FNUS74 KMAF 261637 CCA FWSMAF SPOT FORECAST FOR CATCLAW HILL...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 1036 AM CST TUE JAN 26 2010 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1040 MST ON JANUARY 26. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... EXPECT THE MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY TO DROP INTO THE MID TEENS THIS AFTERNOON...AS MAX TEMPS NEAR THE LOWER 60S. THE 20 FOOT WINDS WILL REMAIN SOUTHERLY THROUGHOUT THE DAY...INCREASING TO JUST ABOVE 10 MPH THIS AFTERNOON. THE WINDS WILL THEN BECOME TERRAIN DOMINATED OVERNIGHT...BUT WILL PREVAIL MAINLY FROM THE SOUTH. CLOUDS WILL INCREASE OVER THE AREA TOMORROW...BUT MAX TEMPERATURES ARE STILL EXPECTED TO CLIMB INTO THE LOWER 60S. MOISTURE WILL BEGIN TO INCREASE...HOWEVER...AND THE MINIMUM RH SHOULD REMAIN IN THE MID 20S. THE WINDS WILL INCREASE FROM THE SOUTH SOUTHWEST LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING...NEARING 10 TO 15 MPH DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PCT. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 62. MIN HUMIDITY........15 PCT. WIND (20 FT)........TERRAIN DOMINATED UNDER 5 MPH BECOMING SOUTH 8 TO 12 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. HAINES INDEX........4 /LOW/. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO GOOD /1000-50000 KNOT-FT/. TIME (MST) 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............46 56 60 58 RH..............38 21 17 20 20 FT WIND DIR..SSE S S S 20 FT WIND SPD..4 9 11 11 20 FT WIND GUST.5 10 12 MIX HGT (FT)....500 3000 5000 5000 TRANSP WIND DIR.S S SW SW TRANSP WIND SPD.3 9 10 10 HAINES INDEX....4 3 3 3 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PCT. MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 32. MAX HUMIDITY........70 PCT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH 5 TO 10 MPH. HAINES INDEX........4 /LOW/. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO GOOD /0-32000 KNOT-FT/. TIME (MST) 5 PM 7 PM 9 PM 11 PM 1 AM 3 AM SKY (%).........PCLDY PCLDY MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............55 44 37 36 34 34 RH..............22 36 51 56 64 67 20 FT WIND DIR..S SSW SSW S SSE SSE 20 FT WIND SPD..9 9 9 8 6 4 20 FT WIND GUST. MIX HGT (FT)....4000 4000 500 < 100 < 100 < 100 TRANSP WIND DIR.S S S SW SW SW TRANSP WIND SPD.8 8 6 5 5 4 HAINES INDEX....3 3 3 4 4 4 .WEDNESDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PCT. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 64. MIN HUMIDITY........26 PCT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH SOUTHWEST WINDS 9 TO 14 MPH. HAINES INDEX........2 /VERY LOW/. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO GOOD /0-39000 KNOT-FT/ INCREASING TO EXCELLENT /80000 KNOT-FT/ LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. TIME (MST) 5 AM 7 AM 9 AM 11 AM 1 PM 3 PM SKY (%).........MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY PCLDY PCLDY MCLDY WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............32 32 47 56 62 64 RH..............77 84 51 37 29 26 20 FT WIND DIR..SW SSW S S SSW SSW 20 FT WIND SPD..8 8 10 11 12 13 20 FT WIND GUST. 14 14 MIX HGT (FT)....< 100 < 100 500 5500 5500 8000 TRANSP WIND DIR.SW SW SW S S S TRANSP WIND SPD.5 5 3 7 7 10 HAINES INDEX....2 2 2 2 2 2 $$ FORECASTER...BARNES REQUESTED BY...JASON WRINKLE TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20100126.CATCL.01/MAF