FNUS74 KMAF 142156 FWSMAF SPOT FORECAST FOR PECOS RIVER...TEXAS FOREST SERVICE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 456 PM CDT SUN JUN 14 2009 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1200 CDT ON JUNE 14. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND MOVE ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON BEFORE GRADUALLY DIMINISHING BY EARLY EVENING. AS A RESULT...VARYING 20 FOOT WIND SPEEDS/DIRECTIONS CAN BE EXPECTED FROM ANY THUNDERSTORMS THAT MOVE OVER THE BURN AREA. AS A GENERAL RULE HOWEVER...SOUTHERLY TO SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON BEFORE BACKING SOUTHEASTERLY AFTER SUNSET. AS THE OVERNIGHT HOURS PROGRESS...WINDS WILL GRADUALLY WEAKEN AND BECOME VARIABLE OVERNIGHT BEFORE BECOMING WESTERLY BY SUNRISE. FOR MONDAY...WINDS WILL SHIFT TOWARDS THE WEST AND NORTHWEST AS THE DRYLINE ACCELERATES EAST OF THE AREA. WESTERLY WINDS OF 8 TO 12 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. CHANCE OF PRECIP....30 PCT. TEMPERATURE.........MIN 72. RH..................MAX 68 PCT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 7 TO 12 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHEAST 5 TO 9 MPH AFTER SUNSET...THEN SHIFTING TO THE WEST 3 TO 7 TO 7 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS. HAINES INDEX........4 /LOW/. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR /0 KNOT-FT/. TIME (CDT) 7 PM 9 PM 11 PM 1 AM 3 AM 5 AM SKY (%).........MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY WEATHER COV.....CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE WEATHER TYPE....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR TEMP............99 92 84 80 77 74 RH..............17 22 31 38 45 52 20 FT WIND DIR..S SE SE SW SW W 20 FT WIND SPD..14 11 9 8 7 5 20 FT WIND GUST.20 10 10 MIX HGT (FT)....15000 15000 < 100 < 100 < 100 < 100 TRANSP WIND DIR.SW SW S W W S TRANSP WIND SPD.16 16 6 23 23 4 HAINES INDEX....4 4 4 3 3 3 .MONDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. CHANCE OF PRECIP....20 PCT. TEMPERATURE.........MAX 104. RH..................MIN 12 PCT. WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS. HAINES INDEX........3 /VERY LOW/. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT /156000-202000 KNOT-FT/. TIME (CDT) 7 AM 9 AM 11 AM 1 PM 3 PM 5 PM SKY (%).........PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY WEATHER COV.....S CHC S CHC S CHC S CHC S CHC S CHC WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR TEMP............72 81 93 100 103 104 RH..............68 44 26 19 15 13 20 FT WIND DIR..NW NW W SW SW S 20 FT WIND SPD..5 6 7 8 9 10 20 FT WIND GUST. 10 10 10 MIX HGT (FT)....< 100 < 100 4500 13000 13000 15500 TRANSP WIND DIR.W W NW SW SW SW TRANSP WIND SPD.4 4 12 12 12 13 HAINES INDEX....3 3 3 3 3 3 $$ FORECASTER...GITRO REQUESTED BY...RICH GRAY TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20090614.PECOS.02/MAF