FNUS74 KAMA 161609 CCA FWSAMA SPOT FORECAST FOR CROSS BAR RX...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 1007 AM CST SAT JAN 16 2010 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1010 CST ON JANUARY 16. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... AN UPPER RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD IN OVER THE BURN SITE THROUGH SUNDAY KEEPING SKIES GENERALLY CLEAR. A SURFACE TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE WEST OF THE BURN SITE WILL ALLOW FOR LIGHT SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS. NO PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED THROUGH SUNDAY. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (20-30 PERCENT). TEMPERATURE.........42 AT IGNITION...MAX 60. MIN HUMIDITY........65 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 25 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........WINDS NORTH AT 1 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE WEST WINDS 5 TO 6 MPH EARLY IN THE MORNING BECOMING LIGHT. CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT. LAL.................1. HAINES INDEX........3 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. MIXING HEIGHT.......2500 FT AGL AT IGNITION...INCREASING TO 2500-3500 FT AGL LATE IN THE MORNING...THEN INCREASING TO 4500-5500 FT AGL EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON INCREASING TO 5500-6500 FT AGL LATE IN THE AFTERNOON DECREASING TO 4000 FT AGL BY 1800 HOURS CST. MIXING WINDS........WEST 5 TO 6 MPH DECREASING TO 1 TO 3 MPH LATE IN THE MORNING. TIME (CST) 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............35 50 59 59 RH..............65 40 27 26 20 FT WIND......NW 2 NE 2 E 1 SE 2 20 FT WIND GUST.5 5 5 CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 HAINES INDEX....2 3 3 3 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR (20-30 PERCENT). MIN TEMPERATURE.....25. MAX HUMIDITY........88 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTHWEST 5 TO 7 MPH IN THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT. LAL.................1. HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. MIXING HEIGHT.......1500-3000 FT AGL DECREASING TO 0-500 FT AGL IN THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST 3 TO 7 MPH. TIME (CST) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%).........MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............49 41 36 32 30 27 RH..............36 48 59 69 72 81 20 FT WIND......SE 2 S 3 S 6 SW 7 SW 6 SW 6 20 FT WIND GUST.5 5 10 10 CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 HAINES INDEX....4 4 4 4 4 4 .SUNDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (25-35 PERCENT). MAX TEMPERATURE.....60. MIN HUMIDITY........23 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 6 MPH EARLY IN THE MORNING BECOMING LIGHT...THEN BECOMING SOUTH 5 TO 7 MPH LATE IN THE MORNING. CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT. LAL.................1. HAINES INDEX........5 OR MODERATE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. MIXING HEIGHT.......0-1500 FT AGL INCREASING TO 2000-3500 FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON...THEN DECREASING TO 1500 FT AGL LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST 5 TO 14 MPH INCREASING TO 9 TO 15 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. TIME (CST) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........MCLEAR MCLEAR PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............26 25 38 51 59 59 RH..............81 88 52 32 24 24 20 FT WIND......SW 6 SW 3 SW 3 S 6 S 7 S 6 20 FT WIND GUST. 5 5 10 10 CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 HAINES INDEX....5 5 5 5 5 5 $$ FORECASTER...SCHNEIDER REQUESTED BY...ZACH SAAVEDRA TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20100116.CROSS.01/AMA