FNUS74 KMAF 101406 FWSMAF SPOT FORECAST FOR CARSON...NM LNF NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 906 AM CDT MON AUG 10 2009 FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0754 MDT ON AUGUST 10. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... CONTINUED WARM TEMPERATURES WILL LOWER AFTERNOON HUMIDITY READINGS TO AROUND 30 PERCENT THROUGH TUESDAY...WITH MODERATE OVERNIGHT RH RECOVERY. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED IN THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON... EVENING...AND TUESDAY AFTERNOON. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS AND HAVE THE POTENTIAL FOR A FEW DRY LIGHTNING STRIKES. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. CHANCE OF PRECIP....30 PCT. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 89. MIN HUMIDITY........27 PCT. WIND (20 FT)........TERRAIN DOMINATED UNDER 5 MPH BECOMING SOUTHWEST 6 TO 11 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON...THEN SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHEAST LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. HAINES INDEX........3 /VERY LOW/. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO GOOD /2000-40000 KNOT-FT/. TIME (MDT) 7 AM 9 AM 11 AM 1 PM 3 PM 5 PM SKY (%).........PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY WEATHER COV..... CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR TEMP............65 72 80 86 88 88 RH..............63 50 38 32 28 28 20 FT WIND DIR..W W W SW SE SE 20 FT WIND SPD..4 9 9 11 11 11 20 FT WIND GUST.5 10 10 MIX HGT (FT)....500 5000 5000 8000 10000 10000 TRANSP WIND DIR.SW W W S SE SE TRANSP WIND SPD.4 6 6 2 4 4 HAINES INDEX....3 3 3 3 3 3 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING...THEN ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AFTER MIDNIGHT. CHANCE OF PRECIP....30 PCT. MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 67. MAX HUMIDITY........64 PCT. WIND (20 FT)........NORTHEAST WINDS 6 TO 11 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTHWEST AROUND 5 MPH TOWARD MORNING. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS. HAINES INDEX........3 /VERY LOW/. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO GOOD /0-48000 KNOT-FT/. TIME (MDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%).........MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY WEATHER COV.....CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE ISOLTD ISOLTD ISOLTD WEATHER TYPE....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR TEMP............87 81 76 73 71 69 RH..............29 36 43 49 55 59 20 FT WIND DIR..E E E NE NE NW 20 FT WIND SPD..11 11 11 10 10 5 20 FT WIND GUST. MIX HGT (FT)....9500 9500 1000 500 500 < 100 TRANSP WIND DIR.E E S W W W TRANSP WIND SPD.5 5 11 4 4 4 HAINES INDEX....3 3 3 3 3 3 .TUESDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. CHANCE OF PRECIP....20 PCT. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 86. MIN HUMIDITY........30 PCT. WIND (20 FT)........TERRAIN DOMINATED UNDER 5 MPH BECOMING EAST 9 TO 14 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. HAINES INDEX........3 /VERY LOW/. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO FAIR /0-25000 KNOT-FT/ INCREASING TO EXCELLENT /85000-95000 KNOT-FT/ IN THE AFTERNOON. TIME (MDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY WEATHER COV..... S CHC S CHC S CHC WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR TEMP............67 70 76 81 85 86 RH..............64 57 46 38 32 30 20 FT WIND DIR..NW NW NE E E E 20 FT WIND SPD..4 4 10 14 14 15 20 FT WIND GUST.5 5 15 15 MIX HGT (FT)....< 100 < 100 5000 8500 8500 9500 TRANSP WIND DIR.NW NW NE E E E TRANSP WIND SPD.5 5 5 10 10 10 HAINES INDEX....3 3 3 2 2 2 $$ FORECASTER...DEBERRY REQUESTED BY...NM ADC TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20090810.CARSO.01/MAF