FNUS74 KAMA 302150 FWSAMA Spot Forecast for Potter 3204...tamfs National Weather Service Amarillo TX 450 PM CDT Wed Oct 30 2024 Forecast is based on forecast start time of 1700 CDT on October 30. 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...Primary concern for the time being is the continue gusty winds out of the southwest that will likely shift more southerly over the next couple of hours. Winds speed will look to stay around 15 to 25 mph with gusts nearing the 35 to 40 mph mark for the next hours or so. However winds do look to slow slightly with setting of the sun, with expectations closer to 10 to 15 mph and gusts up to 25 mph. Afterwards, concerns shift towards the expected cold front that will see winds shift to a more northerly direction. Thankfully, this shift is still timing to be around 10 to 11 PM with winds behind the front being much lighter. .REST OF TODAY... Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (20-30 percent). Chance of pcpn......0 percent. LAL.................No Tstms. Max temperature.....Around 75. Min humidity........12 percent. Wind (20 ft)........West winds around 22 mph with gusts to around 32 mph. Mixing height.......6800 ft AGL. Transport winds.....West around 32 mph. Smoke dispersal.....Excellent (191100 knot-ft). Haines Index........3 or very low potential for large plume dominated fire growth. TIME (CDT) 5PM Sky cover.......PC Weather cov..... Weather type.... Tstm cov........ Chc of pcpn (%).0 LAL.............1 Temp............72 RH..............13 20 FT wind dir..W 20 FT wind spd..22 20 FT wind gust.32 Mix hgt (kft)...6.8 Transp wind dir.W Transp wind spd.32 Haines index....3 Vrate kt-ft/1K..191 Ventrate Cat....EXL .TONIGHT... Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (10-20 percent) then becoming mostly cloudy (50-60 percent) then becoming partly cloudy (30-40 percent). Chance of pcpn......0 percent. LAL.................No Tstms. Min temperature.....Around 35. Max humidity........86 percent. Wind (20 ft)........West winds 13 to 21 mph with gusts to around 29 mph shifting to the north 8 to 12 mph overnight. Mixing height.......400 ft AGL. Transport winds.....West 20 to 29 mph becoming north 10 to 17 mph late in the evening. Smoke dispersal.....Excellent (120800 knot-ft) decreasing to fair (19900 knot-ft) early in the evening decreasing to poor (3500 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.......MCR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR MCR MCR 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 LAL.............1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Temp............70 64 59 56 54 52 49 47 45 43 41 39 RH..............14 17 20 22 24 28 36 46 58 66 72 78 20 FT wind dir..W W W W W W NW NW NW N N N 20 FT wind spd..21 18 17 15 14 14 14 13 12 10 9 8 20 FT wind gust.29 23 23 21 19 19 18 16 14 14 11 9 Mix hgt (kft)...4.8 1.1 0.7 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 Transp wind dir.W W W W W NW NW N N N N N Transp wind spd.29 21 20 20 21 17 15 14 13 13 12 10 Haines index....3 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 Vrate kt-ft/1K..121 20 12 9 9 7 5 5 5 5 4 4 Ventrate Cat....VGD PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR .THURSDAY... Sky/weather.........Sunny (10-20 percent). Areas of frost early in the morning. Chance of pcpn......0 percent. LAL.................No Tstms. Max temperature.....Around 66. Min humidity........22 percent. Wind (20 ft)........North winds 6 to 7 mph shifting to the northeast 5 to 6 mph late in the morning, then shifting to the south 6 to 10 mph in the afternoon. Mixing height.......4800 ft AGL. Transport winds.....North 7 to 12 mph shifting to the east around 8 mph late in the morning, then shifting to the southwest 8 to 16 mph in the afternoon. Smoke dispersal.....Poor (2400 knot-ft) early in the morning increasing to excellent (67200 knot-ft) in the afternoon. Haines Index........4 or low potential for large plume dominated fire growth. TIME (CDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM Sky cover.......PC PC MCR MCR MCR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR Weather cov..... ARS ARS Weather type.... FST FST 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............38 37 36 38 44 49 53 58 61 63 65 66 RH..............83 83 86 85 70 53 44 36 29 26 23 22 20 FT wind dir..N N N NE NE E SE SE S S S S 20 FT wind spd..7 6 6 6 5 6 6 6 7 8 10 9 20 FT wind gust.8 7 7 7 6 7 7 7 8 9 14 11 Mix hgt (kft)...0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 1.0 1.8 2.5 3.4 4.0 4.3 4.8 4.8 Transp wind dir.N N N NE NE E S S SW SW SW SW Transp wind spd.10 12 10 7 8 8 8 9 12 13 16 16 Haines index....4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 Vrate kt-ft/1K..4 4 4 2 7 13 18 27 40 48 67 67 Ventrate Cat....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR FR GD GD $$ Forecaster...Scoleri Requested by...Dwayne Teel Type of request...WILDFIRE .TAG 2425335.0/AMA .DELDT 10/30/24 .FormatterVersion 2.0.0