Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS Amarillo, TX
Issued by NWS Amarillo, TX
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273 FNUS74 KAMA 291328 FWSAMA Spot Forecast for Fritch Fortress Rx...National Park Service National Weather Service Amarillo TX 828 AM CDT Mon Apr 29 2024 Forecast is based on ignition time of 0900 CDT on April 29. 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... Southerly winds in the 10 to 15 mph range will prevail through tonight. Winds will pick up into the 15 to 20 mph range on Tuesday. No rain is expected at the site. .REST OF TODAY... Sky/weather.........Sunny (0-10 percent). Chance of pcpn......0 percent. LAL.................No Tstms. Max temperature.....Around 82. Min humidity........19 percent. Wind (20 ft)........South winds 6 to 12 mph. Mixing height.......10400 ft AGL. Transport winds.....Southwest 10 to 15 mph. Smoke dispersal.....Poor (7900 knot-ft) early in the morning increasing to excellent (98600 knot-ft) in the afternoon increasing to excellent (114200 knot-ft) late in the afternoon. Haines Index........3 or very low potential for large plume dominated fire growth. TIME (CDT) 9 AM 11 AM 1 PM 3 PM 5 PM Sky cover.......CLEAR CLEAR CLEAR CLEAR MCLEAR Weather cov..... Weather type....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE Tstm cov........ Chc of pcpn (%).0 0 0 0 0 LAL.............1 1 1 1 1 Temp............56 67 74 79 80 RH..............64 43 32 24 21 20 ft wind......SE 6 S 10 S 10 SW 10 SW 9 20 ft wind gust.11 13 14 15 14 Mix hgt (kft)...0.9 3.5 8.0 10 10 Transport wind..S 10 S 15 SW 14 SW 14 SW 13 Haines index....3 3 3 3 3 Vrate kt-ft/1K..8 45 96 121 114 Ventrate Cat....POOR FAIR GOOD VYGD VYGD .TONIGHT... Sky/weather.........Clear (0-10 percent). Chance of pcpn......0 percent. LAL.................No Tstms. Min temperature.....Around 56. Max humidity........45 percent. Wind (20 ft)........South winds 8 to 14 mph. Mixing height.......500 ft AGL. Transport winds.....Southwest 10 to 13 mph shifting to the south 17 to 24 mph. Smoke dispersal.....Excellent (90100 knot-ft) decreasing to poor (4300 knot-ft) early in the evening. Haines Index........3 to 4 or very low to low 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 CLEAR CLEAR Weather cov..... Weather type....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE Tstm cov........ Chc of pcpn (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 LAL.............1 1 1 1 1 1 Temp............82 79 68 65 63 58 RH..............19 21 34 41 43 45 20 ft wind......SW 9 S 9 SE 8 SE 12 S 13 S 10 20 ft wind gust.14 13 11 16 18 14 Mix hgt (kft)...10 0.9 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 Transport wind..SW 13 SW 10 S 13 SE 23 S 22 S 18 Haines index....3 4 4 4 4 4 Vrate kt-ft/1K..111 7 6 10 10 9 Ventrate Cat....VYGD POOR POOR POOR POOR POOR .TUESDAY... Sky/weather.........Sunny (0-10 percent). Chance of pcpn......0 percent. LAL.................No Tstms. Max temperature.....Around 90. Min humidity........12 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds 9 to 16 mph. Mixing height.......9800 ft AGL increasing to 11000 ft AGL late in the afternoon. Transport winds.....Southwest 15 to 23 mph. Smoke dispersal.....Poor (5600 knot-ft) early in the morning increasing to good (50600 knot-ft) in the afternoon increasing to excellent (187100 knot-ft). Haines Index........4 or low potential for large plume dominated fire growth. TIME (CDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM Sky cover.......CLEAR CLEAR CLEAR CLEAR CLEAR MCLEAR Weather cov..... Weather type....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE Tstm cov........ Chc of pcpn (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 LAL.............1 1 1 1 1 1 Temp............57 59 71 80 86 89 RH..............44 41 28 20 15 12 20 ft wind......SW 9 SW 12 SW 15 SW 16 SW 16 SW 15 20 ft wind gust.13 14 19 21 23 22 Mix hgt (kft)...0.5 0.5 1.2 6.0 9.8 11 Transport wind..SW 15 S 15 SW 17 SW 22 SW 23 W 23 Haines index....4 4 4 4 4 4 Vrate kt-ft/1K..6 7 17 114 191 220 Ventrate Cat....POOR POOR POOR VYGD EXNT EXNT $$ Forecaster...Goehring Requested by...Daniel Pearson Type of request...PRESCRIBED .TAG 2412685.0/AMA .DELDT 04/29/24 .FormatterVersion 2.0.0