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Spot Forecast for Academy RX...Palo Duro Wildfire Academy
National Weather Service Amarillo TX
1131 AM CST Thu Nov 6 2025

Forecast is based on ignition time of 1100 CST on November 07.
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...Generally weak winds are expected during the firing
operations. There will be a gradually shift in the wind directions
from northeasterly at ignition time to southeasterly or southerly
roughly 4 to 5 hours later. Otherwise mild and dry weather conditions
expected through Friday. If any fire lasts to Saturday then a strong
cold front will pose an issue.

.FRIDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (0-10 percent).
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 70.
Min humidity........22 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Northeast winds 5 to 8 mph shifting to the
                    south around 5 to 8 mph late in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......4700 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....North 8 to 14 mph shifting to the southwest 6
                    to 7 mph late in the afternoon, then shifting
                    to the south around 7 mph late in the
                    afternoon.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (7100 knot-ft) early in the morning
                    increasing to fair (29000 knot-ft) in the
                    afternoon.

TIME (CST)      11 AM  1 PM   3 PM   5 PM
Sky cover.......CLEAR  CLEAR  CLEAR  CLEAR
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0      0      0      0
Temp............61     67     69     67
RH..............31     24     23     25
20 ft wind......N 8    NE 6   E 5    S 5
20 ft wind gust.12     11     7      7
Mix hgt (kft)...2.4    3.6    4.7    1.2
Transport wind..N 14   N 8    SW 7   S 7
Vrate kt-ft/1K..29     26     28     7
Ventrate Cat....POOR   POOR   POOR   POOR

.FRIDAY NIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (0-10 percent).
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 42.
Max humidity........58 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........South winds 5 to 9 mph shifting to the
                    southwest around 9 mph after 3 am.
Mixing height.......400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South 8 to 16 mph shifting to the west around
                    16 mph early in the morning.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (2600 knot-ft).

TIME (CST)      6 PM   8 PM   10 PM  MIDNGT 2 AM   4 AM
Sky cover.......CLEAR  CLEAR  CLEAR  MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0      0      0      0      0      0
Temp............62     53     51     49     47     44
RH..............30     41     42     46     51     57
20 ft wind......SE 5   S 6    S 8    S 9    SW 9   SW 9
20 ft wind gust.7      9      12     14     14     13
Mix hgt (kft)...0.4    0.5    0.5    0.5    0.5    0.5
Transport wind..S 8    S 12   S 16   S 20   SW 20  SW 17
Vrate kt-ft/1K..3      5      7      9      8      7
Ventrate Cat....POOR   POOR   POOR   POOR   POOR   POOR

.SATURDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (10-20 percent).
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 64.
Min humidity........27 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Northwest winds 12 to 17 mph shifting to the
                    north 19 to 25 mph in the late morning and
                    afternoon. Gusts up to 40 mph in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......4700 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West around 16 mph shifting to the north 17 to
                    25 mph late in the morning, then increasing to
                    25 to 35 mph in the afternoon shifting to the
                    northeast around 18 mph late in the afternoon.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (4600 knot-ft) early in the morning
                    increasing to excellent (101200 knot-ft) in the
                    afternoon increasing to good (35000 knot-ft)
                    early in the morning increasing to excellent
                    (104900 knot-ft) in the afternoon late in the
                    afternoon.

TIME (CST)      6 AM   8 AM   10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM
Sky cover.......MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0      0      0      0      0      0
Temp............43     48     56     61     64     62
RH..............58     49     37     30     27     27
20 ft wind......W 9    NW 12  N 14   N 17   N 16   N 14
20 ft wind gust.14     16     23     26     26     20
Mix hgt (kft)...0.5    0.3    1.4    3.5    4.7    3.6
Transport wind..W 16   NW 16  N 21   N 28   N 25   N 21
Vrate kt-ft/1K..7      5      26     83     105    65
Ventrate Cat....POOR   POOR   POOR   GOOD   VYGD   GOOD

$$
Forecaster...Hannah
Requested by...Bob Watson
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
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.DELDT 11/06/25
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