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Spot Forecast for Galahad Blackline...Borger Fire Department
National Weather Service Amarillo TX
722 AM CDT Tue Mar 11 2025

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0800 CDT on March 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...
Today will gradually become warm and dry, with highs in the mid
70s and minimum relative humidity values around 13 percent near
the burn site. Main focus today will be a wind shift with a cold
front, turning winds from westerly to northwesterly at 10 mph
around ~11 AM. Expect poor RH recovery tonight with light winds
turning back to the southwest at less than 10 mph. Tomorrow will
have similar temperatures and a similar wind shift, going from
west southwest to northwesterly through the day at about 15 mph
with minimum RH values in the low teens again.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (0-10 percent).
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 76.
Min humidity........13 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........West winds 10 to 12 mph shifting to the
                    northwest 6 to 9 mph in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......6200 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northwest 9 to 17 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (6600 knot-ft) early in the morning
                    increasing to excellent (63800 knot-ft) in the
                    afternoon.

TIME (CDT)      8 AM   10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM
Sky cover.......CLEAR  CLEAR  CLEAR  CLEAR  CLEAR
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0      0      0      0      0
Temp............42     51     62     70     74
RH..............32     26     20     15     13
20 ft wind......W 12   W 10   NW 9   NW 9   W 7
20 ft wind gust.15     14     14     14     13
Mix hgt (kft)...0.5    0.6    1.9    3.5    5.8
Transport wind..W 17   W 14   NW 13  NW 14  W 13
Vrate kt-ft/1K..7      7      21     42     64
Ventrate Cat....POOR   POOR   POOR   FAIR   GOOD

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Clear (0-10 percent).
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 43.
Max humidity........33 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph.
Mixing height.......400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest 7 to 10 mph increasing to 18 to 20
                    mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Good (58100 knot-ft) early in the evening
                    decreasing to poor (2700 knot-ft) late in the
                    night.

TIME (CDT)      6 PM   8 PM   10 PM  MIDNGT 2 AM   4 AM
Sky cover.......MCLEAR CLEAR  CLEAR  CLEAR  MCLEAR CLEAR
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0      0      0      0      0      0
Temp............76     68     58     53     50     49
RH..............13     18     27     32     32     29
20 ft wind......SW 5   S 5    S 6    SW 8   SW 9   SW 10
20 ft wind gust.9      7      9      13     14     14
Mix hgt (kft)...6.5    0.5    0.4    0.5    0.4    0.5
Transport wind..W 10   SW 7   S 9    S 14   SW 16  SW 20
Vrate kt-ft/1K..58     3      4      6      6      8
Ventrate Cat....FAIR   POOR   POOR   POOR   POOR   POOR

.WEDNESDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (20-30 percent).
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 75.
Min humidity........13 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........West winds 10 to 14 mph shifting to the
                    northwest around 14 mph late in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......10200 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West 20 to 23 mph shifting to the northwest
                    around 24 mph late in the afternoon.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (8000 knot-ft) early in the morning
                    increasing to excellent (100400 knot-ft) in the
                    afternoon increasing to excellent (155800
                    knot-ft) late in the afternoon.

TIME (CDT)      6 AM   8 AM   10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM
Sky cover.......MCLEAR MCLEAR PCLDY  MCLEAR PCLDY  PCLDY
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0      0      0      0      0      0
Temp............46     44     53     63     70     74
RH..............31     32     26     20     16     13
20 ft wind......SW 10  W 13   W 14   W 14   W 14   NW 14
20 ft wind gust.15     14     15     15     18     19
Mix hgt (kft)...0.5    0.4    0.7    2.3    5.6    10
Transport wind..W 21   SW 21  W 20   W 21   W 21   NW 24
Vrate kt-ft/1K..9      8      11     42     100    215
Ventrate Cat....POOR   POOR   POOR   FAIR   VYGD   EXNT

$$
Forecaster...Harrel
Requested by...Coby Medaris
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2505812.0/AMA
.DELDT 03/11/25
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