FNUS74 KMAF 232328
FWSMAF

SPOT FORECAST FOR MIDDLE ONE...ALAMOGORDO DISPATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
628 PM CDT THU APR 23 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1706 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 THIS
EVENING.  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.
CHANCE OF PRECIP....0 PCT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 59.
MAX HUMIDITY........19 PCT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 4 TO 8 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........6 /HIGH/.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT /128000 KNOT-FT/ DECREASING TO POOR
                    /0 KNOT-FT/ AFTER MIDNIGHT.

.FRIDAY...
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
CHANCE OF PRECIP....0 PCT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 81.
MIN HUMIDITY........8 PCT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 13 TO 18 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........5 /MODERATE/.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR /0 KNOT-FT/ INCREASING TO
                    EXCELLENT /211500 KNOT-FT/ IN THE AFTERNOON.

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FORECASTER...LYSTER
REQUESTED BY...SCOTT RUSSELL
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20090423.MIDDL.03/MAF