Amarillo, Texas 7 Day Weather Forecast

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Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Amarillo TX
617 AM CDT Thu Mar 19 2026

...New AVIATION...

.KEY MESSAGES...
Issued at 853 PM CDT Wed Mar 18 2026

- High pressure brings well above normal temperatures across the
  panhandles for the rest of the week. Near to record high
  temperatures can occur on both Friday and Saturday.

- A dry weather system has a high chance of bringing somewhat cooler
  weather starting on Sunday.

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.SHORT TERM...
(Tonight through Friday night)
Issued at 853 PM CDT Wed Mar 18 2026

A high pressure system remains dominant across the southern
plains including the panhandles through Friday. This will continue
the stretch of dry and hot weather conditions for the panhandles.
Highs will reach the upper 80s and breach into the 90s across the
panhandles for today and be almost all 90s for Friday. Such heat
is near or even at record high levels for march. This heat will be
all the more oppressive as there will be little in the way of
winds or clouds to provide cooling. Even without the winds patchy
elevated fire weather conditions can occur just due to how dry it
will be now through Friday.

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.LONG TERM...
(Saturday through next Wednesday)
Issued at 853 PM CDT Wed Mar 18 2026

There is a very high chance for the high pressure to remain across
the southern plains on Saturday. This will continue the hot and
dry conditions across the panhandles. Since the heat has been
building through the week Saturday is most likely going to be the
hottest day of this heat wave. This will see temperatures in the
90s with a few spots even reaching into the 100s. Still there will
be a little change as a weather system begins interacting with
the high pressure. This will most likely lead to breezy winds
returning to the panhandles on Saturday. If this comes to pass
then fire weather will be a concern as conditions will still be
very dry.

Come next week there is a high chance for the weather system to
flatten and push away the high pressure from the southern plains.
This weather system seems likely to pass a cold front across the
panhandles during Sunday. This will finally break the heat wave
that has been gripping the panhandles for much of the previous
week. Even then the cooler temperatures provided by this system
will still be warmer than normal. This should be the only relief
this system provides as there is really no hints of moisture for
the panhandles.

The brief cooldown in the temperatures has an increasing
confidence to be brief as the high pressure is becoming more
likely to build back across the southern plains. This would cause
the temperatures to heat right back up going into the middle
portions of next week. No moisture looks to arrive in the southern
plains so the chances for dry weather remain high.

&&

.AVIATION...
(12Z TAFS)
Issued at 616 AM CDT Thu Mar 19 2026

VFR conditions are expected to prevail with relatively light winds
changing from westerly to northerly through the period.

&&

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

$$

SHORT TERM...98
LONG TERM....98
AVIATION...03