FNUS74 KAMA 151523 FWSAMA Spot Forecast for Paper Wings Fire...TFS National Weather Service Amarillo TX 1023 AM CDT Wed Apr 15 2026 Forecast is based on forecast start time of 1100 CDT on April 15. 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 currently around 10 MPH out of the west. The winds will remain predominantly westerly for the rest of the day. Sustained winds could reach up to 14 mph by 4PM with gusts upwards of 20-25 MPH. Minimum RH values will reach around 7% by 5PM and persist until sundown. Winds will die down to less than 10 MPH sustained after sundown, remaining westerly. RH recovery will be poor with values only reaching to around 30% during the overnight. .REST OF TODAY... Sky/weather.........Sunny (0-10 percent). Chance of pcpn......0 percent. Max temperature.....Around 84. Min humidity........7 percent. Wind (20 ft)........West winds 9 to 14 mph. Mixing height.......13100 ft AGL. Transport winds.....West 15 to 21 mph increasing to 25 to 28 mph in the afternoon. Smoke dispersal.....Excellent (64100 knot-ft) increasing to excellent (237300 knot-ft) in the afternoon. TIME (CDT) 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM Sky cover.......MCR MCR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR Weather cov..... Weather type.... Tstm cov........ Chc of pcpn (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Temp............73 76 78 79 82 82 82 RH..............17 13 12 10 9 8 8 20 FT wind dir..NW W W W W W SW 20 FT wind spd..9 9 10 12 13 14 14 20 FT wind gust.13 14 14 15 16 16 18 Mix hgt (kft)...4.9 8.0 10 11 13 13 13 Transp wind dir.W W W W W SW W Transp wind spd.15 21 26 28 28 28 25 Vrate kt-ft/1K..65 146 241 273 302 311 289 Ventrate Cat....GD VGD EXL EXL EXL EXL EXL .TONIGHT... Sky/weather.........Clear (0-10 percent). Chance of pcpn......0 percent. Min temperature.....Around 49. Max humidity........29 percent. Wind (20 ft)........West winds 5 to 14 mph. Mixing height.......11900 ft AGL decreasing to 400 ft AGL early in the evening. Transport winds.....West 15 to 24 mph decreasing to 7 to 14 mph in the late evening and overnight. Smoke dispersal.....Excellent (237300 knot-ft) decreasing to poor (2500 knot-ft) early in the evening. TIME (CDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM 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............83 82 77 69 67 64 61 60 58 57 54 53 RH..............7 7 9 12 15 17 19 21 23 24 26 27 20 FT wind dir..SW W W W W W W W W SW W W 20 FT wind spd..14 13 10 9 7 6 5 5 5 5 6 6 20 FT wind gust.18 15 14 12 9 8 8 7 7 7 8 8 Mix hgt (kft)...13 12 0.6 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 Transp wind dir.W W W W SW W W W W W W W Transp wind spd.24 23 15 14 10 10 8 9 9 7 10 12 Vrate kt-ft/1K..271 239 8 6 4 4 3 4 4 3 4 5 Ventrate Cat....EXL EXL PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR .THURSDAY... Sky/weather.........Sunny (0-10 percent). Chance of pcpn......0 percent. Max temperature.....Around 90. Min humidity........6 percent. Wind (20 ft)........West winds 6 to 15 mph shifting to the southwest around 16 mph late in the afternoon. Mixing height.......10200 ft AGL increasing to 11500 ft AGL late in the afternoon. Transport winds.....West 12 to 21 mph shifting to the southwest 23 to 25 mph in the afternoon. Smoke dispersal.....Poor (4200 knot-ft) early in the morning increasing to fair (17300 knot-ft) in the afternoon increasing to excellent (225400 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 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............52 50 54 60 72 77 81 83 86 87 88 89 RH..............27 29 25 21 14 11 9 8 7 7 6 6 20 FT wind dir..W W W W W W SW SW SW SW SW SW 20 FT wind spd..7 7 8 8 9 10 13 14 15 16 16 16 20 FT wind gust.8 9 11 11 12 14 16 19 20 21 21 21 Mix hgt (kft)...0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 1.2 6.6 9.0 10 11 11 12 11 Transp wind dir.W W W W W W W SW SW SW SW SW Transp wind spd.13 14 13 12 14 21 23 24 25 25 25 25 Vrate kt-ft/1K..5 5 5 5 17 120 181 214 234 247 255 245 Ventrate Cat....PR PR PR PR PR VGD EXL EXL EXL EXL EXL EXL $$ Forecaster...Ferguson Requested by...Don Maxwell Type of request...WILDFIRE .TAG 2610426.0/AMA .DELDT 04/15/26 .FormatterVersion 2.0.0