FNUS74 KAMA 131513 FWSAMA SPOT FORECAST FOR NORTH TOUR ROAD...U.S. FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 913 AM CST WED JAN 13 2010 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 CST ON JANUARY 14. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... A COLD FRONT WILL PUSH THROUGH THE BURN SITE EARLY THURSDAY MORNING BETWEEN 0500 AND 0700 CST. INCREASING HIGH LEVEL AND ALSO MID LEVEL CLOUDINESS WILL RESULT IN MOSTLY CLOUDY TO CLOUDY SKIES ACROSS THE BURN SITE THURSDAY. LOWER CLOUDINESS AND ALSO AREAS OF FOG CAN BE EXPECTED THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING. AT THIS TIME...NO PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE BURN SITE THROUGH FRIDAY. .THURSDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (80-90 PERCENT). MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 48. MIN HUMIDITY........44 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........NORTHEAST WINDS 8 TO 16 MPH. CHANCE OF PCPN......10 PERCENT. HAINES INDEX........5 OR MODERATE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. MIXING HEIGHT.......0-1500 FT AGL INCREASING TO 2000-3000 FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON. MIXING WINDS........NORTH 7 TO 15 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTHEAST 15 TO 18 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. TIME (CST) 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........MCLDY CLOUDY CLOUDY MCLDY WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............36 43 47 48 RH..............62 50 45 44 20 FT WIND......N 13 N 14 NE 15 NE 14 20 FT WIND GUST.20 20 20 20 CHC OF PCPN (%).10 10 10 10 HAINES INDEX....5 4 4 4 .THURSDAY NIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY (85-95 PERCENT). MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 31. MAX HUMIDITY........82 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........NORTH WINDS 9 TO 10 MPH. CHANCE OF PCPN......10 PERCENT. MIXING HEIGHT.......500-2000 FT AGL. MIXING WINDS........NORTH 8 TO 14 MPH. TIME (CST) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%).........MCLDY CLOUDY CLOUDY CLOUDY CLOUDY MCLDY WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............43 38 36 35 33 32 RH..............55 64 69 71 76 79 20 FT WIND......NE 10 NE 9 NE 9 N 9 N 9 N 9 20 FT WIND GUST.15 10 10 10 10 10 CHC OF PCPN (%).10 10 10 10 10 10 .FRIDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (65-75 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING MOSTLY SUNNY (25-35 PERCENT). MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 49. MIN HUMIDITY........40 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........NORTHEAST WINDS 7 TO 10 MPH. CHANCE OF PCPN......10 PERCENT. HAINES INDEX........2 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. MIXING HEIGHT.......500-2000 FT AGL INCREASING TO 3500-4500 FT AGL. MIXING WINDS........NORTHEAST 8 TO 15 MPH. TIME (CST) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........MCLDY MCLDY PCLDY PCLDY MCLEAR MCLEAR WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............31 31 37 44 48 48 RH..............82 82 66 51 42 40 20 FT WIND......N 10 N 10 N 10 N 10 NE 9 NE 7 20 FT WIND GUST.15 15 15 15 10 10 CHC OF PCPN (%).10 10 10 10 10 10 HAINES INDEX....2 2 2 2 2 2 $$ FORECASTER...SCHNEIDER REQUESTED BY...ROB WOOD TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20100114.NORTH.01/AMA