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Spot Forecast for Unit 1...USFWS
National Weather Service Amarillo TX
657 AM CST Sat Feb 8 2025

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0800 CST on February 08.
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 cold front has recently passed over the burn site, bringing
northerly winds sustained at 15-25 mph with slightly higher gusts
at times. It has also brought low clouds which are helping
improve relative humidity values to 75% or greater. Clouds should
clear through the afternoon, with winds subsiding out of the
east-northeast at 10-15 mph, becoming even lighter overnight with
relative humidity values not changing much. Winds stay light out
of the east at 5-10 mph tomorrow, and min RH will only bottom out
around 35%.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Partly sunny (50-60 percent) then becoming
                    sunny (10-20 percent).
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 48.
Min humidity........32 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........North winds 12 to 20 mph.
Mixing height.......3300 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....North 21 to 29 mph shifting to the northeast 15
                    to 17 mph late in the afternoon.
Smoke dispersal.....Fair (29600 knot-ft) early in the morning
                    increasing to good (55800 knot-ft) in the
                    afternoon.

TIME (CST)      8 AM   10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM
Sky cover.......MCLDY  MCLEAR CLEAR  CLEAR  MCLEAR
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0      0      0      0      0
Temp............32     35     42     46     46
RH..............78     69     46     38     35
20 ft wind......N 15   N 20   N 17   N 16   NE 14
20 ft wind gust.23     27     25     23     21
Mix hgt (kft)...1.3    2.2    2.7    3.1    3.3
Transport wind..N 26   N 25   N 23   N 21   NE 15
Vrate kt-ft/1K..30     49     54     55     43
Ventrate Cat....POOR   FAIR   FAIR   FAIR   FAIR

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (30-40 percent) then becoming
                    mostly cloudy (50-60 percent) then becoming
                    partly cloudy (45-55 percent).
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 18.
Max humidity........77 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........East winds 5 to 9 mph.
Mixing height.......600 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....East 12 to 16 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (6600 knot-ft).

TIME (CST)      6 PM   8 PM   10 PM  MIDNGT 2 AM   4 AM
Sky cover.......MCLEAR MCLEAR PCLDY  PCLDY  PCLDY  MCLDY
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0      0      0      0      0      0
Temp............42     31     28     24     21     20
RH..............41     58     60     68     74     77
20 ft wind......NE 9   E 8    E 7    E 6    E 5    E 5
20 ft wind gust.13     11     11     9      7      6
Mix hgt (kft)...1.1    0.6    0.6    0.9    0.8    0.7
Transport wind..E 13   E 14   E 16   E 15   E 13   E 12
Vrate kt-ft/1K..12     8      8      12     9      7
Ventrate Cat....POOR   POOR   POOR   POOR   POOR   POOR

.SUNDAY...

Sky/weather.........Partly sunny (50-60 percent).
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 41.
Min humidity........34 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Northeast winds 5 to 7 mph.
Mixing height.......3200 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....East 7 to 10 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (7800 knot-ft) early in the morning
                    increasing to fair (19200 knot-ft) in the
                    afternoon.

TIME (CST)      6 AM   8 AM   10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM
Sky cover.......MCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY  PCLDY  PCLDY  MCLDY
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0      0      0      0      0      0
Temp............19     20     27     35     40     41
RH..............77     71     63     43     35     35
20 ft wind......E 5    E 5    E 5    NE 6   NE 6   NE 6
20 ft wind gust.6      7      7      8      9      9
Mix hgt (kft)...0.9    1.1    2.0    2.5    3.0    2.8
Transport wind..E 10   E 8    E 8    E 7    E 7    NE 7
Vrate kt-ft/1K..8      8      14     15     17     18
Ventrate Cat....POOR   POOR   POOR   POOR   POOR   POOR

$$
Forecaster...Harrel
Requested by...Howard Boss
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
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.DELDT 02/08/25
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