FNUS74 KMAF 121700
FWSMAF

SPOT FORECAST FOR PECOS RIVER RX...BLM
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
1100 AM CST FRI MAR 12 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1200 MST ON MARCH 12.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING INTO SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO THROUGH THE AFTERNOON
RESULTING IN WARM CONDITIONS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES. BY 4 PM...
RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL DROP TO AROUND 15 PERCENT. WINDS ARE EXPECTED
TO PICK UP FROM THE NORTHWEST AROUND NOON WITH 20FT WINDS OF 16 TO
19 MPH AND OCCASIONAL GUSTINESS TO 25 MPH. WINDS SHOULD PEAK BETWEEN
2 AND 4 BEFORE SLOWLY DECREASING TO 12 MPH BY 6 PM. NEAR RED FLAG
CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE FROM 2 PM TO 5 PM.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PCT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 66.
MIN HUMIDITY........14 PCT.
WIND (20 FT)........TERRAIN DOMINATED UNDER 5 MPH BECOMING
                    NORTHWEST 11 TO 16 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND
                    AFTERNOON.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR /0-2000 KNOT-FT/ INCREASING TO EXCELLENT
                    /136000-153000 KNOT-FT/ IN THE AFTERNOON.

TIME (MST)      NOON   2 PM   4 PM
SKY (%).........MCLEAR CLEAR  CLEAR
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE
TEMP............58     64     65
RH..............24     17     15
20 FT WIND DIR..NW     NW     NW
20 FT WIND SPD..19     16     16
20 FT WIND GUST.       25     20
MIX HGT (FT)....8500   8500   8500
TRANSP WIND DIR.NW     NW     NW
TRANSP WIND SPD.18     16     16

.TONIGHT...
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR.
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PCT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 27.
MAX HUMIDITY........68 PCT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 7 TO 12 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT /91000 KNOT-FT/ DECREASING TO POOR
                    /0-1000 KNOT-FT/ IN THE LATE EVENING AND
                    OVERNIGHT.

TIME (MST)      6 PM   7 PM   9 PM   11 PM  1 AM   3 AM
SKY (%).........CLEAR  CLEAR  CLEAR  MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
TEMP............64     50     41     37     32     32
RH..............16     25     36     43     54     57
20 FT WIND DIR..NW     NW     NW     NW     NW     NW
20 FT WIND SPD..12     12     12     11     11     9
20 FT WIND GUST.              15                   10
MIX HGT (FT)....7000   7000   500    < 100  < 100  < 100
TRANSP WIND DIR.NW     NW     E      NW     NW     NW
TRANSP WIND SPD.13     13     1      9      9      7

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FORECASTER...JACKSON
REQUESTED BY...JENNIFER WARD
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20100312.PECOS.01/MAF