Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS Amarillo, TX
Issued by NWS Amarillo, TX
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Spot Forecast for Patriot Day...Potter County Fire Rescue
National Weather Service Amarillo TX
1033 AM CDT Thu Sep 11 2025
Forecast is based on forecast start time of 1800 CDT on September 11.
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 high temperature of around 90 degrees is expected for Friday.
Winds will turn from southwesterly Friday morning to southerly in
the afternoon and evening. Expecting the strongest winds of the
day to occur in the afternoon with winds gradually weakening in
the evening. Chance for precipitation begin to increase around 7
AM Saturday morning.
.TONIGHT...
Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (0-10 percent).
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 63.
Max humidity........71 percent.
Surface winds (mph).Southwest winds 13 to 18 mph.
Wind (20 ft)........South winds 13 to 15 mph.
Mixing height.......400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South 18 to 23 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Excellent (85800 knot-ft) decreasing to poor
(7900 knot-ft) early in the evening.
TIME (CDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky cover.......CLR CLR CLR 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............90 89 83 79 76 74 73 72 70 69 67 65
RH..............22 23 30 35 39 44 46 48 55 57 61 64
20 FT wind dir..S S S S S S S S S S S SW
20 FT wind spd..15 14 14 14 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13
20 FT wind gust.23 22 21 20 18 19 19 18 18 18 18 18
Surface wnd dir.S S S S S S S S S S S SW
Surface wnd spd.18 17 14 14 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13
Surface wnd gst.25 24 23 22 20 21 21 20 20 20 20 20
Mix hgt (kft)...8.9 4.8 0.7 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4
Transp wind dir.S S S S S S S S S S SW SW
Transp wind spd.18 21 18 20 21 22 22 22 23 23 23 23
Vrate kt-ft/1K..142 86 12 8 8 9 8 9 8 8 8 8
Ventrate Cat....VGD GD PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
.FRIDAY...
Sky/weather.........Sunny (5-15 percent).
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 89.
Min humidity........25 percent.
Surface winds (mph).South winds 12 to 20 mph. Gusts up to 30 mph in
the late morning and afternoon.
Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds 12 to 17 mph. Gusts up to 30
mph in the late morning and afternoon.
Mixing height.......9000 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest 18 to 23 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (6300 knot-ft) early in the morning
increasing to excellent (88700 knot-ft) in the
afternoon increasing to excellent (115300
knot-ft) in the afternoon.
TIME (CDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky cover.......MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR CLR CLR CLR 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............65 65 63 68 74 78 81 84 86 87 88 89
RH..............66 66 71 64 51 43 38 32 28 27 25 26
20 FT wind dir..SW SW SW SW SW SW S S S S S S
20 FT wind spd..13 12 12 12 13 14 14 15 15 15 17 17
20 FT wind gust.18 15 16 16 19 21 22 23 23 23 26 27
Surface wnd dir.SW SW SW SW SW SW S S S S S S
Surface wnd spd.13 12 12 12 13 14 17 18 18 18 20 20
Surface wnd gst.20 17 18 18 21 23 24 26 26 26 29 30
Mix hgt (kft)...0.4 0.4 0.5 1.0 1.8 3.1 4.6 6.1 7.4 8.5 9.0 8.9
Transp wind dir.SW SW SW SW SW SW S S S S S S
Transp wind spd.23 20 18 20 22 22 22 22 22 22 22 23
Vrate kt-ft/1K..8 6 8 17 34 60 89 115 140 160 171 177
Ventrate Cat....PR PR PR PR PR FR GD VGD VGD EXL EXL EXL
.FRIDAY NIGHT...
Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (20-30 percent) then becoming
mostly cloudy (50-60 percent) then becoming
partly cloudy (45-55 percent).
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 64.
Max humidity........74 percent.
Surface winds (mph).South winds 13 to 20 mph. Gusts up to 30 mph.
Wind (20 ft)........South winds 13 to 17 mph. Gusts up to 30 mph.
Mixing height.......0 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South 20 to 24 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Excellent (96100 knot-ft) decreasing to good
(45400 knot-ft) early in the evening decreasing
to poor (700 knot-ft) late in the night in the
late evening and overnight.
TIME (CDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky cover.......MCR CLR MCR MCR PC PC PC MC MC PC PC PC
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Temp............87 86 82 78 74 72 71 71 70 68 67 66
RH..............27 28 33 40 46 49 48 49 51 56 60 66
20 FT wind dir..S S S S S S S S S S S S
20 FT wind spd..17 16 15 14 14 14 14 14 14 13 13 13
20 FT wind gust.27 25 23 22 20 20 20 20 20 19 19 18
Surface wnd dir.S S S S S S S S S S S S
Surface wnd spd.20 19 18 17 14 14 14 14 14 13 13 13
Surface wnd gst.30 28 26 24 22 22 22 22 22 21 21 20
Mix hgt (kft)...8.2 6.9 4.8 2.4 0.6 0.1 0.2 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.4
Transp wind dir.S S S S S S S S S S S S
Transp wind spd.24 24 23 22 21 21 22 22 22 22 21 20
Vrate kt-ft/1K..169 144 96 45 10 1 3 10 9 9 9 7
Ventrate Cat....EXL VGD GD FR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
.SATURDAY...
Sky/weather.........Partly sunny (55-65 percent). Slight chance of
showers in the morning, then chance of showers
and thunderstorms in the afternoon.
Chance of pcpn......50 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 83.
Min humidity........50 percent.
Surface winds (mph).South winds 12 to 14 mph.
Wind (20 ft)........South winds 12 to 14 mph. Gusty and erratic
winds expected near thunderstorms early in the
afternoon. Gusty and erratic winds expected
near thunderstorms late in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......6500 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest 15 to 23 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (5600 knot-ft) early in the morning
increasing to excellent (89900 knot-ft) in the
afternoon.
TIME (CDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky cover.......PC MC MC MC MC MC MC MC MC MC MC MC
Weather cov..... SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC
Weather type.... RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW
Tstm cov........ SCH SCH SCH CHC CHC
Chc of pcpn (%).0 20 20 20 20 20 20 50 50 50 50 50
Temp............64 64 66 69 71 73 75 77 78 79 79 78
RH..............72 74 72 70 68 64 60 56 54 52 52 56
20 FT wind dir..S S S S S S S S S S S S
20 FT wind spd..13 13 13 14 14 14 14 14 14 13 13 12
20 FT wind gust.18 18 18 19 19 19 20 20 20 20 20 19
Surface wnd dir.S S S S S S S S S S S S
Surface wnd spd.13 13 13 14 14 14 14 14 14 13 13 12
Surface wnd gst.20 20 20 21 21 21 22 22 22 22 22 21
Mix hgt (kft)...0.3 0.5 1.0 1.7 2.5 3.3 4.1 4.8 5.8 6.5 6.4 4.9
Transp wind dir.SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW S S S
Transp wind spd.18 18 20 22 23 21 18 16 16 16 16 15
Vrate kt-ft/1K..6 8 17 33 50 60 65 67 79 90 90 64
Ventrate Cat....PR PR PR PR FR GD GD GD GD GD GD GD
$$
Forecaster...Vanden Bosch
Requested by...Assistant Chief Jonathan Stevens
Type of request...OTHER
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.DELDT 09/11/25
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