Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS Amarillo, TX
Issued by NWS Amarillo, TX
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Spot Forecast for Hutchinson 6954...Texas A&M Forest Service
National Weather Service Amarillo TX
911 PM CDT Thu Aug 13 2026
Forecast is based on forecast start time of 2100 CDT on August 13.
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 near the spot forecast site shows 91 degrees
with south winds around 14 mph and RH values of 33 percent. Around
10 percent chance of additional rain and/or thunderstorm for spot
site through the overnight period. RH values will slowly increase
to around 40 percent by midnight tonight and then 50-55 percent RH
by sunrise tomorrow morning. 20 ft winds will remain out of the
south-southwest at 10-15 mph through midnight tonight, becoming
more southwesterly by sunrise tomorrow morning. Few to partly
cloudy skies through overnight tonight into tomorrow morning.
.REST OF TONIGHT...
Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (30-40 percent). Scattered
showers and thunderstorms late in the evening,
then slight chance of showers and thunderstorms
late in the evening.
Chance of pcpn......30 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 75.
Max humidity........58 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........South winds 12 to 14 mph. Gusty and erratic
winds expected near thunderstorms late in the
evening.
Mixing height.......500 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South 16 to 24 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (7300 knot-ft).
TIME (CDT) 9 PM 11 PM 1 AM 3 AM 5 AM
Sky cover.......PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY
Weather cov.....SCTTRD S CHC
Weather type....RNSHWR RNSHWR NONE NONE NONE
Tstm cov........SCTTRD S CHC
Chc of pcpn (%).30 20 10 10 10
Temp............93 87 84 81 78
RH..............32 40 46 51 54
20 ft wind......S 14 S 13 S 12 SW 13 SW 13
20 ft wind gust.23 20 19 19 20
Mix hgt (kft)...0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5
Transport wind..S 21 S 24 S 23 SW 17 SW 16
Vrate kt-ft/1K..10 11 11 8 7
Ventrate Cat....POOR POOR POOR POOR POOR
.FRIDAY...
Sky/weather.........Sunny (20-30 percent) then becoming partly
sunny (55-65 percent). Slight chance of showers
and thunderstorms late in the afternoon.
Chance of pcpn......20 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 105.
Min humidity........23 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds 10 to 15 mph. Gusty and erratic
winds expected near thunderstorms late in the
afternoon.
Mixing height.......8600 ft AGL increasing to 11200 ft AGL late in
the afternoon.
Transport winds.....Southwest 13 to 17 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (6000 knot-ft) early in the morning
increasing to excellent (102800 knot-ft) in the
afternoon increasing to excellent (126500
knot-ft) late in the afternoon.
TIME (CDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM
Sky cover.......PCLDY MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR PCLDY MCLDY
Weather cov..... S CHC
Weather type....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE RNSHWR
Tstm cov........ S CHC
Chc of pcpn (%).10 0 0 0 10 20
Temp............77 78 88 95 100 101
RH..............56 54 41 31 26 24
20 ft wind......SW 13 SW 12 SW 13 SW 12 SW 12 S 14
20 ft wind gust.19 18 18 18 18 21
Mix hgt (kft)...0.5 1.0 2.6 5.2 11 11
Transport wind..SW 14 SW 13 SW 17 SW 14 S 15 S 17
Vrate kt-ft/1K..6 11 39 63 144 167
Ventrate Cat....POOR POOR POOR GOOD VYGD EXNT
.FRIDAY NIGHT...
Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (55-65 percent) then becoming
partly cloudy (40-50 percent) then becoming
mostly cloudy (50-60 percent) then becoming
partly cloudy (30-40 percent). Slight chance of
showers and thunderstorms early in the evening.
Chance of pcpn......20 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 74.
Max humidity........64 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........South winds 9 to 16 mph. Gusty and erratic
winds expected near thunderstorms early in the
evening.
Mixing height.......500 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South 15 to 21 mph shifting to the southwest 12
to 15 mph overnight.
Smoke dispersal.....Excellent (92500 knot-ft) early in the evening
decreasing to poor (4900 knot-ft) late in the
night.
TIME (CDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM
Sky cover.......MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY PCLDY MCLDY PCLDY
Weather cov.....S CHC S CHC
Weather type....RNSHWR RNSHWR NONE NONE NONE NONE
Tstm cov........S CHC S CHC
Chc of pcpn (%).20 20 10 10 0 0
Temp............100 97 88 84 81 77
RH..............26 30 41 46 51 58
20 ft wind......S 15 S 14 S 13 S 9 S 9 S 10
20 ft wind gust.23 22 20 16 15 18
Mix hgt (kft)...6.2 2.6 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.5
Transport wind..SE 17 S 21 S 20 S 17 SW 12 S 15
Vrate kt-ft/1K..93 47 9 9 5 6
Ventrate Cat....GOOD FAIR POOR POOR POOR POOR
.SATURDAY...
Sky/weather.........Sunny (10-20 percent).
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 104.
Min humidity........22 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds 10 to 14 mph.
Mixing height.......9800 ft AGL increasing to 11800 ft AGL late in
the afternoon.
Transport winds.....Southwest 13 to 21 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (5600 knot-ft) early in the morning
increasing to excellent (95000 knot-ft) in the
afternoon increasing to excellent (119400
knot-ft) in the afternoon.
TIME (CDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM
Sky cover.......PCLDY 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............76 76 87 95 100 102
RH..............60 60 42 33 27 24
20 ft wind......SW 10 SW 10 SW 14 SW 14 SW 13 S 14
20 ft wind gust.16 15 19 18 19 21
Mix hgt (kft)...0.5 0.8 3.2 7.8 11 11
Transport wind..S 13 SW 13 SW 21 SW 17 S 14 S 15
Vrate kt-ft/1K..6 8 58 119 134 146
Ventrate Cat....POOR POOR FAIR VYGD VYGD VYGD
$$
Forecaster...Meccariello
Requested by...Seth
Type of request...WILDFIRE
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