FNUS74 KLUB 061231 FWSLUB FIRE WEATHER PLANNING FORECAST FOR CAPROCK CANYON SP EASTER WILDFIRE...TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE DEP NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 731 AM CDT TUE APR 6 2010 FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0703 CDT ON APRIL 06. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING... ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... .DISCUSSION... NOTE: THE LAT-LON IN THIS MORNINGS SPOT REQUEST APPEARS TO BE INCORRECT. WE USED THE LAT-LON FROM THE MONDAY MORNING SPOT REQUEST WHICH IS... LAT: 34.417063 LON: 101.06923 SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH AT 33 FEET WILL BECOME WESTERLY AROUND 10 AM CDT AND INCREASE TO 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 50 MPH DURING THE AFTERNOON. MOIST AIR IN PLACE THIS MORNING WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AROUND 80 PERCENT WILL QUICKLY BE SCOURED AND DROP BELOW 20 PERCENT AROUND NOON. THERE WILL BE A WIND SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST LATE IN THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING...POSSIBLY AS EARLY AT 4 OR 5 PM. GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE WELL INTO THE EVENING AND THE AIRMASS BEHIND THE FRONT WILL BE VERY DRY...SO THAT EVEN THOUGH TEMPERATURES WILL COOL OFF QUICKLY THIS EVENING THE RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL STAY LOW UNTIL ABOUT 10 PM OR SO. THE WIND WILL STAY OUT OF THE NORTHWEST OVERNIGHT AROUND 10 TO 20 MPH AND THEN PICK UP AGAIN WEDNESDAY MORNING SHORTLY AFTER SUNRISE...AROUND 8 AM. THE WIND SHOULD GRADUALLY SHIFT FROM NORTHWEST TO NORTH DURING THE DAY WEDNESDAY. PLEASE BE ADVISED THAT THE RESOLUTION OF THE WIND SPEED AND DIRECTION FORECASTS WILL NOT FULLY REPRESENT TERRAIN WHERE THERE ARE ABRUPT ELEVATION CHANGES... SUCH AS NEAR CANYONS/ETC WHERE THERE MAY BE SIGNIFICANT LOCAL WIND CHANNELING. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (15-25 PERCENT). PATCHY FOG EARLY IN THE MORNING. PATCHY BLOWING DUST IN THE AFTERNOON. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 83. MIN HUMIDITY........8 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........BREEZY. WEST WINDS 15 TO 24 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 40 MPH INCREASING TO AROUND 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. WIND (EYE LEVEL)....BREEZY. WEST WINDS 15 TO 24 MPH INCREASING TO AROUND 25 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. TIME (CDT) 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%).........23 22 19 17 15 13 12 12 13 14 15 WEATHER COV.....PTY PTY PTY PTY PTY PTY PTY WEATHER TYPE....FOG FOG BDT BDT BDT BDT BDT TEMP............62 63 65 68 71 75 78 79 81 82 82 RH..............80 67 51 38 26 19 14 12 10 9 9 20 FT WIND DIR..SW SW SW W W W W W W W W 20 FT WIND SPD..12 12 13 14 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 20 FT WIND GUST.25 25 25 25 30 35 35 35 40 40 45 EYE LVL WND DIR.SW SW SW W W W W W W W W EYE LVL WND SPD.12 12 13 14 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 EYE LVL WND GST.25 25 25 25 30 35 35 35 40 40 45 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR (15-25 PERCENT). PATCHY BLOWING DUST EARLY IN THE EVENING. MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 41. MAX HUMIDITY........32 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........BREEZY. NORTHWEST WINDS 16 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH DECREASING TO 9 TO 14 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 25 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. WIND (EYE LEVEL)....BREEZY. NORTHWEST WINDS 16 TO 25 MPH DECREASING TO 9 TO 14 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. TIME (CDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%).........16 17 20 23 23 23 WEATHER COV.....PATCHY WEATHER TYPE....BLDUST NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............82 74 63 58 53 49 RH..............8 10 12 14 16 19 20 FT WIND......W 20 NW 18 NW 14 NW 14 NW 11 W 8 20 FT WIND GUST.45 40 25 25 25 15 EYE LEVEL WIND..W 20 NW 18 NW 14 NW 14 NW 11 W 8 EYE LEVEL WIND..45 40 25 25 25 15 .WEDNESDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (35-45 PERCENT). MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 62. MIN HUMIDITY........19 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 17 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 30 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTH 21 TO 24 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 40 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. WIND (EYE LEVEL)....NORTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 17 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTH 21 TO 24 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. TIME (CDT) 6 AM 10 AM 2 PM SKY (%).........23 39 53 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE TEMP............46 48 59 RH..............24 32 28 20 FT WIND......NW 8G15 N 16G35 N 18G40 EYE LEVEL WIND..NW 8G15 N 16G35 N 18G40 $$ FORECASTER...SKWIRA/CONDER REQUESTED BY...JEFF SPARKS TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20100406.CAPRO.01/LUB