FNUS74 KAMA 241652 FWSAMA SPOT FORECAST FOR HL RANCH...JA RANCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 1052 AM CST WED FEB 24 2010 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1100 CST ON FEBRUARY 24. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... LIGHT TO MODERATE SOUTHERLY WINDS ARE EXPECTED TODAY AND TONIGHT. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO SHIFT TO THE NORTH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. NO PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED BEFORE THURSDAY EVENING. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (20-30 PERCENT). TEMPERATURE.........38 AT IGNITION...MAX 51. MIN HUMIDITY........54 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 41 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........WINDS SOUTH AT 9 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 14 MPH. CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT. LAL.................1. HAINES INDEX........5 OR MODERATE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. MIXING HEIGHT.......1500 FT AGL AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE 500-2000 FT AGL INCREASING TO 2000-3000 FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON. MIXING WINDS........NORTHWEST 1 TO 2 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTH 5 TO 13 MPH EARLY IN THE MORNING. TIME (CST) 11 AM 1 PM 3 PM 5 PM SKY (%).........MCLEAR MCLEAR PCLDY PCLDY WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............38 47 51 50 RH..............54 40 36 39 20 FT WIND......S 9 S 13 S 14 S 13 20 FT WIND GUST.10 20 20 20 CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 HAINES INDEX....3 5 5 5 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (25-35 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY (55-65 PERCENT). MIN TEMPERATURE.....29. MAX HUMIDITY........100 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 6 TO 13 MPH. CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT. LAL.................1. HAINES INDEX........5 OR MODERATE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. MIXING HEIGHT.......0-1000 FT AGL. MIXING WINDS........SOUTH 5 TO 13 MPH. TIME (CST) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%).........MCLEAR MCLEAR PCLDY PCLDY MCLDY MCLDY WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............47 40 37 34 32 31 RH..............56 70 79 85 92 96 20 FT WIND......S 13 S 12 S 10 S 9 S 8 S 7 20 FT WIND GUST.20 15 15 10 10 10 CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 HAINES INDEX....5 5 5 5 5 5 .THURSDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY (55-65 PERCENT). MAX TEMPERATURE.....50. MIN HUMIDITY........52 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 6 TO 15 MPH...BECOMING NORTHWEST IN AFTN. CHANCE OF PCPN......10 PERCENT. LAL.................1. HAINES INDEX........3 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. MIXING HEIGHT.......500-1500 FT AGL INCREASING TO 3000-4500 FT AGL LATE IN THE MORNING. MIXING WINDS........WEST 5 TO 14 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTHWEST 16 TO 21 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. TIME (CST) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............29 30 38 45 49 50 RH..............100 100 76 60 54 52 20 FT WIND......S 6 SW 8 W 9 NW 10 NW 13 NW 15 20 FT WIND GUST.10 10 10 15 20 20 CHC OF PCPN (%).10 10 10 10 10 10 HAINES INDEX....3 3 3 3 3 3 $$ FORECASTER...COCKRELL REQUESTED BY...ANDREW BIVINS TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20100224.HLRAN.01/AMA