FNUS74 KMAF 131347 FWSMAF SPOT FORECAST FOR PECOS RIVER...BLM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 847 AM CDT TUE OCT 13 2009 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1030 MDT ON OCTOBER 13. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... THE PATCHY FOG AND LOW CLOUD THIS MORNING WILL BEGIN TO DISSIPATE THROUGH THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS TODAY. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL PERSIST...BUT MOST OF THE ACTIVITY SHOULD REMAIN EAST OF THE BURN AREA. THE 20 FOOT WINDS WILL INCREASE SLIGHTLY BY THIS AFTERNOON...FIRST FROM THE SOUTH AND THEN FROM THE SOUTH SOUTHWEST. BY TOMORROW AFTERNOON...EXPECT THE 20 FOOT SUSTAINED WINDS TO INCREASE FROM THE WEST SOUTHWEST AROUND 15 MPH. THE MAX TEMPERATURES WILL ALSO CLIMB INTO THE LOW TO MID 90S WITH MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES. THIS WILL RESULT IN MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES NEAR 15 TO 20 PERCENT DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. PATCHY FOG EARLY IN THE MORNING. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE DAY. CHANCE OF PRECIP....20 PCT. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 84. MIN HUMIDITY........42 PCT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS. HAINES INDEX........2 /VERY LOW/. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR /13000-14000 KNOT-FT/ INCREASING TO EXCELLENT /162000 KNOT-FT/. TIME (MDT) 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY WEATHER COV.....S CHC ISOLTD ISOLTD ISOLTD WEATHER TYPE....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR TEMP............65 76 82 85 RH..............83 60 52 45 20 FT WIND DIR..SE S SSW SW 20 FT WIND SPD..9 9 10 12 20 FT WIND GUST. 10 12 14 MIX HGT (FT)....1500 4900 4900 7200 TRANSP WIND DIR.S SW SW SW TRANSP WIND SPD.9 15 15 17 HAINES INDEX....2 2 2 2 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF PRECIP....0 PCT. MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 60. MAX HUMIDITY........71 PCT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH IN THE EVENING BECOMING TERRAIN DOMINATED UNDER 5 MPH. HAINES INDEX........2 /VERY LOW/. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT /117000 KNOT-FT/ DECREASING TO POOR /0 KNOT-FT/ IN THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. TIME (MDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%).........PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............83 75 70 68 65 62 RH..............43 54 62 63 67 71 20 FT WIND DIR..WSW WSW SW SW S S 20 FT WIND SPD..9 9 8 4 4 3 20 FT WIND GUST.10 10 5 5 5 MIX HGT (FT)....4900 4900 < 100 < 100 < 100 < 100 TRANSP WIND DIR.W W W W W W TRANSP WIND SPD.13 13 6 6 6 5 HAINES INDEX....2 2 2 2 2 2 .WEDNESDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. CHANCE OF PRECIP....0 PCT. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 93. MIN HUMIDITY........18 PCT. WIND (20 FT)........WEST SOUTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 16 MPH. HAINES INDEX........3 /VERY LOW/. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR /0-7000 KNOT- FT/ INCREASING TO EXCELLENT /111000-136000 KNOT-FT/ IN THE AFTERNOON. TIME (MDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY MCLEAR WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............60 62 72 83 90 93 RH..............71 64 44 28 20 17 20 FT WIND DIR..W WSW WSW WSW WSW W 20 FT WIND SPD..5 5 10 14 14 16 20 FT WIND GUST. 15 15 20 MIX HGT (FT)....< 100 < 100 1000 4400 4400 6700 TRANSP WIND DIR.W W W W W W TRANSP WIND SPD.3 3 7 17 17 17 HAINES INDEX....3 3 3 3 3 3 $$ FORECASTER...BARNES REQUESTED BY...JENNIFER WARD TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20091013.PECOS.01/MAF