FNUS74 KMAF 150856
FWSMAF

SPOT FORECAST FOR TEXAS HILL...BLM
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
356 AM CDT WED JUL 15 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0227 MDT ON JULY 15.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
ONLY GOOD RECOVERY AROUND 50 PERCENT THIS MORNING WILL BE FOLLOWED
BY MINIMUM AFTERNOON RH/S AROUND 20 PERCENT THIS AFTERNOON AS
TEMPERATURES RISE TO THE MID 90S.  LIGHT TERRAIN DOMINATED WINDS
EARLY THIS MORNING WILL BECOME LIGHT EASTERLY BY LATE MORNING...THEN
SOUTHEAST AT 7 TO 11 MPH THIS AFTERNOON.  HOWEVER...WIDELY SCATTERED
THUNDERSTORMS WILL RESULT IN ADDITIONAL LIGHTNING STRIKES...ERRATIC
AND GUSTY WINDS...AND SOME RAINFALL LIKELY BELOW ONE QUARTER INCH.
THUNDERSTORMS COULD LAST INTO THE EVENING BEFORE DIMINISHING.
TEMPERATURES WILL COOL TO THE MID 70S TONIGHT WITH GOOD RECOVERY
EXPECTED AGAIN BY THURSDAY MORNING.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...
                    MAINLY IN THE AFTERNOON.
CHANCE OF PRECIP....20 PCT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 96.
MIN HUMIDITY........20 PCT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT TERRAIN DOMINATED WINDS SHIFTING TO THE
                    SOUTHEAST 7 TO 11 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. GUSTY
                    AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS
                    IN THE AFTERNOON.
HAINES INDEX........4 /LOW/.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR /5000 KNOT-FT/ INCREASING TO EXCELLENT
                    /94500 KNOT-FT/ IN THE AFTERNOON.

.TONIGHT...
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS.
CHANCE OF PRECIP....20 PCT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 74.
MAX HUMIDITY........63 PCT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS 6 TO 11 MPH BECOMING LIGHT
                    TERRAIN DOMINATED AFTER MIDNIGHT. GUSTY AND
                    ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
HAINES INDEX........4 /LOW/.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO GOOD /0-48500 KNOT-FT/.

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COMPLETED THE SPOT DESPITE QUESTIONABLE OBSERVATION TIME ON SPOT...
AND QUESTIONABLE CONTENT OF OBSERVATION.

FORECASTER...LYSTER
REQUESTED BY...ALAMOGORDO DISPATCH
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20090715.TEXAS.01/MAF