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Spot Forecast for Round UP...Texas A&M Forest Service
National Weather Service Amarillo TX
625 AM CDT Sat Aug 8 2026

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0700 CDT on August 08.
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...
Based on current observations at Boys Ranch, winds are light and
mainly out of the west. Later this afternoon 20-ft winds are
expected to shift to the SSW to S around 10 mph, potentially up
to 15 mph at times. Current RH values around 50 percent are
expected to fall to around 15 percent as temperatures rise to
near 103 degrees F during the hottest part of the day.
Thunderstorms are not expected this afternoon or tonight.



.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (5-15 percent).
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 100.
Min humidity........16 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds 5 to 7 mph shifting to the
                    south 8 to 9 mph late in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......10100 ft AGL increasing to 11300 ft AGL late in
                    the afternoon.
Transport winds.....Southwest 9 to 13 mph shifting to the south
                    around 10 mph late in the afternoon.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (4300 knot-ft) early in the morning
                    increasing to excellent (101300 knot-ft) in the
                    afternoon.

TIME (CDT)      7 AM   9 AM   11 AM  1 PM   3 PM   5 PM
Sky cover.......MCLEAR 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
Temp............68     75     87     93     98     99
RH..............73     58     35     25     18     17
20 ft wind......W 6    W 5    SW 6   SW 7   S 8    S 9
20 ft wind gust.8      8      9      12     13     14
Mix hgt (kft)...0.5    0.9    3.2    7.6    10     11
Transport wind..W 12   W 13   SW 12  SW 9   SW 10  S 10
Vrate kt-ft/1K..5      10     32     61     91     101
Ventrate Cat....POOR   POOR   POOR   GOOD   GOOD   VYGD

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (5-15 percent).
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 73.
Max humidity........53 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........South winds 10 to 15 mph.
Mixing height.......3300 ft AGL decreasing to 500 ft AGL in the
                    late evening and overnight.
Transport winds.....South 12 to 21 mph shifting to the southwest 22
                    to 24 mph overnight.
Smoke dispersal.....Excellent (120200 knot-ft) early in the evening
                    decreasing to good (45700 knot-ft) late in the
                    night decreasing to poor (8000 knot-ft) in the
                    late evening and overnight.

TIME (CDT)      6 PM   8 PM   10 PM  MIDNGT 2 AM   4 AM
Sky cover.......CLEAR  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............100    96     87     83     80     77
RH..............16     18     27     33     41     48
20 ft wind......S 10   S 10   S 12   S 14   S 15   SW 15
20 ft wind gust.14     14     15     19     21     22
Mix hgt (kft)...11     3.3    0.5    0.6    0.6    0.6
Transport wind..S 12   S 16   S 17   S 21   S 24   SW 24
Vrate kt-ft/1K..110    46     8      10     13     12
Ventrate Cat....VYGD   FAIR   POOR   POOR   POOR   POOR

.SUNDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (5-15 percent).
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 101.
Min humidity........16 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds 15 to 16 mph.
Mixing height.......8800 ft AGL increasing to 12700 ft AGL late in
                    the afternoon.
Transport winds.....Southwest 17 to 23 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (8900 knot-ft) early in the morning
                    increasing to excellent (107300 knot-ft) in the
                    afternoon increasing to excellent (132000
                    knot-ft) in the afternoon.

TIME (CDT)      6 AM   8 AM   10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM
Sky cover.......MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR CLEAR  MCLEAR MCLEAR
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0      0      0      0      0      0
Temp............75     76     86     93     97     99
RH..............52     50     35     24     19     17
20 ft wind......SW 15  SW 15  SW 15  SW 15  SW 15  S 15
20 ft wind gust.23     22     22     21     21     20
Mix hgt (kft)...0.5    0.9    2.1    7.2    11     13
Transport wind..SW 22  SW 21  SW 22  SW 17  SW 17  SW 17
Vrate kt-ft/1K..10     16     40     107    161    190
Ventrate Cat....POOR   POOR   FAIR   VYGD   EXNT   EXNT

$$
Forecaster...Hoffeditz
Requested by...Dwayne Teel
Type of request...WILDFIRE
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