Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS Amarillo, TX
Issued by NWS Amarillo, TX
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Spot Forecast for Hackberry Creek...Texas A&M Forest Service
National Weather Service Amarillo TX
524 PM CDT Thu Aug 20 2026
Forecast is based on forecast start time of 1800 CDT on August 20.
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.
...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 9 PM CDT FRIDAY...
.DISCUSSION...
Stationary boundary along highway 60 has several storms popping.
Right now the storms look to avoid the burn area, but still hold a
10 percent chance as an isolated storm could develop. Overall,
winds will be light and variable in the 4 to 8 mph range, but will
note that winds will try to be more southwesterly overnight and
back to the south southeast in afternoon.
Weber
.TONIGHT...
Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (10-20 percent).
Chance of pcpn......10 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 72.
Max humidity........61 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southeast winds 5 to 8 mph. Gusts up to 21 mph
early in the evening. Gusty and erratic winds
expected near thunderstorms in the evening.
Mixing height.......500 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South 12 to 15 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Excellent (97200 knot-ft) early in the evening
decreasing to poor (4700 knot-ft) late in the
night.
TIME (CDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM
Sky cover.......MCLEAR MCLEAR CLEAR CLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR
Weather cov..... ISOLTD
Weather type....NONE RNSHWR NONE NONE NONE NONE
Tstm cov........ ISOLTD
Chc of pcpn (%).10 10 10 10 0 0
Temp............99 93 85 82 79 75
RH..............22 28 37 41 47 56
20 ft wind......SE 8 SE 7 E 8 E 6 SE 5 SE 5
20 ft wind gust.19 16 14 12 9 9
Mix hgt (kft)...8.8 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5
Transport wind..S 13 S 14 SE 13 S 15 S 14 S 14
Vrate kt-ft/1K..97 6 6 6 6 6
Ventrate Cat....GOOD POOR POOR POOR POOR POOR
.FRIDAY...
Sky/weather.........Sunny (15-25 percent).
Chance of pcpn......10 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 103.
Min humidity........20 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds 5 to 7 mph shifting to the
southeast around 7 mph late in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......8200 ft AGL increasing to 12700 ft AGL late in
the afternoon.
Transport winds.....Northwest around 12 mph shifting to the south
around 8 mph late in the afternoon.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (3800 knot-ft) early in the morning
increasing to excellent (88900 knot-ft) in the
afternoon.
TIME (CDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM
Sky cover.......MCLEAR MCLEAR PCLDY MCLEAR CLEAR MCLEAR
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0 0 0 0 0 10
Temp............74 74 87 96 100 102
RH..............55 59 39 28 23 20
20 ft wind......W 6 SW 5 SW 6 W 7 S 7 SE 7
20 ft wind gust.9 9 11 13 14 14
Mix hgt (kft)...0.5 0.4 1.4 5.4 11 13
Transport wind..NW 12 W 10 W 13 SW 10 SW 8 S 8
Vrate kt-ft/1K..5 4 16 48 76 89
Ventrate Cat....POOR POOR POOR FAIR GOOD GOOD
.FRIDAY NIGHT...
Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (20-30 percent) then becoming
mostly cloudy (60-70 percent).
Chance of pcpn......10 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 73.
Max humidity........57 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........South winds 6 to 7 mph shifting to the west
around 7 mph early in the morning.
Mixing height.......5600 ft AGL decreasing to 500 ft AGL early in
the evening.
Transport winds.....Southeast 9 to 12 mph shifting to the south 12
to 15 mph early in the evening.
Smoke dispersal.....Excellent (92900 knot-ft) early in the evening
decreasing to poor (4800 knot-ft) late in the
night.
TIME (CDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM
Sky cover.......MCLEAR PCLDY MCLEAR MCLEAR PCLDY MCLDY
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).10 10 10 10 0 0
Temp............103 97 86 83 80 76
RH..............20 25 36 41 45 54
20 ft wind......SE 7 S 6 S 7 S 7 S 6 SW 7
20 ft wind gust.14 12 14 13 12 12
Mix hgt (kft)...12 1.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5
Transport wind..E 9 S 13 S 13 S 12 S 15 SW 13
Vrate kt-ft/1K..93 17 5 5 6 5
Ventrate Cat....GOOD POOR POOR POOR POOR POOR
.SATURDAY...
Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (65-75 percent) then becoming
sunny (10-20 percent).
Chance of pcpn......10 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 102.
Min humidity........21 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........West winds 6 to 7 mph shifting to the northeast
around 7 mph late in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......10400 ft AGL increasing to 10900 ft AGL late in
the afternoon.
Transport winds.....Southwest 9 to 12 mph shifting to the east
around 9 mph late in the afternoon.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (3700 knot-ft) early in the morning
increasing to excellent (81500 knot-ft) in the
afternoon.
TIME (CDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM
Sky cover.......MCLDY MCLDY MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0 0 0 0 10 10
Temp............75 75 88 97 101 102
RH..............54 56 36 27 23 21
20 ft wind......W 6 W 6 W 7 NW 7 N 7 NE 7
20 ft wind gust.12 12 13 14 14 14
Mix hgt (kft)...0.5 0.5 1.7 7.5 11 11
Transport wind..SW 12 SW 10 W 10 NW 9 N 8 NE 8
Vrate kt-ft/1K..5 5 15 57 69 77
Ventrate Cat....POOR POOR POOR FAIR GOOD GOOD
$$
Forecaster...Weber
Requested by...Seth
Type of request...WILDFIRE
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