Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS Amarillo, TX
Issued by NWS Amarillo, TX
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Spot Forecast for Limb Pile...Borger Fire department
National Weather Service Amarillo TX
843 AM CDT Thu Jul 16 2026
Forecast is based on ignition time of 0900 CDT on July 16.
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...As of this morning present observations are seeing
winds holding under 10 mph with direction mostly out of the north.
By the noon time frame, winds are expected to shift to a more
southeasterly direction with speeds increasing to around 10 to 15
mph with gusts upwards of 20 mph. This wind speed and direction
should hold until midnight before weakening and turning southerly.
Otherwise, look for storms chances to remain 10 percent or less
for the day.
.REST OF TODAY...
Sky/weather.........Sunny (15-25 percent).
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 90.
Min humidity........35 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southeast winds 5 to 13 mph.
Mixing height.......7700 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southeast 9 to 14 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Fair (16300 knot-ft) early in the morning
increasing to excellent (84900 knot-ft) in the
afternoon.
TIME (CDT) 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky cover.......CLR CLR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR PC PC
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Temp............71 76 79 81 83 85 87 88 88
RH..............71 58 50 47 43 39 38 36 36
20 FT wind dir..S S SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
20 FT wind spd..5 5 6 8 9 10 12 12 13
20 FT wind gust.6 8 9 13 14 15 16 18 19
Mix hgt (kft)...2.0 3.7 5.2 6.5 7.2 7.7 7.3 7.1 6.9
Transp wind dir.S S SE SE SE SE SE SE S
Transp wind spd.9 10 12 13 13 13 13 13 14
Vrate kt-ft/1K..16 33 52 72 80 85 80 78 83
Ventrate Cat....PR PR FR GD GD GD GD GD GD
.TONIGHT...
Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (10-20 percent).
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 67.
Max humidity........90 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........South winds 9 to 14 mph.
Mixing height.......700 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South 15 to 22 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Excellent (84400 knot-ft) early in the evening
decreasing to poor (10200 knot-ft) late in the
night.
TIME (CDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky cover.......PC MCR MCR CLR CLR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Temp............89 87 85 81 78 76 74 72 71 70 69 69
RH..............35 39 41 49 56 62 66 73 76 78 81 84
20 FT wind dir..SE SE SE SE S S S S S S S S
20 FT wind spd..14 14 14 14 13 12 10 9 9 9 9 9
20 FT wind gust.19 19 20 19 18 16 15 14 14 14 14 14
Mix hgt (kft)...6.5 5.7 4.0 2.2 1.5 1.5 1.0 1.1 1.1 0.7 0.8 1.1
Transp wind dir.S S S S S S S S S S S S
Transp wind spd.15 16 20 22 21 20 17 17 18 16 15 15
Vrate kt-ft/1K..84 80 67 43 26 26 15 17 18 10 10 15
Ventrate Cat....GD GD GD FR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
.FRIDAY...
Sky/weather.........Sunny (20-30 percent).
Chance of pcpn......10 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 92.
Min humidity........35 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........South winds 9 to 15 mph.
Mixing height.......7700 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South 14 to 21 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Fair (14800 knot-ft) early in the morning
increasing to excellent (98300 knot-ft) in the
afternoon increasing to excellent (106300
knot-ft) late in the afternoon.
TIME (CDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky cover.......MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR PC PC
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 10 10 0 0
Temp............68 67 69 73 77 80 82 85 86 89 89 89
RH..............87 90 84 71 62 54 49 43 40 37 37 37
20 FT wind dir..S S S S S S S S S S S S
20 FT wind spd..9 9 10 10 10 10 10 12 13 14 14 15
20 FT wind gust.14 14 14 14 15 15 15 18 19 21 22 22
Mix hgt (kft)...1.1 1.4 1.6 2.6 3.6 4.7 5.8 7.0 7.7 6.9 7.6 6.3
Transp wind dir.S S S S S S S S S S S S
Transp wind spd.15 14 17 18 16 16 15 16 17 21 17 20
Vrate kt-ft/1K..15 17 24 41 50 66 76 98 116 124 113 106
Ventrate Cat....PR PR PR FR FR GD GD GD VGD VGD VGD VGD
$$
Forecaster...Scoleri
Requested by...Coby Medaris
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2617471.0/AMA
.DELDT 07/16/26
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