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Spot Forecast for Steady Fire...Texas A&M Forest Service
National Weather Service Amarillo TX
1232 PM CDT Thu Jul 30 2026

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 1300 CDT on July 30.
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 UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

.DISCUSSION...

Southerly winds are expected this afternoon at 10 to 15 mph with
gusts up to 25 mph, changing to southeasterly this evening.
Showers or an isolated storm will be possible after Midnight and
before sunrise. This activity may produce erratic and strong
surface winds. A cold front will move into the area around the
middle of Friday afternoon with breezy northerly winds.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (0-10 percent).
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 106.
Min humidity........21 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........South winds 13 to 14 mph.
Mixing height.......10700 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest 14 to 16 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Excellent (99300 knot-ft).

TIME (CDT)      1 PM   3 PM   5 PM
Sky cover.......CLEAR  CLEAR  MCLEAR
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE   NONE   NONE
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0      0      0
Temp............98     101    104
RH..............28     25     21
20 ft wind......S 13   S 14   S 14
20 ft wind gust.18     20     20
Mix hgt (kft)...8.3    10     10
Transport wind..SW 14  SW 15  S 16
Vrate kt-ft/1K..99     133    146
Ventrate Cat....GOOD   VYGD   VYGD

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (20-30 percent) then becoming
                    mostly cloudy (50-60 percent) then becoming
                    partly cloudy (40-50 percent). Slight chance of
                    showers and thunderstorms in the evening, then
                    chance of showers and thunderstorms overnight.
Chance of pcpn......30 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 74.
Max humidity........65 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........South winds 9 to 16 mph. Gusty and erratic
                    winds expected near thunderstorms in the late
                    evening and overnight. Gusty and erratic winds
                    expected near thunderstorms after 3 am.
Mixing height.......500 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South 17 to 21 mph shifting to the west early
                    in the morning.
Smoke dispersal.....Excellent (60000 knot-ft) decreasing to poor
                    (6700 knot-ft) in the late evening and
                    overnight.

TIME (CDT)      6 PM   8 PM   10 PM  MIDNGT 2 AM   4 AM
Sky cover.......MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR PCLDY  PCLDY  MCLDY
Weather cov.....              S CHC  S CHC  CHANCE CHANCE
Weather type....NONE   NONE   RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR
Tstm cov........              S CHC  S CHC  S CHC  CHANCE
Chc of pcpn (%).0      10     20     20     30     30
Temp............102    100    91     87     83     79
RH..............23     25     34     41     46     53
20 ft wind......S 15   S 15   S 15   S 14   S 12   SW 10
20 ft wind gust.20     20     22     20     18     14
Mix hgt (kft)...9.6    3.3    0.6    0.6    0.5    0.5
Transport wind..SW 17  S 21   S 20   S 20   S 20   SW 17
Vrate kt-ft/1K..143    60     10     10     9      8
Ventrate Cat....VYGD   GOOD   POOR   POOR   POOR   POOR

.FRIDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (25-35 percent). Chance of showers
                    and thunderstorms early in the morning, then
                    slight chance of showers and thunderstorms
                    early in the morning. Slight chance of showers
                    and thunderstorms in the afternoon.
Chance of pcpn......30 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 99.
Min humidity........29 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........West winds 8 to 9 mph shifting to the northeast
                    around 12 mph late in the afternoon. Gusty and
                    erratic winds expected near thunderstorms early
                    in the morning. Gusty and erratic winds
                    expected near thunderstorms in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......8000 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northwest 14 to 16 mph shifting to the
                    northeast 12 to 14 mph late in the afternoon.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (7000 knot-ft) early in the morning
                    increasing to excellent (85300 knot-ft) in the
                    afternoon.

TIME (CDT)      6 AM   8 AM   10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM
Sky cover.......PCLDY  PCLDY  MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR
Weather cov.....CHANCE S CHC                S CHC  S CHC
Weather type....RNSHWR RNSHWR NONE   NONE   RNSHWR RNSHWR
Tstm cov........CHANCE S CHC                S CHC  S CHC
Chc of pcpn (%).30     20     10     10     20     20
Temp............76     77     85     91     93     96
RH..............61     62     46     38     36     32
20 ft wind......W 9    W 9    NW 9   N 12   N 13   NE 12
20 ft wind gust.13     13     14     15     19     16
Mix hgt (kft)...0.5    0.9    2.0    4.4    7.1    8.0
Transport wind..NW 16  N 15   NW 14  N 13   NE 14  N 12
Vrate kt-ft/1K..7      12     25     48     85     80
Ventrate Cat....POOR   POOR   POOR   FAIR   GOOD   GOOD

$$
Forecaster...Vanden Bosch
Requested by...Belinda Jackson
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2618681.0/AMA
.DELDT 07/30/26
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