FNUS74 KMAF 061424 FWSMAF SPOT FORECAST FOR CAT TANK RX...TNC/USFWS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 824 AM CST FRI FEB 6 2009 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0800 CST ON FEBRUARY 06. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. ...GUSTY WINDS...LOW RH/S AND MODERATE HAINES INDEX EXPECTED ACROSS THE BURN SITE TODAY... .DISCUSSION... POOR OVERNIGHT RH RECOVERY WAS OBSERVED ON NEARBY RIDGES...WHILE VALLEYS LIKELY HAD FAIR TO GOOD RECOVERY. VERY DRY AIR WILL REMAIN IN PLACE TODAY AS WINDS STEADILY INCREASE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. THE COMBINATION OF THE DRY CONDITIONS AND INCREASING WINDS MAY LEAD TO NEAR RED FLAG CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON...MAINLY AT RIDGE TOP LEVEL. 20 FOOT WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DECREASE TONIGHT FOR THE LOWER ELEVATIONS WITH HIGHER ELEVATIONS LIKELY TO SEE CONTINUED SOUTHWEST WINDS OVERNIGHT. ANOTHER NIGHT OF POOR RH RECOVERY FOR RIDGES WITH FAIR RECOVERY IN THE LOWER ELEVATIONS IS EXPECTED. CONTINUED DRY ON SATURDAY...BUT WIND SPEEDS SHOULD BE LOWER THAN TODAY. CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME VERY WINDY ON SUNDAY ALONG WITH A LOW CHANCE FOR RAINFALL. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. SOME HIGH CLOUDS MOVING FROM WEST TO EAST. CHANCE OF PRECIP....0 PCT. MAX TEMPERATURE.....65 TO 73. MIN HUMIDITY........VERY DRY. 9-14 PCT. WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS THIS MORNING BECOMING SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 13 TO 19 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. HAINES INDEX........5 /MODERATE/. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR /0-5000 KNOT-FT/ INCREASING TO EXCELLENT /143000 KNOT-FT/. TIME (CST) 8 AM NOON 4 PM SKY (%).........PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE TEMP............36 63 69 RH..............44 19 13 20 FT WIND DIR..S SW SW 20 FT WIND SPD..3 11 15 20 FT WIND GUST. 18 28 MIX HGT (FT)....< 100 3500 6500 TRANSP WIND DIR.SW SW SW TRANSP WIND SPD.10 18 22 HAINES INDEX....5 5 5 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF PRECIP....0 PCT. MIN TEMPERATURE.....35-43. MAX HUMIDITY........45 PCT VALLEY...25 PCT RIDGE TOP. WIND (20 FT)........WINDS BECOMING TERRAIN DOMINATED AROUND 5 MPH VALLEY...SOUTHWEST WINDS 6 TO 11 MPH RIDGE TOP. HAINES INDEX........5 /MODERATE/. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD /56000 KNOT-FT/ DECREASING TO POOR /0 KNOT-FT/ IN THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. TIME (CST) 6 PM 10 PM 2 AM SKY (%).........PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE TEMP............66 52 46 RH..............16 29 41 20 FT WIND DIR..SW SW SW 20 FT WIND SPD..19 19 18 20 FT WIND GUST.25 25 20 MIX HGT (FT)....4000 < 100 < 100 TRANSP WIND DIR.SW S S TRANSP WIND SPD.14 6 7 HAINES INDEX....5 5 4 .SATURDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. CHANCE OF PRECIP....0 PCT. MAX TEMPERATURE.....64 TO 70. MIN HUMIDITY........15-19 PCT. WIND (20 FT)........GENERALLY TERRAIN DOMINATED MORNING BECOMING SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS 8 TO 13 MPH. HAINES INDEX........5 /MODERATE/. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR /0-2000 KNOT-FT/ INCREASING TO EXCELLENT /230000 KNOT-FT/. TIME (CST) 6 AM 10 AM 2 PM SKY (%).........PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE TEMP............43 54 64 RH..............44 26 16 20 FT WIND DIR..S SW S 20 FT WIND SPD..2 10 12 20 FT WIND GUST. 15 19 MIX HGT (FT)....< 100 500 6000 TRANSP WIND DIR.S S SW TRANSP WIND SPD.6 4 16 HAINES INDEX....5 5 5 $$ FORECASTER...PLATT REQUESTED BY...JASON WRINKLE TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20090206.CATTA.01/MAF