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Spot Forecast for Garden Spring...Texas A&M Forest Service
National Weather Service Amarillo TX
331 PM CDT Wed Aug 26 2026

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 1600 CDT on August 26.
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...

Winds will be light and variable this afternoon through tonight,
turning southeasterly at 5 to 10 kts tomorrow. The primary concern
will be the potential for thunderstorms this evening and
potentially again after Midnight tonight. Thunderstorms will be
capable of producing strong and erratic winds.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (5-15 percent).
Chance of pcpn......10 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 97.
Min humidity........26 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming east around 5 mph late in
                    the afternoon.
Mixing height.......7500 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northeast 6 to 7 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Good (36800 knot-ft).

TIME (CDT)      4PM 5PM
Sky cover.......MCR CLR
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).10  10
Temp............97  95
RH..............26  29
20 FT wind dir..NE  E
20 FT wind spd..3   5
20 FT wind gust.8   8
Mix hgt (kft)...7.4 7.5
Transp wind dir.NE  NE
Transp wind spd.6   7
Vrate kt-ft/1K..37  45
Ventrate Cat....PR  FR

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (20-30 percent) then becoming
                    mostly cloudy (50-60 percent) then becoming
                    partly cloudy (45-55 percent) then becoming
                    mostly cloudy (70-80 percent). Slight chance of
                    showers and thunderstorms in the evening.
                    Chance of showers overnight. Slight chance of
                    thunderstorms after 3 am.
Chance of pcpn......40 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 68.
Max humidity........93 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........East winds 5 to 6 mph in the evening becoming
                    light. Gusty and erratic winds expected near
                    thunderstorms in the evening. Gusty and erratic
                    winds expected near thunderstorms after 3 am.
Mixing height.......500 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....East 7 to 13 mph shifting to the southeast
                    around 9 mph overnight, then shifting to the
                    southwest after 3 am shifting to the northwest
                    after 3 am shifting to the southwest around 10
                    mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Good (51100 knot-ft) early in the evening
                    decreasing to poor (3700 knot-ft) late in the
                    night.

TIME (CDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky cover.......CLR MCR MCR PC  PC  PC  PC  PC  MC  PC  MC  MC
Weather cov.....    SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC
Weather type....    RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW
Tstm cov........    SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH             SCH SCH
Chc of pcpn (%).10  20  20  20  20  20  20  30  30  30  40  40
Temp............91  91  90  85  82  79  77  75  74  73  70  70
RH..............38  40  42  51  55  62  69  71  74  79  87  87
20 FT wind dir..E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E   N   N   N   N
20 FT wind spd..5   6   5   5   5   5   3   3   3   3   3   3
20 FT wind gust.9   9   8   8   8   7   6   5   5   5   5   5
Mix hgt (kft)...7.4 7.3 0.9 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5
Transp wind dir.E   E   E   E   E   E   SE  SE  S   SW  NW  SW
Transp wind spd.7   8   8   10  10  13  12  9   9   9   9   10
Vrate kt-ft/1K..45  51  7   5   4   5   5   4   4   4   4   4
Ventrate Cat....FR  FR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR

.THURSDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (30-40 percent). Chance of showers
                    and slight chance of thunderstorms early in the
                    morning, then slight chance of showers in the
                    morning and early afternoon. Slight chance of
                    thunderstorms early in the afternoon.
Chance of pcpn......40 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 93.
Min humidity........37 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming southeast 5 to 6 mph in
                    the afternoon. Gusty and erratic winds expected
                    near thunderstorms early in the morning. Gusty
                    and erratic winds expected near thunderstorms
                    early in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......7100 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northwest 8 to 9 mph shifting to the southeast
                    7 to 12 mph early in the morning.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (3400 knot-ft) early in the morning
                    increasing to good (56700 knot-ft) in the
                    afternoon.

TIME (CDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky cover.......MC  PC  MC  PC  PC  PC  MCR CLR MCR MCR MCR MCR
Weather cov.....CHC SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH
Weather type....RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW
Tstm cov........SCH                         SCH SCH SCH
Chc of pcpn (%).40  20  20  20  20  20  20  20  20  20  10  10
Temp............69  68  69  71  76  79  82  84  87  89  90  92
RH..............90  93  90  84  71  64  58  53  48  44  41  37
20 FT wind dir..N   NE  E   E   E   E   SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE
20 FT wind spd..3   2   2   2   2   3   5   5   5   5   5   6
20 FT wind gust.5   5   5   3   5   6   8   9   11  11  11  12
Mix hgt (kft)...0.5 0.5 0.5 1.2 1.8 3.2 4.4 5.6 6.3 7.1 5.7 5.5
Transp wind dir.NW  N   E   SE  E   E   SE  SE  SE  SE  E   SE
Transp wind spd.9   8   8   9   8   8   8   7   8   8   12  12
Vrate kt-ft/1K..4   3   4   10  12  22  31  34  44  50  57  55
Ventrate Cat....PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  FR  FR  FR  FR

$$
Forecaster...Vanden Bosch
Requested by...RWhiddon
Type of request...WILDFIRE
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.DELDT 08/26/26
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