FNUS74 KMAF 071240 FWSMAF SPOT FORECAST FOR CAT TANK RX...USFS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 640 AM CST SAT FEB 7 2009 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0635 CST ON FEBRUARY 07. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... DRY CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST TODAY OVER THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS. MINIMUM AFTERNOON RH WILL DROP TO AROUND 10 PERCENT AS TEMPERATURES WARM TO AROUND 70...DESPITE AN INCREASE IN HIGH CLOUDS...AND SOUTHWEST WINDS INCREASING TO AROUND 15 MPH. MOISTURE WILL INCREASE TONIGHT...AS WILL CLOUDS...WITH GOOD TO EXCELLENT RECOVERY. AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL RESULT IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF A DRYLINE WHICH WILL PUSH EAST OF THE BURN SITE DURING THE AFTERNOON. MINIMUM AFTERNOON RH AROUND 25 PERCENT IS EXPECTED...ALTHOUGH THIS COULD BE LOWER IF BETTER HEATING OCCURS. THE LOWER RH WILL NOT LAST EXCEPTIONALLY LONG AS A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE EAST ACROSS THE AREA AROUND 6 PM CST. THERE WILL BE A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SUNDAY AFTERNOON...BUT A BETTER CHANCE ALONG AND BEHIND THE COLD FRONT. WESTERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE BEHIND THE FRONT...ALONG WITH COOLER TEMPERATURES AND INCREASING RH. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. CHANCE OF PRECIP....0 PCT. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 66. MIN HUMIDITY........10 PCT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 9 TO 14 MPH. HAINES INDEX........5 /MODERATE/. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR /0 KNOT-FT/ INCREASING TO EXCELLENT /156000 KNOT-FT/. TIME (CST) 6 AM 10 AM 2 PM SKY (%).........PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE TEMP............40 50 66 RH..............45 30 13 20 FT WIND DIR..SW SW S 20 FT WIND SPD..11 10 14 20 FT WIND GUST. 23 MIX HGT (FT)....< 100 < 100 4000 TRANSP WIND DIR.SW SW SW TRANSP WIND SPD.6 6 19 HAINES INDEX....5 5 4 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF PRECIP....0 PCT. MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 46. MAX HUMIDITY........65 PCT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH UNTIL EARLY MORNING BECOMING TERRAIN DOMINATED UNDER 5 MPH. HAINES INDEX........5 /MODERATE/. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT /68000 KNOT-FT/ DECREASING TO POOR /0-5000 KNOT-FT/ IN THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. TIME (CST) 6 PM 10 PM 2 AM SKY (%).........MCLDY MCLDY PCLDY WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE TEMP............64 53 48 RH..............15 31 50 20 FT WIND DIR..SE SE SE 20 FT WIND SPD..10 9 7 20 FT WIND GUST. 10 MIX HGT (FT)....4000 500 < 100 TRANSP WIND DIR.S S S TRANSP WIND SPD.17 9 10 HAINES INDEX....5 5 5 .SUNDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. CHANCE OF PRECIP....20 PCT. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 60. MIN HUMIDITY........25 PCT. WIND (20 FT)........TERRAIN DOMINATED WINDS UNDER 5 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTH 8 TO 13 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON...THEN SHIFTING TO THE WEST 15 TO 25 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. HAINES INDEX........4 /LOW/. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR /0-4000 KNOT-FT/ INCREASING TO EXCELLENT /361000 KNOT-FT/. TIME (CST) 6 AM 10 AM 2 PM SKY (%).........PCLDY PCLDY MCLDY WEATHER COV..... S CHC WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE RNSHWR TEMP............47 49 58 RH..............63 57 28 20 FT WIND DIR..NE SE SW 20 FT WIND SPD..5 10 15 20 FT WIND GUST. 20 MIX HGT (FT)....< 100 500 7000 TRANSP WIND DIR.S S SW TRANSP WIND SPD.7 7 28 HAINES INDEX....4 4 3 $$ FORECASTER...LYSTER REQUESTED BY...JASON WRINKLE TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20090207.CATTA.01/MAF