FNUS74 KMAF 160111
FWSMAF

SPOT FORECAST FOR LONG DRAW...NM-LNF
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
811 PM CDT FRI MAY 15 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1835 MDT ON MAY 15.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS REMAIN POSSIBLE FOR THE REMAINDER OF THIS
EVENING...HOWEVER IT APPEARS A BETTER CHANCE OF RAIN WILL OCCUR
TOMORROW. A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE BURN AREA EARLY
SATURDAY MORNING WITH GUSTY NORTHERLY WINDS...INCREASING RH/S AND
PRECIPITATION BEHIND THE COLD FRONT THROUGH TOMORROW AFTERNOON.

.TONIGHT...
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY THIS EVENING...THEN BECOMING
                    MOSTLY CLOUDY AFTER MIDNIGHT.
                    SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN
                    THE EVENING.
CHANCE OF PRECIP....20 PCT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 56.
MAX HUMIDITY........74 PCT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS 11 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR
                    20 MPH...SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST AT 7 TO 11 MPH
                    AROUND 2300. WINDS THEN SHIFTING TO THE NORTH
                    AT 12 TO 16 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 25 MPH
                    AROUND 0400 SATURDAY MORNING.
                    GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS
                    THIS EVENING.
HAINES INDEX........5 /MODERATE/.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT /66000 KNOT-FT/ DECREASING TO POOR
                    AFTER MIDNIGHT.

.SATURDAY...
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS.
CHANCE OF PRECIP....30 PCT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 65.
MIN HUMIDITY........55 PCT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHEAST WINDS 11 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 22 MPH.
                    GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
HAINES INDEX........5 /MODERATE/.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR INCREASING TO FAIR /38500 KNOT-FT/.

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FORECASTER...PLATT
REQUESTED BY...GEORGE DEIBLER
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20090515.LONGD.01/MAF