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Spot Forecast for Armstrong 0779...TFS
National Weather Service Amarillo TX
328 PM CST Fri Jan 30 2026

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 1600 CST on January 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.

.DISCUSSION...

Surface winds this afternoon may continue to be intermittently
breezy for the next hour or two. Speeds will finally slow down
close to sunset and become light afterwards. The wind direction is
not expected to change for the rest of Friday in the spot area.
Relative humidity recovery will be slow this afternoon, but it
will see greater improvement after dark. Temperatures will also
sharply decrease after diurnal heating comes to a close.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (0-10 percent).
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 60.
Min humidity........22 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Northwest winds 5 to 6 mph.
Mixing height.......7100 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northwest 12 to 16 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Good (34700 knot-ft) early in the morning
                    increasing to excellent (98900 knot-ft) in the
                    afternoon.

TIME (CST)      4PM 5PM
Sky cover.......CLR CLR
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0   0
Temp............60  57
RH..............22  24
20 FT wind dir..NW  NW
20 FT wind spd..6   5
20 FT wind gust.9   8
Mix hgt (kft)...7.1 3.5
Transp wind dir.NW  NW
Transp wind spd.16  12
Vrate kt-ft/1K..99  35
Ventrate Cat....GD  PR

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (15-25 percent) then becoming
                    mostly cloudy (65-75 percent). Slight chance of
                    light freezing drizzle after 3 am.
Chance of pcpn......20 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 21.
Max humidity........84 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Northwest winds 5 to 6 mph shifting to the east
                    7 to 12 mph in the late evening and overnight,
                    then decreasing to around 6 mph early in the
                    morning.
Mixing height.......700 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West around 7 mph shifting to the north around
                    8 mph late in the evening, then shifting to the
                    east 12 to 18 mph in the late evening and
                    overnight.
Smoke dispersal.....Good (31600 knot-ft) early in the evening
                    decreasing to poor (4100 knot-ft) late in the
                    night.

TIME (CST)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky cover.......CLR MCR MCR MCR PC  MC  MC  MC  MC  MC  MC  MC
Weather cov.....                                    SCH SCH SCH
Weather type....                                    FZD FZD FZD
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   10  10  10  20  20  20
Temp............53  46  42  40  37  34  31  29  28  27  27  25
RH..............29  40  45  48  61  69  78  78  78  81  78  81
20 FT wind dir..NW  W   NW  NE  E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E
20 FT wind spd..5   5   6   7   9   10  12  10  9   8   7   6
20 FT wind gust.6   6   7   9   11  12  13  12  11  9   8   7
Mix hgt (kft)...0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 1.0 1.2 1.8 2.3 2.2 2.2 2.3 2.3
Transp wind dir.W   W   W   N   E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E
Transp wind spd.7   7   7   8   14  18  18  16  14  13  12  12
Vrate kt-ft/1K..4   4   4   5   12  19  28  32  27  24  23  23
Ventrate Cat....PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR

.SATURDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (70-80 percent) then becoming
                    mostly sunny (30-40 percent). Chance of
                    flurries in the morning.
Chance of pcpn......10 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 41.
Min humidity........44 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southeast winds 5 to 8 mph shifting to the
                    south 9 to 12 mph in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......2700 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southeast 9 to 12 mph shifting to the south 13
                    to 20 mph late in the morning.
Smoke dispersal.....Fair (17800 knot-ft) early in the morning
                    increasing to good (43300 knot-ft) in the
                    afternoon.

TIME (CST)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky cover.......MC  MC  MC  MC  MC  MC  PC  PC  PC  PC  MCR MCR
Weather cov.....CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC
Weather type....SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).10  10  10  10  10  10  0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............23  23  22  24  27  28  31  33  37  39  40  40
RH..............84  81  84  74  65  66  58  53  48  46  44  44
20 FT wind dir..E   SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  S   S   S   S   S   S
20 FT wind spd..5   6   6   6   7   8   9   9   10  12  12  12
20 FT wind gust.6   7   7   8   9   12  13  13  14  15  14  14
Mix hgt (kft)...2.3 2.3 2.2 2.0 2.0 2.1 2.3 2.5 2.7 2.7 2.7 2.5
Transp wind dir.E   SE  SE  SE  S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S
Transp wind spd.10  10  9   10  12  13  13  14  16  16  18  20
Vrate kt-ft/1K..21  21  18  18  20  23  25  30  37  38  42  43
Ventrate Cat....PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  FR  FR

$$
Forecaster...Rangel
Requested by...cbiaggi
Type of request...WILDFIRE
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.DELDT 01/30/26
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