FNUS74 KMAF 300012
FWSMAF

SPOT FORECAST FOR FOUR MILE...BLM
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
712 PM CDT WED APR 29 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1750 MDT ON APRIL 29.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM MDT...
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FOR THURSDAY AFTERNOON...

.DISCUSSION...
RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT WILL EXPIRE SHORTLY AS WINDS DECREASE
BELOW 20 MPH AND RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES SLOWLY RECOVER.  POOR
RH RECOVERY OVERNIGHT AND WARM TEMPERATURES WITH MOSTLY CLEAR
SKIES THURSDAY WILL LEAD TO CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
THURSDAY AFTERNOON SIMILAR TO TODAY...WITH SINGLE DIGIT
AFTERNOON HUMIDITY VALUES AND WIND SPEEDS APPROACHING 20 MPH.

VERY DRY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE ON FRIDAY WITH AFTERNOON
WIND SPEEDS APPROACHING 20 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR.
CHANCE OF PRECIP....0 PCT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 54.
MAX HUMIDITY........18 PCT.
WIND (20 FT)........BREEZY. WEST WINDS 14 TO 19 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........5 /MODERATE/.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT /176000 KNOT-FT/ DECREASING TO POOR
                    /0-6000 KNOT-FT/ OVERNIGHT.

TIME (MDT)      6 PM      9 PM      MIDNGT    3 AM
SKY (%).........MCLEAR    MCLEAR    MCLEAR    MCLEAR
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE      NONE      NONE      NONE
TEMP............80        69        63        58
RH..............6         11        14        16
20 FT WIND DIR..SW        W         W         W
20 FT WIND SPD..20        18        18        15
20 FT WIND GUST.30        25        20        20
MIX HGT (FT)....8500      500       < 100     < 100
TRANSP WIND DIR.W         W         W         W
TRANSP WIND SPD.21        11        14        13
HAINES INDEX....5         5         5         5

.THURSDAY...
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
CHANCE OF PRECIP....0 PCT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 83.
MIN HUMIDITY........6 PCT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 13 TO 18 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........5 /MODERATE/.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO FAIR /0-39000 KNOT-FT/ INCREASING TO
                    GOOD /50700 KNOT-FT/ IN THE AFTERNOON.

TIME (MDT)      6 AM      9 AM      NOON      3 PM
SKY (%).........CLEAR     MCLEAR    PCLDY     PCLDY
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE      NONE      NONE      NONE
TEMP............54        66        77        82
RH..............18        12        7         6
20 FT WIND DIR..W         SW        S         SW
20 FT WIND SPD..17        11        14        20
20 FT WIND GUST.20        15                  25
MIX HGT (FT)....< 100     7500      13000     13500
TRANSP WIND DIR.W         N         NW        SW
TRANSP WIND SPD.12        4         3         4
HAINES INDEX....5         5         5         5

$$

FORECASTER...FAGEN
REQUESTED BY...SCOTT RUSSELL
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20090429.FOURM.01/MAF