FNUS74 KMAF 201354 FWSMAF SPOT FORECAST FOR FOOTHILLS BLACKLINE...NPS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 854 AM CDT WED MAY 20 2009 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0900 MDT ON MAY 20. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... MID LEVEL MOISTURE WILL INCREASE FROM THE WEST LATE TODAY WHILE LOW LEVEL EASTERLY FLOW CONTINUES. THIS SET UP HIGHER MOISTURE LEVELS ABOVE THE GROUND AND WITH DAYTIME HEATING ISOLATED DRY STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE. IT WILL BE WARMER TODAY WITH LOWER RH/S...HOWEVER DEPENDING ON HOW SOON THE CLOUDS INCREASE TEMPERATURES COULD BE INHIBITED FROM INCREASING AS MUCH. MOISTURE WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE THURSDAY AND A BETTER CHANCE OF RAIN...TRANSITIONING TO MORE WET ARE EXPECTED. THIS WILL RESULT IN COOLER TEMPERATURES AND HIGHER RH. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH ISOLATED DRY THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE IN THE LATE AFTERNOON. CHANCE OF PRECIP....10 PCT. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 80-83. MIN HUMIDITY........15-19 PCT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS 6 TO 11 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. HAINES INDEX........3 /VERY LOW/. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....INCREASING TO GOOD /91000 KNOT-FT/ LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. TIME (MDT) 9 AM 1 PM 5 PM SKY (%).........PCLDY PCLDY MCLDY WEATHER COV..... ISOLTD WEATHER TYPE....NONE DRYTSM TEMP............70 78 81 RH..............27 21 15 20 FT WIND DIR..SW SE E 20 FT WIND SPD..2 10 10 20 FT WIND GUST. MIX HGT (FT)....2500 5500 9000 TRANSP WIND DIR.SW S SW TRANSP WIND SPD.2 4 10 HAINES INDEX....3 3 3 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. ISOLATED DRY THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING. CHANCE OF PRECIP....10 PCT. MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 54-58. MAX HUMIDITY........62-69 PCT. WIND (20 FT)........EAST WINDS 6 TO 10 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING. BECOMING DOWNSLOPE TERRAIN DOMINATED BY MID EVENING. HAINES INDEX........3 /LOW/. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....DECREASING TO POOR OVERNIGHT. TIME (MDT) 6 PM 10 PM 2 AM SKY (%).........MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY WEATHER COV.....ISOLTD ISOLTD WEATHER TYPE....DRYTSM DRYTSM NONE TEMP............80 62 57 RH..............20 47 55 20 FT WIND DIR..E W W 20 FT WIND SPD..10 5 5 20 FT WIND GUST.15 MIX HGT (FT)....9000 1000 500 TRANSP WIND DIR.SW S W TRANSP WIND SPD.9 8 7 HAINES INDEX....3 3 3 .THURSDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. CHANCE OF PRECIP....20 PCT. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 76-78. MIN HUMIDITY........26-31 PCT. WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT DOWNSLOPE WINDS...THEN SOUTHEAST 11 TO 16 MPH MID MORNING. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS. HAINES INDEX........3 /VERY LOW/. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR /25000 KNOT-FT/. TIME (MDT) 6 AM 10 AM 2 PM SKY (%).........MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY WEATHER COV.....ISOLTD ISOLTD S CHC WEATHER TYPE....RNSHWR RNSHWR TSTM TEMP............57 61 74 RH..............64 57 33 20 FT WIND DIR..W SE SE 20 FT WIND SPD..5 9 12 20 FT WIND GUST. 15 18 MIX HGT (FT)....500 2500 4000 TRANSP WIND DIR.W W W TRANSP WIND SPD.6 5 5 HAINES INDEX....3 3 3 $$ FORECASTER...MURDOCH REQUESTED BY...JOHN A MONTOYA TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20090520.FOOTH.02/MAF