FNUS74 KMAF 251527 FWSMAF SPOT FORECAST FOR DAVIS MOUNTAINS MOP-UP...TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 927 AM CST WED FEB 25 2009 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1700 CST ON FEBRUARY 25. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... .DISCUSSION... CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED AGAIN ACROSS THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS TODAY WITH AFTERNOON WEST WINDS NEAR 20 MPH AND MINIMUM RH/S NEAR 10%. POOR OVERNIGHT RH RECOVERY IS EXPECTED TONIGHT WITH MAX RH/S ONLY REACHING 30%. WESTERLY WINDS SHOULD SUBSIDE ACROSS THE VALLEYS THIS EVENING...HOWEVER RIDGES CAN STILL EXPECT SUSTAINED WEST WINDS IN THE 10-20 MPH RANGE OVERNIGHT. ANOTHER DAY OF CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS IS EXPECTED ON THURSDAY AS EVEN STRONGER WINDS AND LOWER RH/S ARE ANTICIPATED IN COMPARISON TO TODAY/S EXPECTED WEATHER CONDITIONS. ANOTHER NIGHT OF POOR RH RECOVERY IS LIKELY THURSDAY NIGHT FOLLOWED BY ANOTHER DAY OF NEAR CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ON FRIDAY. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. (7/10 OF HIGH CLOUDS). CHANCE OF PRECIP....0 PCT. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 79. MIN HUMIDITY........10 PCT. WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 4 TO 8 MPH EARLY INCREASING TO WEST 16 TO 22 MPH THIS AFTERNOON. HAINES INDEX........5 /MODERATE/. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR /0-5000 KNOT-FT/ INCREASING TO EXCELLENT /168000 KNOT-FT/. TIME (CST) 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY PCLDY WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............60 71 76 78 RH..............22 14 11 10 20 FT WIND DIR..W W W W 20 FT WIND SPD..5 11 16 20 20 FT WIND GUST. 20 25 MIX HGT (FT)....500 8000 8000 10500 TRANSP WIND DIR.W W W W TRANSP WIND SPD.8 11 11 16 HAINES INDEX....5 5 5 5 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. (4/10 OF HIGH CLOUDS). CHANCE OF PRECIP....0 PCT. MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 45. MAX HUMIDITY........35 PCT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS 8 TO 12 MPH RIDGES. ELSEWHERE...SOUTHWEST WINDS 4 TO 10 MPH BECOMING TERRAIN DOMINATED AFTER 9 PM. HAINES INDEX........5 /MODERATE/. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT /126000 KNOT-FT/ DECREASING TO POOR /0 KNOT-FT/ IN THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. TIME (CST) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%).........PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............75 64 57 54 52 48 RH..............11 16 20 23 26 33 20 FT WIND DIR..SW SW SW SW SW SW 20 FT WIND SPD..18 13 11 9 7 5 20 FT WIND GUST.21 MIX HGT (FT)....7000 7000 < 100 < 100 < 100 < 100 TRANSP WIND DIR.W W W W W W TRANSP WIND SPD.18 18 8 7 7 9 HAINES INDEX....5 5 5 4 4 4 .THURSDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. (2/10 OF HIGH CLOUDS). CHANCE OF PRECIP....0 PCT. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 81. MIN HUMIDITY........8 PCT. WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 16 TO 24 MPH. GUSTS NEAR 35 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. HAINES INDEX........5 /MODERATE/. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR /0-8000 KNOT-FT/ INCREASING TO EXCELLENT /304000 KNOT-FT/ IN THE AFTERNOON. TIME (CST) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........PCLDY PCLDY MCLEAR MCLEAR PCLDY PCLDY WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............48 48 61 71 77 80 RH..............34 34 20 14 11 8 20 FT WIND DIR..SW SW W W W W 20 FT WIND SPD..11 11 14 20 20 24 20 FT WIND GUST. 15 25 35 MIX HGT (FT)....< 100 < 100 1000 9500 9500 11000 TRANSP WIND DIR.W W W W W W TRANSP WIND SPD.10 10 18 32 32 28 HAINES INDEX....5 5 5 4 4 4 $$ FORECASTER...PLATT REQUESTED BY...JEFF SPARKS TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20090225.DAVIS.01/MAF