FNUS74 KAMA 141548 FWSAMA SPOT FORECAST FOR CROSS BAR RX...NM ABD NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 948 AM CST THU JAN 14 2010 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 CST ON JANUARY 14. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... WINDS BEHIND A COLD FRONT THAT MOVED THROUGH EARLIER TODAY WILL REMAIN OUT OF THE NORTH THROUGH FRIDAY. WIND SPEEDS WILL INCREASE TO 10 TO 15 MPH AT THE BURN SITE THIS AFTERNOON AND THEN DIMINISH TO AROUND 10 MPH TONIGHT. MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL FALL TO AROUND 35 PERCENT THIS AFTERNOON AND THEN RECOVER TO NEAR 80 PERCENT TONIGHT. MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITIES ON FRIDAY SHOULD FALL TO AROUND 45 PERCENT IN THE AFTERNOON. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80 PERCENT). TEMPERATURE.........37 AT IGNITION...MAX 54. MIN HUMIDITY........56 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 32 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........WINDS NORTH AT 11 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE NORTH WINDS 6 TO 15 MPH. CHANCE OF PCPN......10 PERCENT. LAL.................1. HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. MIXING HEIGHT.......1000 FT AGL AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE 0-1500 FT AGL INCREASING TO 2000-3000 FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON. MIXING WINDS........NORTHEAST 5 TO 14 MPH INCREASING TO 16 TO 20 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. TIME (CST) 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............37 47 53 54 RH..............56 39 33 32 20 FT WIND......N 12 N 15 N 15 N 13 20 FT WIND GUST.15 20 20 20 CHC OF PCPN (%).0 10 10 10 HAINES INDEX....4 3 3 3 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (75-85 PERCENT). MIN TEMPERATURE.....31. MAX HUMIDITY........79 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 6 TO 10 MPH. CHANCE OF PCPN......10 PERCENT. LAL.................1. HAINES INDEX........3 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. MIXING HEIGHT.......1000-2500 FT AGL DECREASING TO 500 FT AGL IN THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. MIXING WINDS........NORTHEAST 12 TO 18 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTH 6 TO 8 MPH IN THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. TIME (CST) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%).........MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY CLOUDY MCLDY MCLDY WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............47 41 38 36 34 33 RH..............44 54 60 68 70 74 20 FT WIND......N 10 N 8 N 8 N 7 N 6 NW 6 20 FT WIND GUST.15 10 10 10 10 CHC OF PCPN (%).10 10 10 10 10 10 HAINES INDEX....3 3 3 3 3 3 .FRIDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY (50-60 PERCENT). MAX TEMPERATURE.....52. MIN HUMIDITY........38 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........NORTHEAST WINDS 6 TO 9 MPH. CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT. LAL.................1. HAINES INDEX........3 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. MIXING HEIGHT.......500-2000 FT AGL INCREASING TO 3000-4500 FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON. MIXING WINDS........NORTHEAST 7 TO 12 MPH. TIME (CST) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............31 31 39 46 51 52 RH..............76 79 62 49 40 38 20 FT WIND......NW 6 NW 6 NW 7 N 9 N 9 NE 8 20 FT WIND GUST. 10 10 10 10 10 CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 HAINES INDEX....3 3 3 2 2 2 $$ FORECASTER...KRAUSE REQUESTED BY...FORREST PETERMAN TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20100114.CROSS.01/AMA