FNUS74 KAMA 191708 FWSAMA Spot Forecast for McBride...Texas A&M Forest Service National Weather Service Amarillo TX 1208 PM CDT Tue May 19 2026 Forecast is based on forecast start time of 1200 CDT on May 19. 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... Winds are in the process of decreasing at the fire site, currently out of the northeast at 15-20 mph, but should decrease to 10-15 mph out of the east later this evening - overnight. Humidity values will only drop to around 30% this afternoon, and will recover over 90% overnight due to increasing moisture with low clouds. Wednesday will be cool, cloudy, and more humid with a light southeast breeze. Spotty showers and storms could approach the site later Wednesday afternoon-evening, but confidence is still on the low side at this time. .REST OF TODAY... Sky/weather.........Sunny (15-25 percent). Chance of pcpn......0 percent. Max temperature.....Around 74. Min humidity........25 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Northeast winds 12 to 15 mph. Mixing height.......4700 ft AGL. Transport winds.....Northeast 13 to 17 mph shifting to the east around 13 mph late in the afternoon. Smoke dispersal.....Good (46300 knot-ft). TIME (CDT) NOON 2 PM 4 PM Sky cover.......MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR Weather cov..... Weather type....NONE NONE NONE Tstm cov........ Chc of pcpn (%).0 0 0 Temp............56 63 69 RH..............47 36 27 20 ft wind......NE 15 NE 14 NE 12 20 ft wind gust.22 20 18 Mix hgt (kft)...3.5 3.8 4.5 Transport wind..N 17 N 15 NE 13 Vrate kt-ft/1K..54 50 51 Ventrate Cat....FAIR FAIR FAIR .TONIGHT... Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (20-30 percent) then becoming mostly cloudy (60-70 percent). Chance of pcpn......10 percent. Min temperature.....Around 47. Max humidity........96 percent. Wind (20 ft)........East winds 10 to 13 mph. Mixing height.......700 ft AGL. Transport winds.....East 13 to 20 mph. Smoke dispersal.....Good (58200 knot-ft) early in the evening decreasing to poor (9300 knot-ft) late in the night. TIME (CDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM Sky cover.......MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR PCLDY MCLDY MCLDY Weather cov..... Weather type....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE Tstm cov........ Chc of pcpn (%).0 0 0 0 10 0 Temp............72 70 63 57 54 52 RH..............27 30 44 59 71 77 20 ft wind......E 12 E 13 E 13 E 13 E 12 E 12 20 ft wind gust.16 18 18 18 15 15 Mix hgt (kft)...4.8 3.9 0.8 1.2 1.3 1.3 Transport wind..E 13 E 14 E 17 E 20 E 18 E 18 Vrate kt-ft/1K..52 47 15 20 22 21 Ventrate Cat....FAIR FAIR POOR POOR POOR POOR .WEDNESDAY... Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (80-90 percent). Slight chance of rain showers early in the morning. Chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Chance of pcpn......50 percent. Max temperature.....Around 68. Min humidity........57 percent. Wind (20 ft)........East winds 9 to 10 mph shifting to the southeast around 10 mph late in the afternoon. Gusty and erratic winds expected near thunderstorms in the afternoon. Mixing height.......3200 ft AGL. Transport winds.....East 15 to 16 mph shifting to the southeast 14 to 15 mph late in the afternoon. Smoke dispersal.....Fair (15900 knot-ft) early in the morning increasing to good (42400 knot-ft) in the afternoon. TIME (CDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM Sky cover.......MCLDY CLOUDY CLOUDY CLOUDY MCLDY MCLDY Weather cov..... S CHC CHANCE CHANCE Weather type....NONE RNSHWR NONE NONE RNSHWR RNSHWR Tstm cov........ CHANCE CHANCE Chc of pcpn (%).0 20 10 10 30 50 Temp............50 48 52 55 60 65 RH..............86 96 80 77 66 57 20 ft wind......E 10 E 10 E 9 E 10 SE 10 SE 10 20 ft wind gust.14 14 14 14 16 16 Mix hgt (kft)...1.5 1.4 1.7 2.2 3.0 3.1 Transport wind..E 16 E 15 E 15 SE 15 SE 16 SE 15 Vrate kt-ft/1K..21 18 24 29 42 41 Ventrate Cat....POOR POOR POOR POOR FAIR FAIR $$ Forecaster...Harrel Requested by...Seth Type of request...WILDFIRE .TAG 2614034.0/AMA .DELDT 05/19/26 .FormatterVersion 2.0.0