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Spot Forecast for Hills Auto...Texas Forest Service
National Weather Service Amarillo TX
322 PM CDT Tue Oct 15 2024

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 1500 CDT on October 15.
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 already passed through causing the
gusty NE winds that will persist through the rest of the
afternoon. The winds will weaken and shift to be more easterly
during the evening. There is a small chance that passing virga can
cause localized erratic wind direction.


.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Partly sunny (55-65 percent).
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
LAL.................No Tstms.
Max temperature.....Around 72.
Min humidity........24 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Northeast winds around 17 to 21 mph gusts to 30 mph.
Mixing height.......3000 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northeast 25 to 30 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Good (55600 knot-ft) early in the morning
                    increasing to excellent (65800 knot-ft) in the
                    afternoon.
Haines Index........4 or low potential for large plume dominated
                    fire growth.

TIME (CDT)      3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky cover.......MC  MC  MC
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0   0   0
LAL.............1   1   1
Temp............71  69  67
RH..............27  27  28
20 FT wind dir..NE  NE  NE
20 FT wind spd..18  18  18
20 FT wind gust.25  25  25
Mix hgt (kft)...2.9 3.0 2.8
Transp wind dir.NE  NE  NE
Transp wind spd.24  25  23
Haines index....4   4   4
Vrate kt-ft/1K..61  66  56
Ventrate Cat....GD  GD  FR

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (55-65 percent) then becoming
                    partly cloudy (30-40 percent).
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
LAL.................No Tstms.
Min temperature.....Around 33.
Max humidity........66 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Northeast winds 7 to 16 mph shifting to the
                    east 5 to 6 mph overnight.
Mixing height.......400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....East 15 to 24 mph decreasing to 10 to 13 mph
                    after 3 am.
Smoke dispersal.....Good (54000 knot-ft) early in the evening
                    decreasing to poor (5700 knot-ft) late in the
                    night.
Haines Index........3 to 4 or very low to low potential for large
                    plume dominated fire growth.

TIME (CDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky cover.......MC  PC  PC  PC  MCR MCR PC  PC  PC  PC  PC  MCR
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
LAL.............1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1
Temp............64  60  56  53  50  48  46  44  43  40  39  36
RH..............31  36  42  46  50  54  56  60  60  64  64  66
20 FT wind dir..NE  NE  NE  NE  E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E
20 FT wind spd..16  14  14  13  12  9   9   7   6   6   5   5
20 FT wind gust.23  22  21  19  18  15  14  13  12  11  9   8
Mix hgt (kft)...2.6 2.2 1.9 2.0 1.8 0.4 0.9 0.8 1.0 0.6 0.8 0.6
Transp wind dir.NE  NE  E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E
Transp wind spd.24  22  22  21  20  16  15  15  15  13  13  10
Haines index....4   4   4   4   4   4   4   3   3   3   3   3
Vrate kt-ft/1K..54  42  36  36  31  6   11  10  14  6   9   6
Ventrate Cat....FR  FR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR

.WEDNESDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (5-15 percent).
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
LAL.................No Tstms.
Max temperature.....Around 64.
Min humidity........26 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southeast winds 5 to 7 mph shifting to the
                    south 9 to 16 mph gusts to 25 mph late in the morning.
Mixing height.......3700 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South 10 to 18 mph increasing to 20 to 25 mph
                    late in the afternoon.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (3800 knot-ft) early in the morning
                    increasing to excellent (66200 knot-ft) in the
                    afternoon.
Haines Index........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 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
LAL.............1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1
Temp............36  35  34  37  43  48  52  55  58  62  62  63
RH..............64  64  66  59  47  37  32  30  29  26  28  29
20 FT wind dir..SE  SE  S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S
20 FT wind spd..5   5   5   5   7   9   10  14  15  16  16  16
20 FT wind gust.7   7   7   8   11  14  18  19  21  22  22  22
Mix hgt (kft)...0.4 0.7 0.4 0.8 1.6 2.0 2.3 2.6 2.9 3.4 3.6 3.7
Transp wind dir.SE  SE  S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S
Transp wind spd.10  12  10  13  16  16  18  18  18  20  20  21
Haines index....3   3   3   3   3   3   3   3   3   3   3   3
Vrate kt-ft/1K..4   7   4   9   22  28  37  42  47  58  62  66
Ventrate Cat....PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  FR  FR  FR  GD  GD

$$
Forecaster...Hannah
Requested by...Wendy Becker
Type of request...WILDFIRE
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