Suppression Forecast
Issued by NWS Amarillo, TX
Issued by NWS Amarillo, TX
533 FNUS74 KAMA 162119 FWSAMA Spot Forecast for Randall 2544...TFS National Weather Service Amarillo TX 419 PM CDT Mon Sep 16 2024 Forecast is based on forecast start time of 1700 CDT on September 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... Southeast winds expected for the fire site around 15 mph with potential gust up to 25 mph through sunset. After sunset, gust should drop off with speeds around 10 to 15 mph expected with a potential to fall below 10 mph. RH values around 25 percent should rise to above 40 percent after dark. There is a slight chance for a shower or thunderstorm to impact the fire site which could lead to gusty and variable winds. .REST OF TODAY... Sky/weather.........Sunny (10-20 percent). Slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Chance of pcpn......20 percent. LAL.................No Tstms. Max temperature.....Around 93. Min humidity........28 percent. Wind (20 ft)........South winds around 14 mph. Gusty and erratic winds expected near thunderstorms. Mixing height.......10200 ft AGL. Transport winds.....South around 18 mph. Smoke dispersal.....Excellent (163800 knot-ft). Haines Index........2 or very low potential for large plume dominated fire growth. TIME (CDT) 5PM Sky cover.......MCR Weather cov.....SCH Weather type....RW Tstm cov........SCH Chc of pcpn (%).20 LAL.............1 Temp............91 RH..............30 20 FT wind dir..S 20 FT wind spd..14 20 FT wind gust.20 Mix hgt (kft)...10 Transp wind dir.S Transp wind spd.18 Haines index....2 Vrate kt-ft/1K..164 Ventrate Cat....EXL .TONIGHT... Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (5-15 percent). Slight chance of showers and thunderstorms early in the evening. Chance of pcpn......20 percent. LAL.................No Tstms. Min temperature.....Around 64. Max humidity........89 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Southeast winds 7 to 14 mph. Gusty and erratic winds expected near thunderstorms early in the evening. Mixing height.......700 ft AGL. Transport winds.....South 15 to 22 mph. Smoke dispersal.....Excellent (121700 knot-ft) decreasing to fair (29700 knot-ft) early in the evening decreasing to poor (8800 knot-ft) late in the night early in the evening. Haines Index........2 or very low potential for large plume dominated fire growth. TIME (CDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM Sky cover.......MCR MCR MCR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR MCR Weather cov.....SCH SCH SCH SCH Weather type....RW RW RW RW Tstm cov........SCH SCH SCH SCH Chc of pcpn (%).20 20 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 LAL.............1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Temp............91 88 83 79 77 75 72 70 69 68 67 66 RH..............30 34 40 47 51 54 60 67 72 75 82 85 20 FT wind dir..S SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE S S 20 FT wind spd..14 14 13 13 12 10 9 9 8 8 8 7 20 FT wind gust.21 20 19 18 16 15 14 14 13 13 13 12 Mix hgt (kft)...8.6 6.4 1.7 0.8 0.7 0.8 0.7 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 Transp wind dir.S SE SE SE SE SE SE S S S S S Transp wind spd.20 22 21 18 18 17 17 17 17 16 15 15 Haines index....2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 Vrate kt-ft/1K..147 122 30 13 12 11 11 12 11 10 9 9 Ventrate Cat....VGD VGD PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR .TUESDAY... Sky/weather.........Sunny (5-15 percent). Chance of pcpn......10 percent. LAL.................No Tstms. Max temperature.....Around 92. Min humidity........33 percent. Wind (20 ft)........South winds 6 to 15 mph increasing to 16 to 18 mph late in the afternoon. Mixing height.......9700 ft AGL. Transport winds.....South 13 to 22 mph increasing to 24 to 26 mph late in the afternoon. Smoke dispersal.....Poor (7200 knot-ft) early in the morning increasing to excellent (73100 knot-ft) in the afternoon increasing to excellent (213000 knot-ft). Haines Index........2 to 3 or very low potential for large plume dominated fire growth. TIME (CDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM Sky cover.......MCR MCR MCR MCR CLR CLR CLR CLR MCR MCR MCR MCR Weather cov..... Weather type.... Tstm cov........ Chc of pcpn (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 10 10 10 10 LAL.............1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Temp............65 64 64 69 77 81 84 87 89 90 91 88 RH..............87 89 89 79 62 53 46 40 37 35 33 36 20 FT wind dir..S S S S S S S S S S S S 20 FT wind spd..6 6 7 9 10 13 14 14 15 16 17 18 20 FT wind gust.12 11 12 14 15 19 20 22 23 23 23 25 Mix hgt (kft)...0.7 0.7 0.7 1.1 2.4 4.3 6.0 7.3 8.6 9.3 9.7 9.4 Transp wind dir.S S S S S S S S S S S S Transp wind spd.13 14 14 15 18 20 21 22 24 25 25 26 Haines index....2 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 Vrate kt-ft/1K..7 8 9 15 38 73 108 138 180 206 213 217 Ventrate Cat....PR PR PR PR PR GD VGD VGD EXL EXL EXL EXL $$ Forecaster...Hoffeditz Requested by...Aidan Amaya Type of request...WILDFIRE .TAG 2422586.0/AMA .DELDT 09/16/24 .FormatterVersion 2.0.0