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Spot Forecast for HEMPHILL 2317...TFS
National Weather Service Amarillo TX
429 PM CDT Tue Mar 10 2026

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 1700 CDT on March 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.

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 4 PM CDT WEDNESDAY...

.DISCUSSION...There is ongoing rain showers and thunderstorms
around the fire area that can impact the fire. These have a low
chance of producing strong wind gusts of upwards of 60 mph and
hail of an inch. This threat will continue to 8 pm, KEEP AN EYE
ON THE SKY. Tonight a strong cold front brings strong north winds
around 2 AM. These winds will then continue to blow through much
of Wednesday.


.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (45-55 percent). Slight chance of
                    showers and thunderstorms.
Chance of pcpn......20 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 85.
Min humidity........21 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds around 16 mph. Strong gusty and
                    erratic winds expected near rain showers and thunderstorms.
Mixing height.......7100 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest around 29 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Excellent (176400 knot-ft).

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (40-50 percent) then becoming
                    mostly cloudy (45-55 percent) then becoming
                    mostly clear (20-30 percent). Slight chance of
                    showers and thunderstorms early in the evening.
Chance of pcpn......20 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 45.
Max humidity........66 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds 12 to 16 mph shifting to the
                    north 25 to 35 mph after 2-3 am. Gusts up to 50
                    mph early in the morning. Gusty and erratic
                    winds expected near thunderstorms.
Mixing height.......400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest 16 to 25 mph decreasing to around 15
                    mph after 1 am, then shifting to the north
                    around 30 mph early in the morning.
Smoke dispersal.....Excellent (147700 knot-ft) decreasing to good
                    (37300 knot-ft) early in the evening decreasing
                    to poor (5800 knot-ft) late in the night.

TIME (CDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky cover.......PC  PC  PC  MC  PC  MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR
Weather cov.....SCH
Weather type....RW
Tstm cov........SCH
Chc of pcpn (%).20  10  10  10  0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............82  79  72  69  66  64  61  60  58  57  56  51
RH..............23  25  33  36  43  45  53  53  57  57  57  63
20 FT wind dir..SW  SW  S   SW  S   SW  SW  SW  SW  W   W   NW
20 FT wind spd..16  15  14  14  13  13  13  12  12  13  13  15
20 FT wind gust.23  23  22  21  19  19  18  21  21  21  21  28
Mix hgt (kft)...6.7 1.9 0.9 0.6 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.6
Transp wind dir.S   SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  S   SW  W   N
Transp wind spd.25  23  18  20  18  18  20  16  16  15  15  22
Vrate kt-ft/1K..148 37  14  11  7   7   8   7   7   6   6   12
Ventrate Cat....VGD PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR

.WEDNESDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (15-25 percent). Patchy blowing dust
                    early in the morning, then areas of blowing
                    dust in the morning. Patchy blowing dust in the
                    afternoon.
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 61.
Min humidity........19 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........North winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts to
                    around 45 mph.
Mixing height.......5100 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....North 37 to 40 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Fair (13800 knot-ft) early in the morning
                    increasing to excellent (96000 knot-ft) in the
                    afternoon increasing to excellent (115000
                    knot-ft) late in the morning.

TIME (CDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky cover.......MCR PC  PC  MCR MCR MCR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR
Weather cov.....PTY ARS ARS ARS ARS ARS ARS PTY PTY PTY PTY PTY
Weather type....BDT BDT BDT BDT BDT BDT BDT BDT BDT BDT BDT BDT
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............49  47  45  47  49  52  54  56  58  59  59  61
RH..............66  63  63  53  50  43  36  31  27  24  22  19
20 FT wind dir..N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N
20 FT wind spd..20  22  23  23  24  24  25  25  26  26  24  23
20 FT wind gust.36  43  42  42  41  41  40  39  35  35  33  32
Mix hgt (kft)...1.9 1.2 0.6 2.1 3.1 3.6 4.0 4.4 4.6 4.9 5.1 5.1
Transp wind dir.N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N
Transp wind spd.40  37  29  35  36  37  37  36  33  31  31  31
Vrate kt-ft/1K..68  38  14  63  96  115 127 135 134 132 139 137
Ventrate Cat....GD  PR  PR  GD  GD  VGD VGD VGD VGD VGD VGD VGD

$$
Forecaster...Hannah
Requested by...TAMI SCHWARTZ
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2605375.0/AMA
.DELDT 03/10/26
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