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Spot Forecast for Randall County...GPFD
National Weather Service Amarillo TX
1235 PM CDT Sun Mar 24 2024

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 1300 CDT on March 24.
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 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING...
...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

.DISCUSSION...

Strong winds will continue from the southwest for the remainder
of the day. RH values are still gradually dropping, and are
expected to get as low as 17% for the wildfire area. Blowing dust
may also move in from the southwest, but may only pose minor
visibility restrictions. Later tomorrow morning, winds will switch
to the north as a cold front passes through. Winds will still be
breezy behind the front, but overall wildfire conditions are
expected to improve tomorrow.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (35-45 percent). Blowing dust.
Chance of pcpn......10 percent.
LAL.................No Tstms.
Max temperature.....Around 70.
Min humidity........17 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Windy. Southwest winds 26 to 35 mph with gusts
                    to around 55 mph increasing to 31 to 36 mph
                    with gusts to around 56 mph late in the
                    afternoon.
Mixing height.......14300 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest 40 to 44 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Excellent (412900 knot-ft).
Haines Index........4 or low potential for large plume dominated
                    fire growth.

TIME (CDT)      1 PM   3 PM   5 PM
Sky cover.......MCLEAR MCLDY  PCLDY
Weather cov.....DEFNTE DEFNTE DEFNTE
Weather type....BLDUST BLDUST BLDUST
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).10     10     10
LAL.............1      1      1
Temp............66     69     65
RH..............32     19     20
20 ft wind......SW 26  SW 35  SW 31
20 ft wind gust.37     55     50
Mix hgt (kft)...12     13     11
Transport wind..SW 40  SW 43  SW 44
Haines index....4      4      4
Vrate kt-ft/1K..423    483    413
Ventrate Cat....EXNT   EXNT   EXNT

$$
Forecaster...CORangel
Requested by...Kyle McDermott
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2408304.0/AMA
.DELDT 03/24/24
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0


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