FNUS74 KMAF 201443
FWSMAF

SPOT FORECAST FOR NEW UNIT...TNC/USFWS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
843 AM CST TUE JAN 20 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0830 CST ON JANUARY 20.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
FAIR AND DRY CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL ACROSS THE REGION TODAY AS
HIGH PRESSURE CONTINUES TO DOMINATE THE WEATHER PATTERN. WEAK
SURFACE WINDS THIS MORNING WILL GIVE WAY TO LIGHT NORTHEASTERLY
WINDS BY LATE MORNING/EARLY AFTERNOON. AS WAS THE CASE
YESTERDAY...MID-LEVEL WARMING WILL YIELD LOW MIXING LEVEL HEIGHTS
AND THUS "POOR" TO "FAIR" SMOKE DISPERSAL CONDITIONS TODAY.
OVERNIGHT TONIGHT...WEAK TERRAIN DOMINATED DOWNSLOPE WINDS WILL
PREVAIL AS THE GENERAL WIND PATTERN BECOMES WEAK. WARMER AIR AND
DRIER CONDITIONS ARE ANTICIPATED TOMORROW AS AN UPPER-LEVEL RIDGE
PASSES ACROSS THE REGION. AS A RESULT...NEAR SINGLE DIGIT RH
VALUES CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...HOWEVER LIGHT
TERRAIN DOMINATED WIND SPEEDS WILL PREVENT RED FLAG CONDITIONS.
AGAIN...SLIGHT MID-LEVEL WARMING COMBINED WITH WEAK SURFACE WINDS
WILL YIELD "POOR" TO "FAIR" SMOKE DISPERSAL CONDITIONS.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
CHANCE OF PRECIP....0 PCT.
TEMPERATURE.........29 AT IGNITION...MAX 55-58.
RH..................39 PCT AT IGNITION...MIN 16-19 PCT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEAK SOUTHWEST WINDS LESS THAN 5 MPH AT
     IGNITION...OTHERWISE NORTHEASTERLY WINDS
    5-10 MPH DEVELOPING BY AFTERNOON.
HAINES INDEX........3 /VERY LOW/.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR /3000 KNOT-FT/ AT IGNITION.
    MAX...FAIR /40000 KNOT-FT/IN THE AFTERNOON.

TIME (CST)      8 AM         NOON         4 PM
SKY (%).........MCLEAR       MCLEAR       MCLEAR
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE         NONE         NONE
TEMP............29           50           57
RH..............39           21           18
20 FT WIND DIR..SW      NE           NE
20 FT WIND SPD..4            6            9
20 FT WIND GUST.
MIX HGT (FT)....< 100        1500         2500
TRANSP WIND DIR.NE           NE           NE
TRANSP WIND SPD.8            14           16
HAINES INDEX....3            3            3

.TONIGHT...
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR.
CHANCE OF PRECIP....0 PCT.
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 32-36.
RH..................MAX 36-40 PCT.
WIND (20 FT)........TERRAIN DOMINATED DOWNSLOPE WINDS
    4-8 MPH
HAINES INDEX........4 /LOW/.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR /0 KNOT-FT/.

TIME (CST)      6 PM         10 PM        2 AM
SKY (%).........MCLEAR       MCLEAR       MCLEAR
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE         NONE         NONE
TEMP............54           42           39
RH..............21           32           34
20 FT WIND DIR..NW           NW           NW
20 FT WIND SPD..3            5            5
20 FT WIND GUST.5            5
MIX HGT (FT)....1500        < 100        < 100
TRANSP WIND DIR.NE           SE           S
TRANSP WIND SPD.6            2            2
HAINES INDEX....4            4            4

.WEDNESDAY...
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
CHANCE OF PRECIP....0 PCT.
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 69-71.
RH..................MIN 10 PCT.
WIND (20 FT)........TERRAIN DOMINATED UPSLOPE WINDS 4 TO 8 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........4 /LOW/.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO FAIR /0-40000 KNOT-FT/.

TIME (CST)      6 AM         10 AM        2 PM
SKY (%).........MCLEAR       MCLEAR       PCLDY
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE         NONE         NONE
TEMP............37           49           68
RH..............35           22           11
20 FT WIND DIR..NW           SE           SE
20 FT WIND SPD..3            5            7
20 FT WIND GUST.             10           10
MIX HGT (FT)....< 100        < 100        3500
TRANSP WIND DIR.SW           SW           SW
TRANSP WIND SPD.5            5            9
HAINES INDEX....4            4            4

$$

FORECASTER...GITRO
REQUESTED BY...JASON WRINKLE
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20090120.NEWUN.01/MAF