FNUS74 KLUB 052149 FWSLUB FIRE WEATHER PLANNING FORECAST FOR CAPROCK CANYON SP EASTER WILDFIRE...TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE DEP NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 449 PM CDT MON APR 5 2010 FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1553 CDT ON APRIL 05. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING... .DISCUSSION... A DRY SOUTHWESTERLY DOWNSLOPING WINDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL SLOWLY DIMINISH TO 15 TO 20 MPH EARLY THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF TONIGHT. CLEAR SKIES WILL PREVAIL AND NO PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED THROUGH TUESDAY. A RETREATING DRYLINE OVERNIGHT WILL RESULT IN GOOD RELATIVE HUMIDITY RECOVERY TO 80 TO 90 PERCENT BY DAYBREAK TUESDAY. WINDS WILL INCREASE AGAIN TUESDAY FROM THE WEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS AFTER THE INVERSION BREAKS AROUND MID MORNING. BE ADVISED THAT PERHAPS THE MOST CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AND STRONGEST WINDS OF THE WEEK ARE EXPECTED TUESDAY AFTERNOON. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR (5-15 PERCENT). MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 56. MAX HUMIDITY........87 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 17 TO 22 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH DECREASING TO 20 TO 30 MPH OVERNIGHT. CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT. LAL.................1. HAINES INDEX........5 OR MODERATE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. MIXING HEIGHT.......8500-9000 FT AGL DECREASING TO 500-1000 FT AGL. MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST 28 TO 32 MPH. TIME (CDT) 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............90 80 71 67 63 60 RH..............18 29 51 61 72 84 20 FT WIND......S 22 S 21 S 20 S 21 S 20 SW 18 20 FT WIND GUST.35 30 30 30 30 25 CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 HAINES INDEX....5 5 5 5 5 5 .TUESDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (5-15 PERCENT). MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 80. MIN HUMIDITY........12 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........BREEZY. WEST WINDS 15 TO 24 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 35 MPH INCREASING TO AROUND 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 40 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT. LAL.................1. HAINES INDEX........5 OR MODERATE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. MIXING HEIGHT.......500-1500 FT AGL INCREASING TO 10000 FT AGL. MIXING WINDS........WEST 24 TO 31 MPH. TIME (CDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............57 57 65 72 77 80 RH..............86 72 41 25 16 13 20 FT WIND......SW 16 SW 16 SW 18 W 22 W 24 W 25 20 FT WIND GUST.25 25 25 35 35 40 CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 HAINES INDEX....5 5 5 5 2 2 $$ FORECASTER...MCQUEEN REQUESTED BY...JEFF SPARKS TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20100405.CAPRO.03/LUB