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Spot Forecast for Academy RX...Palo Duro Wildfire Academy
National Weather Service Amarillo TX
725 AM CST Fri Nov 7 2025

Forecast is based on ignition time of 1100 CST on November 07.
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...A slow wind shift from the NE to the southeast or
south will occur from noon to 6 pm. Winds will remain weak during
this slow directional shift. Otherwise mild and dry weather conditions
for the rest of today and tonight. Saturday morning a strong cold
front comes through with strong north winds which can pose a
hazard for any fire still on the ground.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (0-10 percent).
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 70.
Min humidity........20 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Northeast winds 6 to 9 mph shifting to the
                    south around 5 mph late in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......4400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....North 7 to 15 mph shifting to the southwest 6
                    to 10 mph late in the afternoon.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (8300 knot-ft) early in the morning
                    increasing to good (32700 knot-ft) in the
                    afternoon.

TIME (CST)      11 AM  1 PM   3 PM   5 PM
Sky cover.......CLEAR  CLEAR  CLEAR  CLEAR
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0      0      0      0
Temp............61     66     68     66
RH..............30     25     22     24
20 ft wind......N 9    NE 7   E 5    S 5
20 ft wind gust.14     12     8      7
Mix hgt (kft)...2.3    3.8    4.4    1.4
Transport wind..N 16   N 9    SW 6   S 7
Vrate kt-ft/1K..33     31     22     8
Ventrate Cat....POOR   POOR   POOR   POOR

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (5-15 percent).
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 41.
Max humidity........60 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........South winds 5 to 9 mph shifting to the
                    southwest 5 to 9 mph after 3 am.
Mixing height.......400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South 8 to 17 mph shifting to the southwest 20
                    to 21 mph late in the evening, then shifting to
                    the west around 17 mph early in the morning.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (3400 knot-ft).

TIME (CST)      6 PM   8 PM   10 PM  MIDNGT 2 AM   4 AM
Sky cover.......CLEAR  CLEAR  MCLEAR MCLEAR CLEAR  MCLEAR
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0      0      0      0      0      0
Temp............62     54     50     49     47     45
RH..............28     38     44     44     49     53
20 ft wind......S 5    S 6    S 8    S 9    S 9    SW 9
20 ft wind gust.7      9      12     14     14     14
Mix hgt (kft)...0.5    0.5    0.5    0.5    0.5    0.5
Transport wind..S 8    S 12   S 17   S 21   SW 20  SW 20
Vrate kt-ft/1K..4      5      8      9      9      9
Ventrate Cat....POOR   POOR   POOR   POOR   POOR   POOR

.SATURDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (10-20 percent).
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 63.
Min humidity........25 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........West winds 8 to 10 mph shifting to the north 13
                    to 18 mph with gusts to around 30 mph early in
                    the morning, then shifting to the northeast
                    around 22 to 27 mph with gusts to 40 mph
in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......4300 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West 15 to 16 mph shifting to the north 18 to
                    26 mph early in the morning, then shifting to
                    the northeast 25 to 35 mph late in the
                    afternoon.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (6100 knot-ft) early in the morning
                    increasing to excellent (83700 knot-ft) in the
                    afternoon.

TIME (CST)      6 AM   8 AM   10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM
Sky cover.......MCLEAR 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............43     46     56     61     63     62
RH..............55     53     37     32     29     28
20 ft wind......W 8    NW 13  N 16   N 21   N 20   N 16
20 ft wind gust.12     16     22     29     26     22
Mix hgt (kft)...0.5    0.6    1.6    3.4    4.0    3.1
Transport wind..W 15   NW 18  N 24   N 26   NE 24  NE 20
Vrate kt-ft/1K..6      9      33     78     84     54
Ventrate Cat....POOR   POOR   POOR   GOOD   GOOD   FAIR

$$
Forecaster...Hannah
Requested by...Bob Watson
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2525334.0/AMA
.DELDT 11/06/25
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