FNUS74 KAMA 061401 FWSAMA SPOT FORECAST FOR ISLAND...JA CATTLE CO. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 801 AM CST SAT FEB 6 2010 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1200 CST ON FEBRUARY 06. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... MOIST AND COLD AIR IN PLACE THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS WILL KEEP LOW CLOUDS AND FOG OVER THE PANHANDLES. WE MAY SEE A BREAK IN THE FOG AND LOW CLOUDS THIS AFTERNOON BUT MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES SHOULD REMAIN ABOVE 60 PERCENT. WINDS WILL BE VARIABLE THROUGH THE DAY BUT AN EAST TO SOUTHEAST WIND IS EXPECTED AROUND THE IGNITION -TIME. MAXIMUM WIND SPEEDS THIS AFTERNOON WILL TOP OUT AT AROUND 10 TO 15 MPH. WINDS SHOULD SLOWLY BECOME SOUTHERLY DURING THE LATE EVENING HOURS TONIGHT. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY (60-70 PERCENT). AREAS OF FREEZING FOG EARLY IN THE MORNING. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 42. MIN HUMIDITY........62 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING EAST 5 TO 6 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT. LAL.................1. HAINES INDEX........2 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. MIXING HEIGHT.......500-2000 FT AGL. MIXING WINDS........EAST 3 TO 7 MPH. TIME (CST) NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE TEMP............38 41 42 RH..............73 65 62 20 FT WIND......E 3 E 5 E 6 20 FT WIND GUST.5 CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 HAINES INDEX....2 2 2 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (75-85 PERCENT). AREAS OF FOG AFTER MIDNIGHT. PATCHY DRIZZLE OR LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE AFTER MIDNIGHT. MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 30. MAX HUMIDITY........96 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS AROUND 6 MPH. CHANCE OF PCPN......10 PERCENT. LAL.................1. HAINES INDEX........3 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. MIXING HEIGHT.......500-1000 FT AGL. MIXING WINDS........SOUTHEAST 7 TO 9 MPH. TIME (CST) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%).........MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY CLOUDY WEATHER COV..... AREAS AREAS AREAS WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE FOG FOG FOG TEMP............39 36 34 33 32 31 RH..............73 75 78 75 82 85 20 FT WIND......E 6 E 6 E 6 SE 6 SE 6 SE 6 20 FT WIND GUST.10 10 10 10 10 10 CHC OF PCPN (%).10 10 10 10 10 10 HAINES INDEX....2 2 2 3 3 3 .SUNDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY (85-95 PERCENT). CHANCE OF LIGHT FREEZING RAIN IN THE MORNING. CHANCE OF RAIN THROUGH THE DAY. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 39. MIN HUMIDITY........76 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS 6 TO 10 MPH. CHANCE OF PCPN......30 PERCENT. LAL.................1. HAINES INDEX........3 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. MIXING HEIGHT.......1000-1500 FT AGL. MIXING WINDS........SOUTHEAST 5 TO 8 MPH SHIFTING TO THE EAST AROUND 5 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. TIME (CST) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........CLOUDY CLOUDY CLOUDY MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY WEATHER COV.....CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE WEATHER TYPE....RAIN RAIN RAIN RAIN RAIN RAIN TEMP............30 30 34 37 39 39 RH..............92 96 85 82 76 79 20 FT WIND......SE 6 SE 7 SE 9 SE 10 SE 10 SE 9 20 FT WIND GUST.10 10 10 15 15 10 CHC OF PCPN (%).30 30 30 30 30 30 HAINES INDEX....3 3 3 3 3 3 $$ FORECASTER...BROST REQUESTED BY...ANDREW BIVINS TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20100206.ISLAN.01/AMA