FNUS74 KAMA 240011 FWSAMA Spot Forecast for Carson 7516...Texas A & M Forestry Service National Weather Service Amarillo TX 711 PM CDT Sun Aug 23 2026 Forecast is based on forecast start time of 1900 CDT on August 23. 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. ...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING... .DISCUSSION... South winds around 8 to 12 mph this evening over the burn area, with isolated storms (20 percent) around the burn area which could result in erratic wind changes. Additionally, about a 20 percent chance of a storm to move over the burn area. Winds out of the west tonight 8 to 12 mph. Winds will shift northwest 8 to 12 mph by mid morning, becoming light and variable out of the north in the afternoon and evening on Monday. About a 20 percent chance of a storm in the evening and a 30 percent chance of a storm overnight Monday night. Weber .REST OF TONIGHT... Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (40-50 percent). Slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in the evening. Chance of pcpn......20 percent. Min temperature.....Around 76. Max humidity........40 percent. Wind (20 ft)........South winds 9 to 14 mph shifting to the west 10 to 12 mph after 3 am. Gusty and erratic winds expected near thunderstorms in the evening. Mixing height.......500 ft AGL. Transport winds.....South 15 to 18 mph shifting to the west 13 to 15 mph after 3 am. Smoke dispersal.....Good (52300 knot-ft) early in the evening decreasing to poor (5600 knot-ft) late in the night. TIME (CDT) 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM Sky cover.......PC PC MC MC MC PC MC PC PC MCR PC Weather cov.....SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH Weather type....RW RW RW RW RW RW Tstm cov........SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH Chc of pcpn (%).20 20 20 10 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 Temp............100 99 92 89 87 84 83 81 80 79 78 RH..............17 19 24 28 31 33 34 36 36 38 39 20 FT wind dir..S S S S S S SW SW SW W W 20 FT wind spd..14 12 12 12 12 12 10 9 10 10 12 20 FT wind gust.19 16 16 16 16 16 15 14 14 15 16 Mix hgt (kft)...4.0 0.9 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 Transp wind dir.S S S S S S SW SW W W W Transp wind spd.15 16 18 18 17 17 17 16 15 13 13 Vrate kt-ft/1K..52 13 9 8 8 8 8 7 7 6 6 Ventrate Cat....FR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR .MONDAY... Sky/weather.........Sunny (10-20 percent). Chance of pcpn......10 percent. Max temperature.....Around 103. Min humidity........17 percent. Wind (20 ft)........West winds 13 to 14 mph shifting to the northeast 5 to 6 mph late in the afternoon. Mixing height.......8700 ft AGL increasing to 11200 ft AGL late in the afternoon. Transport winds.....West 14 to 16 mph shifting to the north 10 to 15 mph late in the morning. Smoke dispersal.....Poor (5900 knot-ft) early in the morning increasing to excellent (101100 knot-ft) in the afternoon. TIME (CDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM Sky cover.......PC PC MCR MCR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR MCR MCR MCR Weather cov..... Weather type.... Tstm cov........ Chc of pcpn (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 10 Temp............78 76 77 81 86 90 93 96 99 99 100 102 RH..............38 40 38 33 29 25 23 21 20 18 18 17 20 FT wind dir..W W W W NW NW NW N N N N NE 20 FT wind spd..13 13 14 13 14 14 12 10 9 7 6 5 20 FT wind gust.18 18 19 16 19 19 18 16 14 13 12 11 Mix hgt (kft)...0.5 0.5 0.5 1.1 2.0 3.0 4.2 6.3 8.7 11 11 11 Transp wind dir.W W W W NW N N N N NW N N Transp wind spd.14 14 15 14 16 15 13 13 12 10 10 10 Vrate kt-ft/1K..6 6 7 14 27 39 46 69 87 97 101 98 Ventrate Cat....PR PR PR PR PR PR FR GD GD GD VGD GD .MONDAY NIGHT... Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (55-65 percent). Slight chance of thunderstorms overnight. Chance of pcpn......20 percent. Min temperature.....Around 73. Max humidity........64 percent. Wind (20 ft)........East winds 5 to 8 mph shifting to the north around 5 mph early in the morning. Gusty and erratic winds expected near thunderstorms overnight. Mixing height.......500 ft AGL. Transport winds.....Northeast around 10 mph shifting to the east 13 to 18 mph in the evening, then shifting to the northeast 14 to 17 mph overnight. Smoke dispersal.....Excellent (94000 knot-ft) early in the evening decreasing to poor (5800 knot-ft) late in the night. TIME (CDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM Sky cover.......MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR PC PC PC PC MC PC MC Weather cov..... SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH Weather type.... RW RW RW RW RW Tstm cov........ SCH SCH SCH Chc of pcpn (%).10 10 10 10 10 10 10 20 20 20 20 20 Temp............99 98 95 89 86 83 81 79 78 76 75 74 RH..............18 20 23 31 35 40 44 48 50 55 58 59 20 FT wind dir..E E E NE E E E E E E NE N 20 FT wind spd..6 8 6 7 8 7 7 6 5 5 5 5 20 FT wind gust.11 11 11 12 13 12 11 9 8 8 8 7 Mix hgt (kft)...10 7.0 1.7 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.9 0.5 Transp wind dir.NE E SE SE E E NE NE E NE NE NE Transp wind spd.10 13 15 17 18 18 17 17 14 14 15 14 Vrate kt-ft/1K..94 77 23 10 8 8 8 8 6 6 12 6 Ventrate Cat....GD GD PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR .TUESDAY... Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (65-75 percent) then becoming mostly sunny (25-35 percent). Slight chance of showers early in the morning. Chance of pcpn......20 percent. Max temperature.....Around 101. Min humidity........23 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Northeast winds around 5 mph increasing to 5 to 7 mph. Mixing height.......10300 ft AGL. Transport winds.....Northeast around 12 mph shifting to the north around 10 mph early in the morning, then shifting to the east 8 to 9 mph early in the afternoon shifting to the southeast late in the afternoon. Smoke dispersal.....Poor (4500 knot-ft) early in the morning increasing to excellent (75800 knot-ft) in the afternoon. TIME (CDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM Sky cover.......MC MC MC PC MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR PC PC PC Weather cov.....SCH Weather type....RW Tstm cov........ Chc of pcpn (%).20 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 10 10 10 10 Temp............74 73 74 78 83 87 91 94 97 99 99 99 RH..............62 63 64 56 46 39 32 28 25 23 23 23 20 FT wind dir..NE N N N N N NE NE NE NE E E 20 FT wind spd..5 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 5 5 5 7 20 FT wind gust.7 6 7 8 8 9 11 11 11 9 9 11 Mix hgt (kft)...0.5 0.6 0.5 0.8 1.6 2.7 4.1 5.6 7.6 9.4 10 9.5 Transp wind dir.NE NE N N N NE NE E E E SE SE Transp wind spd.12 12 10 10 10 10 9 9 8 8 8 9 Vrate kt-ft/1K..5 6 5 7 15 24 34 45 56 65 72 76 Ventrate Cat....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR FR FR GD GD GD $$ Forecaster...Weber Requested by...D Carswell Type of request...WILDFIRE .TAG 2620332.0/AMA .DELDT 08/23/26 .FormatterVersion 2.0.0