FNUS74 KAMA 190131 FWSAMA Spot Forecast for Stinky Fire...Amarillo Fire Department National Weather Service Amarillo TX 831 PM CDT Mon May 18 2026 Forecast is based on forecast start time of 2100 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 UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT TONIGHT... ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM CDT TUESDAY... .DISCUSSION...Currently latest observations are seeing southwesterly winds of 15 to 20 mph with gusts upwards of 30 to 35 mph present around the fire area. These winds are working with RH values around 8 to 10 percent with both likely to continue until the cold front arrives later tonight. Current timing sees the front arrive as early as 11:30 PM with a more likely time after midnight AM. Based off current observations initially winds behind the front will shift to northerly with speeds around 25 to 30 mph and gust upwards of 45 mph. RH values are expected to recovery behind the front as well, with the potential to reach upwards of 50 to 70 percent. However, recovery will not be immediate and will be delayed by at least 20 minutes once the front has officially pass through the area. Look for winds to slightly weak through the overnight, but stay breezy through Tuesday afternoon. .REST OF TONIGHT... Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (10-20 percent). Patchy blowing dust late in the evening. Chance of pcpn......0 percent. Min temperature.....Around 48. Max humidity........73 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds 10 to 16 mph shifting to the north 16 to 22 mph with gusts to around 32 mph overnight. Mixing height.......500 ft AGL. Transport winds.....Southwest 21 to 23 mph shifting to the north 23 to 29 mph overnight. Smoke dispersal.....Excellent (61100 knot-ft) early in the evening decreasing to poor (9700 knot-ft) late in the night. TIME (CDT) 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM Sky cover.......MCR CLR CLR CLR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR Weather cov.....PTY Weather type....BDT Tstm cov........ Chc of pcpn (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Temp............83 79 78 75 71 65 60 55 51 RH..............10 12 13 15 20 33 44 56 65 20 FT wind dir..SW SW SW W NW N N N N 20 FT wind spd..16 14 10 13 15 17 21 22 22 20 FT wind gust.22 18 14 16 21 23 29 30 32 Mix hgt (kft)...0.6 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.5 1.1 2.0 2.0 2.1 Transp wind dir.SW SW SW SW SW N N N NE Transp wind spd.21 21 22 23 22 23 29 29 28 Vrate kt-ft/1K..11 10 11 12 13 24 51 61 56 Ventrate Cat....PR PR PR PR PR PR FR GD FR .TUESDAY... Sky/weather.........Sunny (15-25 percent). Chance of pcpn......0 percent. Max temperature.....Around 76. Min humidity........27 percent. Wind (20 ft)........North winds 14 to 22 mph with gusts to around 30 mph shifting to the northeast 10 to 12 mph late in the afternoon. Mixing height.......5300 ft AGL. Transport winds.....North 17 to 26 mph shifting to the east 12 to 15 mph late in the afternoon. Smoke dispersal.....Good (34700 knot-ft). 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 CLR Weather cov..... Weather type.... Tstm cov........ Chc of pcpn(%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Temp............50 48 48 50 53 57 60 63 68 70 73 74 RH..............67 72 73 66 57 49 44 39 34 31 28 27 20 FT wind dir..N N N N N N N NE NE NE NE E 20 FT wind spd..22 21 22 21 20 18 16 15 14 12 10 10 20 FT wind gust.30 26 28 27 26 23 23 21 19 18 16 15 Mix hgt (kft)...1.7 1.9 2.1 2.5 2.7 2.9 3.1 3.5 4.0 4.4 5.0 5.3 Transp wind dir.N N N N N N N NE NE E E E Transp wind spd.26 25 25 24 22 21 18 17 15 13 12 12 Vrate kt-ft/1K..48 45 49 59 53 53 53 53 53 48 51 53 Ventrate Cat....FR FR FR FR FR FR FR FR FR FR FR FR $$ Forecaster...Scoleri Requested by...Jeff Harbin Type of request...WILDFIRE .TAG 2613989.0/AMA .DELDT 05/18/26 .FormatterVersion 2.0.0