FNUS74 KAMA 181012 FWSAMA Spot Forecast for Hungate...Texas A&M Forest Service National Weather Service Amarillo TX 512 AM CDT Mon May 18 2026 Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0600 CDT on May 18. 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. ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO MIDNIGHT CDT TONIGHT... ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING... .DISCUSSION... Current conditions near the spot forecast site shows 71 degrees with southerly winds of 19 mph gusting to 32 mph and current RH around 77 percent. Min RH values will drop to around 5 percent by this afternoon, increasing only slightly to around 20 percent by midnight and then around 70 percent by sunrise Tuesday morning. Overall winds will increase by late morning and continuing into the afternoon to SW winds sustained at 30-35 mph with gusts over 45 mph at times. Winds will then shift to northerly behind a cold front with that timing approximately between 11 PM and 1 AM. Winds behind the front will be northerly between 15-25 mph through sunrise Tuesday morning. Skies should remain mostly clear. .TODAY... Sky/weather.........Sunny (0-10 percent). Chance of pcpn......0 percent. Max temperature.....Around 95. Min humidity........7 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Breezy. Southwest winds 14 to 23 mph with gusts to around 34 mph increasing to 24 to 28 mph with gusts to around 41 mph late in the afternoon. Mixing height.......10400 ft AGL increasing to 11600 ft AGL late in the afternoon. Transport winds.....Southwest 21 to 29 mph increasing to 33 to 40 mph in the afternoon. Smoke dispersal.....Poor (9700 knot-ft) early in the morning increasing to excellent (79900 knot-ft) in the afternoon increasing to excellent (299200 knot-ft). TIME (CDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM Sky cover.......CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR Weather cov..... Weather type.... Tstm cov........ Chc of pcpn (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Temp............60 65 67 73 79 85 88 90 92 93 93 93 RH..............81 74 62 42 23 15 11 8 7 7 6 6 20 FT wind dir..S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW 20 FT wind spd..17 16 16 17 18 21 22 23 25 26 28 28 20 FT wind gust.23 22 22 22 23 33 34 34 37 41 41 41 Mix hgt (kft)...0.6 0.6 0.5 1.7 3.4 4.7 6.9 9.4 10 11 11 12 Transp wind dir.S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW Transp wind spd.23 22 21 24 26 29 33 38 40 40 38 37 Vrate kt-ft/1K..14 12 19 38 80 121 209 319 371 395 382 384 Ventrate Cat....PR PR PR PR GD VGD EXL EXL EXL EXL EXL EXL .TONIGHT... Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (10-20 percent). Chance of pcpn......0 percent. Min temperature.....Around 47. Max humidity........71-76 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Breezy. Southwest winds 17 to 28 mph with gusts to around 41 mph decreasing to 10 to 16 mph in the late evening and overnight, then shifting to the north 13 to 21 mph overnight. Mixing height.......1800 ft AGL decreasing to 500 ft AGL in the late evening and overnight. Transport winds.....Southwest 35 to 36 mph decreasing to 21 to 26 mph early in the evening, then shifting to the north 24 to 28 mph overnight. Smoke dispersal.....Excellent (323600 knot-ft) decreasing to good (47700 knot-ft) early in the evening decreasing to poor (8700 knot-ft) late in the night early in the evening. TIME (CDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM Sky cover.......CLR CLR CLR MCR MCR CLR CLR CLR MCR MCR MCR PC Weather cov..... Weather type.... Tstm cov........ Chc of pcpn (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Temp............93 93 91 83 80 77 74 70 65 60 55 51 RH..............6 7 7 10 12 13 16 21 31 42 55 63 20 FT wind dir..SW SW SW SW SW SW SW W NW N N N 20 FT wind spd..28 26 22 20 16 15 14 14 14 17 21 21 20 FT wind gust.41 40 32 26 22 20 18 18 19 22 23 25 Mix hgt (kft)...11 11 1.8 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.9 1.4 1.6 1.6 Transp wind dir.SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW N N N N Transp wind spd.36 35 26 22 22 22 22 21 25 24 28 26 Vrate kt-ft/1K..352 340 48 14 14 11 11 9 25 33 40 45 Ventrate Cat....EXL EXL FR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR FR FR .TUESDAY... Sky/weather.........Sunny (15-25 percent). Chance of pcpn......0 percent. Max temperature.....Around 78. Min humidity........25 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Northeast winds 10 to 21 mph shifting to the east around 10 mph late in the afternoon. Mixing height.......6700 ft AGL. Transport winds.....Northeast 15 to 24 mph shifting to the east around 14 mph late in the afternoon, then shifting to the south around 17 mph late in the afternoon. Smoke dispersal.....Good (36400 knot-ft) early in the morning increasing to excellent (109300 knot-ft) in the afternoon. TIME (CDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM Sky cover.......MCR MCR PC PC MCR MCR MCR 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 Temp............49 47 47 50 55 59 63 66 71 73 75 77 RH..............68 73 73 66 54 45 39 34 29 27 25 24 20 FT wind dir..N N N N N N NE NE NE NE E E 20 FT wind spd..20 20 21 20 18 17 16 14 13 12 10 10 20 FT wind gust.23 25 26 25 23 23 21 20 18 16 15 15 Mix hgt (kft)...1.8 1.8 1.8 2.2 2.4 2.9 3.1 3.7 4.2 5.0 4.9 6.7 Transp wind dir.N N N N N N NE NE NE E E S Transp wind spd.24 24 23 22 21 20 17 16 15 14 14 17 Vrate kt-ft/1K..40 41 40 43 43 49 50 56 54 65 66 109 Ventrate Cat....FR FR FR FR FR FR FR FR FR GD GD VGD $$ Forecaster...Meccariello Requested by...Dwayne Teel Type of request...WILDFIRE .TAG 2613904.0/AMA .DELDT 05/18/26 .FormatterVersion 2.0.0