FNUS74 KAMA 260039 CCA FWSAMA SPOT FORECAST FOR MCCLELLAN FIRE...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 738 PM CDT FRI MAY 25 2012 FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1916 CDT ON MAY 25. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... THE COMBINATION OF A SOUTH TO SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW ALOFT AND A DRYLINE OVER THE EASTERN TEXAS PANHANDLE ALONG WITH DIURNAL HEATING WILL ALLOW FOR SOME ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE FIRE SITE THROUGH LATE THIS EVENING. THE MAIN CONCERN FROM ANY OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE ERRATIC STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS ALONG WITH CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. OTHERWISE...MOSTLY CLEAR TO PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES WILL PREVAIL THROUGH TONIGHT AND SATURDAY. ADDITIONAL ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP IN OR NEAR THE FIRE SITE AGAIN SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. .REST OF TONIGHT... MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 69. MAX HUMIDITY........62 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 14 TO 20 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS. CHANCE OF PCPN......20 PERCENT. LAL.................3 UNTIL 0100...THEN 1. HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. MIXING HEIGHT.......0-1000 FT AGL. MIXING WINDS........SOUTH 16 TO 25 MPH DECREASING TO 10 TO 14 MPH IN THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (45-55 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY (50-60 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY (20-30 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING CLEAR (0-10 PERCENT). ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING. TIME (CDT) 7 PM 9 PM 11 PM 1 AM 3 AM 5 AM SKY (%).........PCLDY MCLDY PCLDY MCLEAR MCLEAR CLEAR WEATHER COV.....ISOLTD ISOLTD ISOLTD WEATHER TYPE....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR NONE NONE NONE TEMP............95 85 79 75 72 70 RH..............18 25 31 37 47 56 20 FT WIND......S 20 S 15 S 14 S 16 S 15 S 14 20 FT WIND GUST.30 25 20 25 25 20 CHC OF PCPN (%).20 20 20 10 10 10 HAINES INDEX....3 3 3 4 4 4 .SATURDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (25-35 PERCENT). SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 92. MIN HUMIDITY........26 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 13 TO 20 MPH INCREASING TO 23 TO 24 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 40 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. CHANCE OF PCPN......10 PERCENT. LAL.................1 UNTIL 1300...THEN 3. HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. MIXING HEIGHT.......500-2000 FT AGL INCREASING TO 14000-15500 FT AGL. MIXING WINDS........SOUTH 10 TO 16 MPH INCREASING TO 41 TO 45 MPH. TIME (CDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........MCLEAR MCLEAR PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY WEATHER COV..... S CHC S CHC WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE RNSHWR RNSHWR TEMP............69 72 79 85 89 92 RH..............60 60 54 43 35 29 20 FT WIND......S 14 S 16 S 23 S 23 S 23 S 24 20 FT WIND GUST.20 25 35 35 35 40 CHC OF PCPN (%).10 10 10 10 20 20 HAINES INDEX....4 3 3 3 3 3 $$ FORECASTER...SCHNEIDER REQUESTED BY...JIM EDGE TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20120525.MCCLE.02/AMA