FNUS74 KMAF 122253
FWSMAF

SPOT FORECAST FOR PECOS RIVER...TEXAS FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
553 PM CDT FRI JUN 12 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1200 CDT ON JUNE 13.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
THE HOT AND DRY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE SATURDAY...WITH A SLIGHT
CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS MAINLY DURING THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. IF
A THUNDERSTORM DOES IMPACT THE REGION...VERY GUSTY AND ERRATIC
WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED WITH IT. RELATIVE HUMIDITY RECOVERY
SATURDAY MORNING WILL BE POOR NEAR 35 PERCENT AND MINIMUM RELATIVE
HUMIDITY VALUES DURING MAX HEATING WILL DROP TO 10 PERCENT. THE 20
FOOT WINDS WILL REMAIN TERRAIN DOMINATED THROUGH THE MORNING
HOURS...AND THEN INCREASE FROM THE SOUTH AFTER LUNCHTIME. THE
GUSTS WILL BE THE STRONGEST DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY
EVENING HOURS BEFORE CALMING DOWN AROUND 8 PM CDT...BECOMING
TERRAIN DOMINATED AGAIN AFTER SUNSET.

.SATURDAY...
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
CHANCE OF PRECIP....0 PCT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 105.
MIN HUMIDITY........10 PCT.
WIND (20 FT)........TERRAIN DOMINATED UNDER 5 MPH BECOMING SOUTH 7
                    TO 12 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
HAINES INDEX........4 /LOW/.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO FAIR /0-23000 KNOT-FT/ INCREASING TO
                    EXCELLENT /272000 KNOT-FT/.

TIME (CDT)      NOON   2 PM   4 PM   6 PM
SKY (%).........PCLDY  PCLDY  PCLDY  PCLDY
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
TEMP............97     102    105    104
RH..............12     11     10     12
20 FT WIND DIR..W      S      S      S
20 FT WIND SPD..3      9      14     14
20 FT WIND GUST.5      10     20     20
MIX HGT (FT)....2500   6200   13200  13200
TRANSP WIND DIR.NW     SW     SW     SW
TRANSP WIND SPD.9      13     17     17
HAINES INDEX....4      4      4      4

.SATURDAY NIGHT...
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS.
CHANCE OF PRECIP....20 PCT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 69.
MAX HUMIDITY........42 PCT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS 7 TO 12 MPH IN THE EVENING
                    BECOMING TERRAIN DOMINATED UNDER 5 MPH. GUSTY
                    AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
HAINES INDEX........4 /LOW/.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT /145000 KNOT-FT/ DECREASING TO POOR
                    /0-8000 KNOT-FT/ IN THE LATE EVENING AND
                    OVERNIGHT.

TIME (CDT)      7 PM   9 PM   11 PM  1 AM   3 AM   5 AM
SKY (%).........PCLDY  PCLDY  MCLDY  PCLDY  PCLDY  PCLDY
WEATHER COV.....S CHC  S CHC  S CHC  S CHC  S CHC  S CHC
WEATHER TYPE....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR
TEMP............101    94     85     79     76     73
RH..............13     17     25     31     35     38
20 FT WIND DIR..SE     SE     E      E      E      N
20 FT WIND SPD..13     13     5      2      2      2
20 FT WIND GUST.20                   5      5      5
MIX HGT (FT)....6200   6200   2500   500    500    < 100
TRANSP WIND DIR.S      S      SW     W      W      W
TRANSP WIND SPD.10     10     3      6      6      7
HAINES INDEX....4      4      4      3      3      3

$$

FORECASTER...BARNES
REQUESTED BY...RICH GRAY
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20090613.PECOS.01/MAF