FNUS74 KMAF 240133
FWSMAF

SPOT FORECAST FOR FOUR MILE...BLM
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
833 PM CDT THU APR 23 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1917 MDT ON APRIL 23.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

...HIGH HAINES INDEX TONIGHT...
...NEAR CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS FRIDAY AFTERNOON...

.DISCUSSION...
MAINLY DRY CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST OVER THE BURN SITE THROUGH
FRIDAY.  NO MORE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED OVER THE
BURN SITE THIS EVENING...BUT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO THE EAST
COULD RESULT IN GUSTY SOUTHEAST WINDS OVER 40 MPH THROUGH 10 PM MDT.
CLOUDS WILL DECREASE TONIGHT AND SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 5 TO 10 MPH
EXPECTED.  LOW TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN THE UPPER 50S AND RECOVERY
POOR.  NEAR CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED FRIDAY
AFTERNOON AS MINIMUM AFTERNOON RH/S DROP TO THE SINGLE DIGITS AND
SOUTHWEST WINDS INCREASE TO 15 TO 20 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.  MOSTLY
SUNNY SKIES WILL BECOME PARTLY CLOUDY LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON.

.TONIGHT...
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY BECOMING MOSTLY CLEAR LATE.
CHANCE OF PRECIP....0 PCT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 60.
MAX HUMIDITY........20 PCT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 4 TO 8 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........6 /HIGH/.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT /140500 KNOT-FT/ DECREASING TO POOR
                    /0 KNOT-FT/ AFTER MIDNIGHT.

.FRIDAY...
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
CHANCE OF PRECIP....0 PCT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 82.
MIN HUMIDITY........8 PCT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 4 TO 8 MPH INCREASING TO
                    15 TO 20 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
HAINES INDEX........5 /MODERATE/.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR /0 KNOT-FT/ INCREASING TO
                    EXCELLENT /214500 KNOT-FT/ IN THE AFTERNOON.

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FORECASTER...LYSTER
REQUESTED BY...SCOTT RUSSELL
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20090423.FOURM.01/MAF