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Spot Forecast for Old Deer...Texas A&M Forest Service
National Weather Service Amarillo TX
856 AM CDT Mon Aug 24 2026

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0900 CDT on August 24.
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...

Current observations nearby the spot forecast site show
temperatures around 76 degrees with NW winds around 10 mph and RH
values at 56 percent. Min RH values by this afternoon will drop to
around 19 percent before increasing back to around 50 percent by
midnight tonight. 20 ft winds will remain out of the north and
northwest around 5-10 mph before shifting to easterly later this
evening towards midnight tonight. Rain chances will top out
around 10 percent chance later this afternoon and evening where
thunderstorms are possible.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (10-20 percent).
Chance of pcpn......10 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 104.
Min humidity........18 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Northwest winds 8 to 10 mph shifting to the
                    north 6 to 7 mph late in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......10700 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northwest 12 to 15 mph shifting to the north
                    late in the afternoon.
Smoke dispersal.....Fair (15100 knot-ft) early in the morning
                    increasing to excellent (110900 knot-ft) in the
                    afternoon.

TIME (CDT)      9 AM   11 AM  1 PM   3 PM   5 PM
Sky cover.......MCLEAR CLEAR  CLEAR  MCLEAR MCLEAR
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0      0      0      0      10
Temp............80     90     96     100    101
RH..............42     30     24     20     19
20 ft wind......W 10   NW 10  NW 9   N 7    N 6
20 ft wind gust.14     14     14     13     11
Mix hgt (kft)...1.2    2.5    6.0    10     10
Transport wind..W 15   NW 15  NW 15  NW 13  N 10
Vrate kt-ft/1K..15     33     78     111    91
Ventrate Cat....POOR   POOR   GOOD   VYGD   GOOD

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (20-30 percent).
Chance of pcpn......10 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 73.
Max humidity........69 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Northeast winds 7 to 8 mph shifting to the east
                    6 to 8 mph in the late evening and overnight,
                    then shifting to the north around 5 mph after 3
                    am.
Mixing height.......500 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....North around 10 mph shifting to the east 9 to
                    14 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Excellent (85300 knot-ft) early in the evening
                    decreasing to poor (3900 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  PCLDY
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).10     10     10     10     10     10
Temp............102    97     87     82     79     75
RH..............18     25     36     46     52     62
20 ft wind......NE 7   NE 8   E 8    E 6    E 6    N 5
20 ft wind gust.12     11     12     11     9      8
Mix hgt (kft)...9.5    0.9    0.5    0.5    0.5    0.5
Transport wind..N 10   E 12   E 14   E 14   E 14   NE 10
Vrate kt-ft/1K..85     9      6      6      6      4
Ventrate Cat....GOOD   POOR   POOR   POOR   POOR   POOR

.TUESDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (20-30 percent).
Chance of pcpn......10 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 101.
Min humidity........23 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Northeast winds 5 to 8 mph.
Mixing height.......10200 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northeast 7 to 12 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (2900 knot-ft) early in the morning
                    increasing to excellent (71300 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 PCLDY
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).10     0      0      0      10     10
Temp............74     74     83     90     96     99
RH..............66     69     48     35     27     23
20 ft wind......N 5    NE 5   N 5    N 5    NE 6   E 6
20 ft wind gust.6      6      7      8      11     11
Mix hgt (kft)...0.5    0.9    1.8    4.0    8.0    10
Transport wind..NE 7   N 9    N 12   NE 10  NE 8   NE 8
Vrate kt-ft/1K..3      7      18     36     56     70
Ventrate Cat....POOR   POOR   POOR   POOR   FAIR   GOOD

$$
Forecaster...Meccariello
Requested by...RWhiddon
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2620369.0/AMA
.DELDT 08/24/26
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