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Spot Forecast for Pipeline Leak...Guymon Fire department
National Weather Service Amarillo TX
1239 PM CDT Mon Sep 23 2024

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 1300 CDT on September 23.
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...

Winds will be variable at around 5 mph or less through around 8
PM. Winds will then turn southeasterly at 5 mph or less beginning
around 8 PM, and through the night gradually trend toward west-
southwesterly by 7 AM at around 5 mph or less. A cold front will
move in from the north Tuesday morning, currently favored to be
around 11 AM. Behind the front, winds will turn northerly and
then northeasterly at around 10 mph. Winds will stay northeasterly
through the afternoon, then weaken to less than 10 mph by 7 PM.
There is no chance for rain through 7 PM Tuesday.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (0-10 percent).
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 76.
Min humidity........41 percent.
Surface winds (mph).Southwest winds around 6 mph.
Wind (20 ft)........South winds around 5 mph.
Mixing height.......5100 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West 7 to 8 mph shifting to the northwest
                    around 9 mph late in the afternoon.
Smoke dispersal.....Fair (27200 knot-ft) early in the morning
                    increasing to good (38800 knot-ft) in the
                    afternoon.
Haines Index........5 or moderate potential for large plume
                    dominated fire growth.

TIME (CDT)      1 PM   3 PM   5 PM
Sky cover.......MCLEAR CLEAR  MCLEAR
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE   NONE   NONE
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0      0      0
Temp............66     72     74
RH..............56     49     43
20 ft wind......S 5    S 5    S 5
20 ft wind gust.8      8      6
Surface wind....S 6    SW 4   SW 2
Surface wnd gst.9      9      7
Mix hgt (kft)...3.9    4.8    4.9
Transport wind..SW 8   W 7    NW 9
Haines index....5      5      5
Vrate kt-ft/1K..27     29     39
Ventrate Cat....POOR   POOR   POOR

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (5-15 percent).
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 47.
Max humidity........100 percent.
Surface winds (mph).Light winds.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds.
Mixing height.......500 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northwest around 8 mph shifting to the
                    southeast 5 to 9 mph in the evening, then
                    shifting to the south 9 to 10 mph late in the
                    evening shifting to the southwest 8 to 9 mph
                    after 3 am.
Smoke dispersal.....Fair (29400 knot-ft) early in the evening
                    decreasing to poor (3100 knot-ft) late in the
                    night.
Haines Index........5 or moderate potential for large plume
                    dominated fire growth.

TIME (CDT)      6 PM   8 PM   10 PM  MIDNGT 2 AM   4 AM
Sky cover.......CLEAR  CLEAR  CLEAR  CLEAR  MCLEAR MCLEAR
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0      0      0      0      0      0
Temp............75     69     58     54     52     49
RH..............41     55     80     90     96     100
20 ft wind......S 3    SE 3   SE 3   S 2    SW 3   SW 3
20 ft wind gust.6      5      5      5      5      5
Surface wind....SE 2   SE 2   SE 2   S 2    SW 2   W 3
Surface wnd gst.7      5      5      5      5      6
Mix hgt (kft)...4.2    0.5    0.6    0.6    0.6    0.6
Transport wind..NW 8   SE 7   SE 9   S 10   SW 10  SW 8
Haines index....5      5      5      5      5      5
Vrate kt-ft/1K..29     3      5      5      5      4
Ventrate Cat....POOR   POOR   POOR   POOR   POOR   POOR

$$
Forecaster...Vanden Bosch
Requested by...Spencer A Leiter, EMS Chief
Type of request...HAZMAT
.TAG 2422912.0/AMA
.DELDT 09/23/24
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0