FNUS74 KMAF 111714 FWSMAF SPOT FORECAST FOR CARSON...USFS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 1214 PM CDT TUE AUG 11 2009 FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1035 MDT ON AUGUST 11. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... ISOLATED TO WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY. AFTERNOON RH/S WILL BOTTOM OUT AROUND 20 PERCENT TODAY...AND 30 PERCENT WEDNESDAY. RH RECOVERY TONIGHT WILL BE MODERATE. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. CHANCE OF PRECIP....10 PCT. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 93. MIN HUMIDITY........21 PCT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 8 MPH SHIFTING TO THE EAST 11 TO 16 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 GOOD /1000-30000 KNOT-FT/ INCREASING TO EXCELLENT /100000-110000 KNOT-FT/ IN THE AFTERNOON. TIME (MDT) 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........CLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR PCLDY WEATHER COV..... S CHC S CHC S CHC WEATHER TYPE....NONE RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR TEMP............78 86 92 93 RH..............43 31 23 21 20 FT WIND DIR..NE E E E 20 FT WIND SPD..10 16 16 18 20 FT WIND GUST. 20 25 MIX HGT (FT)....6000 10000 10000 10000 TRANSP WIND DIR.NE E E E TRANSP WIND SPD.5 10 10 11 HAINES INDEX....3 3 3 3 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING. CHANCE OF PRECIP....20 PCT. MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 68. MAX HUMIDITY........66 PCT. WIND (20 FT)........NORTHEAST WINDS 6 TO 11 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING. HAINES INDEX........3 /VERY LOW/. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT /117000 KNOT-FT/ DECREASING TO POOR /3000-4000 KNOT-FT/ IN THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. TIME (MDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%).........MCLDY MCLDY PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY WEATHER COV.....ISOLTD ISOLTD ISOLTD WEATHER TYPE....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR NONE NONE NONE TEMP............91 84 79 75 72 70 RH..............22 31 41 49 56 62 20 FT WIND DIR..E E E E E NE 20 FT WIND SPD..15 15 11 9 9 9 20 FT WIND GUST.20 10 10 10 MIX HGT (FT)....9000 9000 500 500 500 500 TRANSP WIND DIR.E E E SE SE SE TRANSP WIND SPD.13 13 6 7 7 6 HAINES INDEX....3 3 3 3 3 3 .WEDNESDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. CHANCE OF PRECIP....10 PCT. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 84. MIN HUMIDITY........31 PCT. WIND (20 FT)........EAST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. HAINES INDEX........3 /VERY LOW/. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR /2000 KNOT-FT/ INCREASING TO EXCELLENT /126000-137000 KNOT-FT/. TIME (MDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........MCLEAR MCLEAR PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY WEATHER COV..... ISOLTD ISOLTD ISOLTD WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR TEMP............68 71 76 80 83 84 RH..............66 58 47 38 33 31 20 FT WIND DIR..NE NE E E E E 20 FT WIND SPD..10 10 14 16 16 16 20 FT WIND GUST. 15 20 20 20 MIX HGT (FT)....500 500 5500 9000 9000 10500 TRANSP WIND DIR.E E E E E E TRANSP WIND SPD.3 3 11 14 14 13 HAINES INDEX....3 3 3 3 3 3 $$ FORECASTER...DEBERRY REQUESTED BY...ALAMOGORDO DISPATCH TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20090811.CARSO.01/MAF 44