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Spot Forecast for Bright Lights Fire...TIFMAS

National Weather Service Amarillo TX

1212 PM CDT Sun Mar 22 2026



Forecast is based on forecast start time of 1200 CDT on March 22. 

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 UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING...



.DISCUSSION...



20 foot winds will continue to be out of the north-northeast to 

northeast at 20 to 30 mph this afternoon as relative humidity values 

increase to around 25 to 30 percent. Winds will begin to weaken 

this evening and especially overnight as relative humidity climbs 

up to around 50 percent.



.REST OF TODAY...



Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (35-45 percent). Patchy blowing 

                    dust. 

Chance of pcpn......0 percent. 

Max temperature.....Around 73. 

Min humidity........8 percent. 

Wind (20 ft)........Breezy. North winds 23 to 25 mph with gusts to 

                    around 36 mph. 

Mixing height.......3800 ft AGL. 

Transport winds.....North 26 to 29 mph. 

Smoke dispersal.....Good (46500 knot-ft) early in the morning 

                    increasing to excellent (94400 knot-ft) in the 

                    afternoon. 



TIME (CDT)      NOON   2 PM   4 PM   

Sky cover.......MCLDY  PCLDY  PCLDY  

Weather cov.....PATCHY PATCHY PATCHY 

Weather type....BLDUST BLDUST BLDUST 

Tstm cov........                     

Chc of pcpn (%).0      0      0      

Temp............72     70     69     

RH..............24     29     24     

20 ft wind......N 23   N 24   N 24   

20 ft wind gust.33     35     35     

Mix hgt (kft)...2.0    2.9    3.6    

Transport wind..N 26   N 28   N 28   

Vrate kt-ft/1K..47     69     86     

Ventrate Cat....FAIR   GOOD   GOOD   



$$

Forecaster...Vanden Bosch

Requested by...William Dicker

Type of request...WILDFIRE

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