....Around 83.
Min humidity........11 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........South winds around 14 to 18 gusts to 28 mph.
Mixing height.......11500 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest 22 to 25 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Excellent (227000 knot-ft).
Haines Index........4 or low potential for large plume dominated
                    fire growth.

TIME (CDT)      4 PM
Sky cover.......CLEAR
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0
LAL.............1
Temp............81
RH..............14
20 ft wind......S 18
20 ft wind gust.20
Mix hgt (kft)...11
Transport wind..SW 23
Haines index....4
Vrate kt-ft/1K..227
Ventrate Cat....EXNT

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (0-10 percent).
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
LAL.................No Tstms.
Min temperature.....Around 51.
Max humidity........50 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........South winds 12 to 17 mph, becoming SW 12 to 17 mph.
Mixing height.......500 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South 23 to 29 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Excellent (226700 knot-ft) decreasing to fair
                    (16000 knot-ft) early in the evening decreasing
                    to poor (9400 knot-ft) late in the night.
Haines Index........4 to 5 or low to moderate potential for large
                    plume dominated fire growth.

TIME (CDT)      6 PM   8 PM   10 PM  MIDNGT 2 AM   4 AM
Sky cover.......MCLEAR MCLEAR CLEAR  CLEAR  MCLEAR MCLEAR
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0      0      0      0      0      0
LAL.............1      1      1      1      1      1
Temp............80     74     64     61     59     55
RH..............14     19     29     31     34     39
20 ft wind......S 20   S 16   S 15   S 20   S 20   S 20
20 ft wind gust.22     20     22     27     29     29
Mix hgt (kft)...10     0.6    0.5    0.5    0.6    0.6
Transport wind..S 25   S 21   S 24   S 31   S 32   S 30
Haines index....4      5      5      5      5      5
Vrate kt-ft/1K..227    10     11     14     16     15
Ventrate Cat....EXNT   POOR   POOR   POOR   POOR   POOR

.SATURDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (0-10 percent).
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
LAL.................No Tstms.
Max temperature.....Around 84.
Min humidity........8 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds 13 to 18 mph gusting to 28 mph.
Mixing height.......9900 ft AGL increasing to 11500 ft AGL late in
                    the afternoon.
Transport winds.....Southwest 20 to 28 mph shifting to the west
                    around 26 mph late in the afternoon.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (10000 knot-ft) early in the morning
                    increasing to excellent (60300 knot-ft) in the
                    afternoon increasing to excellent (178200
                    knot-ft) in the afternoon.
Haines Index........4 to 5 or low to moderate potential for large
                    plume dominated fire growth.

TIME (CDT)      6 AM   8 AM   10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM
Sky cover.......CLEAR  MCLEAR CLEAR  CLEAR  CLEAR  CLEAR
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0      0      0      0      0      0
LAL.............1      1      1      1      1      1
Temp............53     51     64     74     80     82
RH..............47     51     32     20     13     10
20 ft wind......S 15   S 12   SW 14  SW 14  SW 16  SW 17
20 ft wind gust.23     18     18     18     21     22
Mix hgt (kft)...0.6    0.5    1.3    3.3    9.9    11
Transport wind..S 28   SW 22  SW 22  SW 21  SW 26  W 26
Haines index....5      5      5      5      4      4
Vrate kt-ft/1K..13     10     24     60     229    261
Ventrate Cat....POOR   POOR   POOR   GOOD   EXNT   EXNT

$$
Forecaster...Hannah
Requested by...Lance French
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2410553.0/AMA
.DELDT 04/12/24
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