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Spot Forecast for Needwood...TFS
National Weather Service Amarillo TX
354 AM CDT Sat Aug 23 2025

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0400 CDT on August 23.
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...

Current conditions near the fire site have temperatures in the upper
60s to lower 70s with very light winds around 10 mph or less. Relative
humidity values are currently around 70 percent and should increase to
around 80 percent in the next few hours. Temperatures are expected to
warm up into the low to mid 90s this afternoon and relative humidity
values will drop down to around 25-30 percent. Winds will switch to
out of the east by early afternoon but should stay around 10 mph or
less. Temperatures on Saturday night should drop down back into the
60s with relative humidity values recovering up to 80-90 percent. Winds
during Saturday night should stay out of the east around 5-10 mph.

.REST OF TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (15-25 percent).
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 65.
Max humidity........78 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds.
Mixing height.......500 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South around 7 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (3000 knot-ft).

TIME (CDT)      11 PM
Sky cover.......MCLEAR
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0
Temp............68
RH..............68
20 ft wind......SE 2
20 ft wind gust.5
Mix hgt (kft)...0.5
Transport wind..S 7
Vrate kt-ft/1K..3
Ventrate Cat....POOR

.TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (10-20 percent).
Chance of pcpn......10 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 96.
Min humidity........28 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming north around 5 mph late in
                    the morning, then shifting to the northeast 5
                    to 8 mph in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......9300 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West 5 to 7 mph shifting to the northwest 6 to
                    7 mph late in the morning, then shifting to the
                    east 8 to 10 mph in the afternoon.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (1500 knot-ft) early in the morning
                    increasing to excellent (83600 knot-ft) in the
                    afternoon.

TIME (CDT)      1 AM   3 AM   5 AM   7 AM   9 AM   11 AM
Sky cover.......MCLEAR MCLEAR CLEAR  CLEAR  MCLEAR MCLEAR
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0      0      0      0      0      10
Temp............67     68     81     90     94     94
RH..............70     70     47     34     29     29
20 ft wind......NW 2   NW 2   N 3    NE 5   NE 6   E 7
20 ft wind gust.5      5      6      8      11     12
Mix hgt (kft)...0.5    0.4    1.8    7.0    9.0    9.3
Transport wind..SW 7   W 5    NW 6   NE 8   E 9    E 10
Vrate kt-ft/1K..3      2      9      49     72     84
Ventrate Cat....POOR   POOR   POOR   FAIR   GOOD   GOOD

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (30-40 percent) then becoming
                    mostly cloudy (50-60 percent).
Chance of pcpn......10 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 67.
Max humidity........90 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........East winds 5 to 8 mph.
Mixing height.......500 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....East 12 to 18 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Excellent (86100 knot-ft) early in the evening
                    decreasing to poor (5300 knot-ft) late in the
                    night.

TIME (CDT)      1 PM   3 PM   5 PM   7 PM   9 PM   11 PM
Sky cover.......PCLDY  PCLDY  MCLEAR PCLDY  PCLDY  MCLDY
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).10     10     10     10     10     10
Temp............92     88     81     77     73     70
RH..............31     35     53     62     71     81
20 ft wind......E 8    E 7    E 6    E 5    E 5    E 5
20 ft wind gust.13     12     12     9      8      8
Mix hgt (kft)...8.6    1.0    0.9    0.7    0.6    0.6
Transport wind..E 12   E 14   E 18   E 15   E 12   E 12
Vrate kt-ft/1K..86     12     15     9      6      6
Ventrate Cat....GOOD   POOR   POOR   POOR   POOR   POOR

.SUNDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (40-50 percent).
Chance of pcpn......10 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 91.
Min humidity........38 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........East winds 5 to 6 mph shifting to the southeast
                    around 7 mph in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......6300 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....East 8 to 10 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (4700 knot-ft) early in the morning
                    increasing to good (47500 knot-ft) in the
                    afternoon.

TIME (CDT)      1 AM   3 AM   5 AM   7 AM   9 AM   11 AM
Sky cover.......MCLDY  PCLDY  PCLDY  PCLDY  PCLDY  PCLDY
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).10     10     10     10     10     10
Temp............67     69     77     83     87     90
RH..............90     83     64     52     43     38
20 ft wind......NE 5   E 5    E 5    E 6    SE 7   SE 7
20 ft wind gust.8      8      11     11     11     12
Mix hgt (kft)...0.5    1.0    2.1    3.9    5.3    6.3
Transport wind..E 10   E 10   E 10   E 9    E 8    SE 8
Vrate kt-ft/1K..5      9      19     30     35     44
Ventrate Cat....POOR   POOR   POOR   POOR   POOR   FAIR

$$
Forecaster...Muscha
Requested by...Jennifer Sublett
Type of request...WILDFIRE
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.DELDT 08/23/25
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