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Spot Forecast for Blackburn Canyon...TFS
National Weather Service Amarillo TX
757 AM CDT Sun Oct 12 2025

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0800 CDT on October 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...

It will be another warm and breezy day today with winds out of the
southwest sustained at 10-15 mph with occasional gusts up to 25
mph. Minimum relative humidity values are only going to bottom out
around 40 percent with partly to mostly cloudy skies and
temperatures in the mid 80s. There`s a low chance for light
showers or sprinkles near the site this morning and afternoon, but
the best chance for bonafide rain should hold off till later this
evening into the overnight hours when a front moves through,
shifting winds to northerly at approximately 10 mph.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (80-90 percent).
Chance of pcpn......10 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 84.
Min humidity........41 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds 10 to 13 mph.
Mixing height.......6000 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest 15 to 21 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (10900 knot-ft) early in the morning
                    increasing to excellent (88600 knot-ft) in the
                    afternoon.

TIME (CDT)      8 AM   10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM
Sky cover.......MCLDY  MCLDY  CLOUDY CLOUDY CLOUDY
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).10     10     10     10     10
Temp............68     73     80     82     83
RH..............55     59     49     44     41
20 ft wind......SW 13  SW 13  SW 13  SW 13  SW 12
20 ft wind gust.18     18     19     18     18
Mix hgt (kft)...0.7    1.5    2.9    4.9    6.0
Transport wind..SW 18  SW 21  W 18   W 17   SW 16
Vrate kt-ft/1K..11     27     46     73     84
Ventrate Cat....POOR   POOR   FAIR   GOOD   GOOD

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (75-85 percent). Slight chance of
                    showers and thunderstorms in the late evening
                    and overnight.
Chance of pcpn......20 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 59.
Max humidity........87 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........South winds 5 to 9 mph shifting to the west
                    around 5 mph early in the morning. Gusty and
                    erratic winds expected near thunderstorms in
                    the late evening and overnight.
Mixing height.......600 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest 13 to 16 mph shifting to the west 12
                    to 13 mph after 3 am.
Smoke dispersal.....Good (46400 knot-ft) early in the evening
                    decreasing to poor (6100 knot-ft) late in the
                    night.

TIME (CDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky cover.......MC  MC  MC  MC  MC  MC  MC  MC  MC  MC  MC  MC
Weather cov.....                SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH
Weather type....                RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW
Tstm cov........                SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH
Chc of pcpn (%).10  10  10  10  20  20  20  20  20  20  20  20
Temp............82  79  77  73  71  70  69  66  65  65  63  62
RH..............44  49  52  62  66  68  73  81  84  81  87  81
20 FT wind dir..SW  S   S   S   S   S   SW  S   SW  S   SW  W
20 FT wind spd..9   9   8   8   7   7   6   6   5   5   5   5
20 FT wind gust.15  14  13  13  12  11  11  11  9   8   8   8
Mix hgt (kft)...3.6 1.1 0.8 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6
Transp wind dir.SW  SW  S   S   S   SW  S   SW  S   SW  W   W
Transp wind spd.15  14  14  15  16  15  16  15  14  13  13  12
Vrate kt-ft/1K..46  14  10  8   9   8   9   8   7   6   6   6
Ventrate Cat....FR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR

$$
Forecaster...Harrel
Requested by...Melinda Horn
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2523458.0/AMA
.DELDT 10/12/25
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