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Spot Forecast for Units 9 and 10...USFWS
National Weather Service Amarillo TX
648 PM CST Thu Jan 30 2025

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0900 CST on January 31.
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 out of the northwest at 10-15 mph at the burn
location by 9 AM Friday, gradually decreasing to 5-10 mph through
the day. High temperatures will top out around 60 degrees, with a
min RH of about 20 percent. Recovery will be modest overnight with
RH values climbing near 55 percent, as winds become more south-
southwesterly at 10 mph. Saturday will be warmer and breezier with
highs approaching 70, sustained southwest winds of 20 mph, and min
RH values in the teens.

.FRIDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (0-5 percent).
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 61.
Min humidity........21 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Northwest winds 5 to 12 mph.
Mixing height.......3200 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northwest 15 to 23 mph shifting to the west
                    around 12 mph late in the afternoon.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (11600 knot-ft) early in the morning
                    increasing to good (51800 knot-ft) in the
                    afternoon.

TIME (CST)      9 AM   11 AM  1 PM   3 PM   5 PM
Sky cover.......CLEAR  CLEAR  CLEAR  CLEAR  CLEAR
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0      0      0      0      0
Temp............35     48     57     59     59
RH..............61     39     23     21     24
20 ft wind......NW 9   NW 12  NW 10  NW 8   W 5
20 ft wind gust.14     16     14     12     7
Mix hgt (kft)...0.7    1.8    3.0    3.2    1.6
Transport wind..NW 20  NW 23  NW 20  NW 16  W 12
Vrate kt-ft/1K..12     37     52     45     16
Ventrate Cat....POOR   POOR   FAIR   FAIR   POOR

.FRIDAY NIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Clear (0-10 percent).
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 33.
Max humidity........54 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming southwest 5 to 10 mph.
Mixing height.......400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest 9 to 14 mph increasing to 16 to 22
                    mph in the late evening and overnight.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (3200 knot-ft).

TIME (CST)      6 PM   8 PM   10 PM  MIDNGT 2 AM   4 AM
Sky cover.......CLEAR  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............55     45     40     37     36     34
RH..............29     41     48     54     53     53
20 ft wind......W 3    SW 5   SW 6   SW 7   SW 8   SW 9
20 ft wind gust.5      7      9      12     14     14
Mix hgt (kft)...0.4    0.5    0.5    0.5    0.5    0.5
Transport wind..W 9    SW 12  SW 16  SW 18  SW 21  SW 22
Vrate kt-ft/1K..3      5      7      8      9      10
Ventrate Cat....POOR   POOR   POOR   POOR   POOR   POOR

.SATURDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (5-15 percent).
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 66.
Min humidity........18 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds 10 to 18 mph increasing to 16
                    to 21 mph in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......3300 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest 22 to 31 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (10500 knot-ft) early in the morning
                    increasing to excellent (84600 knot-ft) in the
                    afternoon.

TIME (CST)      6 AM         10 AM        2 PM
Sky cover.......CLEAR        MCLEAR       MCLEAR
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE         NONE         NONE
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0            0            0
Temp............33           46           65
RH..............53           37           20
20 FT wind......SW 10G15     SW 15G22     SW 20G26
Mix hgt (kft)...0.6          1.2          2.9
Transport wind..SW 22        SW 26        SW 31
Vrate kt-ft/1K..11           27           78
Ventrate Cat....POOR         POOR         GOOD

$$
Forecaster...Harrel
Requested by...Howard Boss
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
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.DELDT 01/30/25
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