Amarillo, Texas 7 Day Weather Forecast

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FXUS64 KAMA 142347
AFDAMA

Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Amarillo TX
547 PM CST Wed Jan 14 2026

...New UPDATE, AVIATION...

.KEY MESSAGES...
Issued at 1047 PM CST Tue Jan 13 2026

- Elevated fire weather conditions are forecast for this afternoon
  for the southeastern Texas Panhandle due to breezy to gusty
  north winds.

- Dry weather and fluctuating temperatures are expected over the
  coming week as multiple cold fronts move across the region.

&&

.UPDATE...
Issued at 545 PM CST Wed Jan 14 2026

Winds have already been decreasing across the Panhandles, with
most areas observing sustained winds around 15 mph or less. The
winds will continue to decrease through the rest of the evening
and clear skies are expected overnight. This should lead to good
radiational cooling with lows near or below freezing leading into
Thursday morning. No major changes were made to the ongoing
forecast through the rest of the night.

Muscha

&&

.SHORT TERM...
(This evening through Thursday night)
Issued at 101 PM CST Wed Jan 14 2026

Post frontal north winds continue today in the 15-25 mph range, with
some gusts in the 30-35  mph range most likely to continue through
about 6-7pm. Winds will calm down around 10 mph thereafter.  These
breezy north wind and fairly dry fuels, will continue to support
elevated Fire Weather conditions across the southern Panhandles.
Although we will start to transition to warmer temperatures
tomorrow, with winds lightening up tonight and good radiational
cooling overnight, we can expect lows in the upper 20s to lower 30s
across the Panhandles.  Winds will be more out of the west to
northwest on Thursday as warmer air under the northwest flow pushes
back into the Panhandles.  Highs on Thursday look to be widespread
60s with lower 70s in the southeast Panhandles.   RH values will be
right around 20 percent range and given the drier fuels, we may have
some limited elevated concerns tomorrow, but the winds will still be
in that marginal area.  Another quiet night tomorrow night as winds
will lighten up and start to turn out of the north as another cold
front will be on the way for the weekend.

Weber

&&

.LONG TERM...
(Friday through next Tuesday)
Issued at 101 PM CST Wed Jan 14 2026

Roller coaster temperatures for the weekend into early next week as
a cold front will move in on Friday bringing temperature down to
about normal.  On Saturday the upper trough will deepen a bit and
linger for another day pushing highs below normal in the lower 40s
to lower 50s. Right now there is very little moisture that models
are putting out, and while some light snow showers can`t be ruled
out, the confidence is too low to mention at this time.  Sunday the
system will start to push east and warmer northwest flow will return
us back into the upper 50s to mid 60s. That warmer air will be short
lived as another upper low comes down over the Great Lakes and
nudges that colder airmass southwest and it comes back in as a
backdoor cold front.  Again, nothing to strong, just enough to drop
us around to maybe slightly below normal on Monday.  Then southwest
flow tries to surge another round of warmer air to the Panhandles on
Tuesday, returning temperatures back in the upper 50s to lower 60s.
It certainly is possible that we remain under that cooler air for
another day on Tuesday and that those temperature could be pulled
back with further forecast updates.  So confidence is low at this
time on those milder temperatures.

Weber

&&

.AVIATION...
(00Z TAFS)
Issued at 545 PM CST Wed Jan 14 2026

VFR conditions are forecast with this TAF cycle. Northerly winds
will become westerly overnight and will decrease down to 10 kts or
less. Winds will increase a bit after 12z with sustained winds
around 10-15 kts through the end of this TAF issuance. High clouds
should eventually clear out.

Muscha

&&

.AMA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
TX...None.
OK...None.
&&

$$

SHORT TERM...89
LONG TERM....89
AVIATION...05