FNUS74 KMAF 151344 FWSMAF SPOT FORECAST FOR ALKALI LAKE...ALAMOGORDO DISPATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 844 AM CDT TUE SEP 15 2009 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0930 MDT ON SEPTEMBER 15. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... MINIMUM AFTERNOON RH/S WILL DROP NEAR 25 PERCENT AS TEMPERATURES WARM TO AROUND 90. HOWEVER...THERE WILL BE ENOUGH MOISTURE AROUND FOR A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...WITH GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS NEAR ANY STORMS. RECOVERY TONIGHT WILL BE EXCELLENT WHILE MINIMUM AFTERNOON RH/S WEDNESDAY WILL ONLY DROP TO THE MID 40S. THERE WILL ALSO BE A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT AS A COLD FRONT MOVES INTO THE REGION. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY THIS MORNING...PARTLY CLOUDY THIS AFTERNOON. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS. CHANCE OF PRECIP....10 PCT. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 91. MIN HUMIDITY........26 PCT. WIND (20 FT)........TERRAIN DOMINATED UNDER 5 MPH BECOMING SOUTHEAST 4 TO 7 MPH THIS AFTERNOON. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR /2000-9000 KNOT-FT/ INCREASING TO EXCELLENT /74000 KNOT-FT/ LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. TIME (MDT) 9 AM 11 AM 1 PM 3 PM 5 PM SKY (%).........PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............72 79 84 88 91 RH..............58 43 34 28 27 20 FT WIND DIR..E E E SE SE 20 FT WIND SPD..3 3 5 6 7 20 FT WIND GUST. 8 9 MIX HGT (FT)....1500 1500 5100 7300 7300 TRANSP WIND DIR.S S N N N TRANSP WIND SPD.6 6 1 7 7 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. CHANCE OF PRECIP....20 PCT. MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 63. MAX HUMIDITY........90 PCT. WIND (20 FT)........EAST 5 TO 10 MPH BECOMING LIGHT TERRAIN DOMINATED IN THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO GOOD /3000-34000 KNOT-FT/. TIME (MDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%).........MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY WEATHER COV.....ISOLTD ISOLTD ISOLTD ISOLTD ISOLTD ISOLTD WEATHER TYPE....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR TEMP............86 79 74 70 68 65 RH..............29 39 50 62 71 83 20 FT WIND DIR..SE SE SE E E E 20 FT WIND SPD..7 6 5 7 5 4 20 FT WIND GUST.9 10 MIX HGT (FT)....5100 5100 500 500 500 500 TRANSP WIND DIR.N N S E E SE TRANSP WIND SPD.4 4 5 8 8 6 .WEDNESDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. CHANCE OF PRECIP....40 PCT. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 82. MIN HUMIDITY........48 PCT. WIND (20 FT)........NORTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO GOOD /2000-32000 KNOT-FT/ INCREASING TO GOOD /52000-56000 KNOT-FT/ IN THE AFTERNOON. TIME (MDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY WEATHER COV.....CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE WEATHER TYPE....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR TEMP............63 66 72 77 81 80 RH..............87 80 65 55 49 50 20 FT WIND DIR..E E E E NE NE 20 FT WIND SPD..6 8 8 10 9 10 20 FT WIND GUST. MIX HGT (FT)....500 500 3500 3300 3300 5500 TRANSP WIND DIR.E E SE E E NE TRANSP WIND SPD.4 4 9 8 8 8 $$ FORECASTER...LYSTER REQUESTED BY...JENNIFER WARD TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20090915.ALKAL.01/MAF