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Spot Forecast for 2025 Sand Drags...NPS
National Weather Service Amarillo TX
958 AM CST Sat Feb 22 2025

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 1000 CST on February 22.
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...

Temperatures will steadily increase to the upper 50`s for highs
today in the spot area. RFTI values will remain at zero for today
due to the light winds, low ERC percentiles, and only modest RH
values. These factors will make it difficult for fire weather
conditions to manifest.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (0-10 percent).
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 59.
Min humidity........22 percent.
Surface winds (mph).Southwest winds 6 to 8 mph shifting to the
                    south around 6 mph late in the afternoon.
Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds 5 to 7 mph shifting to the
                    south around 5 mph late in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......3800 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest 12 to 14 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Fair (14100 knot-ft) early in the morning
                    increasing to good (41600 knot-ft) in the
                    afternoon.

TIME (CST)      10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM
Sky cover.......CLEAR  CLEAR  CLEAR  CLEAR
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0      0      0      0
Temp............30     43     54     59
RH..............46     32     25     22
20 ft wind......W 5    W 7    SW 6   SW 6
20 ft wind gust.6      8      7      7
Surface wind....W 6    W 8    SW 7   SW 7
Surface wnd gst.7      9      8      8
Mix hgt (kft)...1.2    2.0    3.2    3.8
Transport wind..W 14   SW 13  SW 13  SW 12
Vrate kt-ft/1K..14     22     35     38
Ventrate Cat....POOR   POOR   POOR   POOR

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Clear (0-10 percent).
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 24.
Max humidity........82 percent.
Surface winds (mph).Southwest winds around 6 mph in the evening
                    becoming light.
Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds around 5 mph in the evening
                    becoming light.
Mixing height.......700 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest 12 to 14 mph shifting to the west
                    around 10 mph early in the morning.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (5900 knot-ft).

TIME (CST)      6 PM   8 PM   10 PM  MIDNGT 2 AM   4 AM
Sky cover.......CLEAR  CLEAR  CLEAR  CLEAR  MCLEAR MCLEAR
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0      0      0      0      0      0
Temp............56     44     37     32     29     28
RH..............28     42     55     62     68     68
20 ft wind......S 5    S 5    SW 5   SW 3   SW 3   SW 3
20 ft wind gust.6                    5      5      5
Surface wind....S 6    S 4    SW 4   SW 3   SW 3   SW 3
Surface wnd gst.7      6      6      5      5      5
Mix hgt (kft)...0.8    0.7    0.7    0.7    0.7    0.7
Transport wind..S 12   S 14   S 14   SW 13  SW 12  SW 12
Vrate kt-ft/1K..8      8      9      8      7      7
Ventrate Cat....POOR   POOR   POOR   POOR   POOR   POOR

.SUNDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (20-30 percent).
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 65.
Min humidity........21 percent.
Surface winds (mph).Light winds early in the morning becoming
                    northwest around 6 mph, then shifting to the
                    north early in the afternoon becoming light.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds early in the morning becoming west
                    around 5 mph, then shifting to the northwest
                    early in the afternoon becoming light.
Mixing height.......3100 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West 9 to 10 mph shifting to the northwest 10
                    to 12 mph late in the morning, then shifting to
                    the north 7 to 13 mph in the afternoon shifting
                    to the west around 5 mph late in the afternoon.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (5200 knot-ft) early in the morning
                    increasing to fair (23600 knot-ft) in the
                    afternoon.

TIME (CST)      6 AM   8 AM   10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM
Sky cover.......CLEAR  PCLDY  PCLDY  MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0      0      0      0      0      0
Temp............26     25     39     54     62     65
RH..............75     82     53     33     24     22
20 ft wind......SW 3   W 5    W 5    NW 5   N 5    NW 3
20 ft wind gust.5                    6             5
Surface wind....SW 3   W 4    W 4    NW 6   N 4    NW 3
Surface wnd gst.5      6      6      7      6      5
Mix hgt (kft)...0.6    0.7    1.0    1.8    2.7    2.3
Transport wind..W 10   W 10   NW 10  N 13   N 10   N 7
Vrate kt-ft/1K..6      6      9      20     24     13
Ventrate Cat....POOR   POOR   POOR   POOR   POOR   POOR

$$
Forecaster...COR
Requested by...Jason McDaniel
Type of request...OTHER
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.DELDT 02/22/25
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