FNUS74 KMAF 181347 FWSMAF SPOT FORECAST FOR YUCCA...NPS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 847 AM CDT TUE MAY 18 2010 FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0715 MDT ON MAY 18. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... A DRYLINE WILL DEVELOP TODAY AND MOVE TO THE EASTERN NEW MEXICO/WEST TEXAS BORDER BY THIS AFTERNOON. BEHIND THIS LINE...AFTERNOON RH/S WILL DROP BELOW 15 PERCENT ACROSS THE WESTERN PORTIONS OF NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 115. ALONG WITH THE LOW RH/S...WINDS WILL APPROACH AND LOCALLY EXCEED 20 MPH AT TIMES...RESULTING IN ISOLATED LOCAL RED FLAG CONDITIONS. RH RECOVERY TONIGHT WILL BE MODERATE. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 89. MIN HUMIDITY........13 PCT. WIND (20 FT)........BREEZY. SOUTHWEST WINDS 19 TO 24 MPH. HAINES INDEX........4 (LOW). SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD (31900 KNOT-FT) INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (265000 KNOT-FT). TIME (MDT) 7 AM 9 AM 11 AM 1 PM 3 PM 5 PM SKY (%).........CLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR PCLDY PCLDY WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............60 71 79 85 88 88 RH..............94 62 36 22 15 13 20 FT WIND DIR..E S S SW SW SW 20 FT WIND SPD..9 9 10 16 23 25 20 FT WIND GUST.10 10 20 30 30 MIX HGT (FT)....500 3000 3000 10000 11500 11500 TRANS WIND DIR..SW W W SW SW SW TRANS WIND SPD..5 12 12 18 23 23 HAINES INDEX....3 3 3 3 4 4 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 59. MAX HUMIDITY........40 PCT. WIND (20 FT)........BREEZY. WEST WINDS 11 TO 16 MPH. HAINES INDEX........5 (MODERATE). SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT (288000 KNOT-FT) DECREASING TO POOR (0 KNOT-FT) IN THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. TIME (MDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%).........PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............87 78 72 67 64 62 RH..............13 19 29 40 38 33 20 FT WIND DIR..SW SW SW SW SW W 20 FT WIND SPD..25 19 16 12 13 16 20 FT WIND GUST.30 25 20 15 20 MIX HGT (FT)....12000 12000 BLW100 BLW100 BLW100 BLW100 TRANS WIND DIR..SW SW SW SW SW SW TRANS WIND SPD..24 24 14 9 9 10 HAINES INDEX....5 5 5 4 4 4 .WEDNESDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 89. MIN HUMIDITY........11 PCT. WIND (20 FT)........WINDY. WEST WINDS 21 TO 31 MPH. HAINES INDEX........4 (LOW). SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (0 KNOT-FT) INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (313000 KNOT-FT). TIME (MDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........PCLDY PCLDY MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............59 65 75 82 88 89 RH..............29 24 18 14 12 11 20 FT WIND DIR..W W W W W W 20 FT WIND SPD..18 19 20 23 26 31 20 FT WIND GUST.20 25 25 30 35 40 MIX HGT (FT)....BLW100 BLW100 6500 9000 9000 12500 TRANS WIND DIR..W W W W W W TRANS WIND SPD..14 14 24 24 24 25 HAINES INDEX....4 4 4 4 4 4 $$ FORECASTER...DEBERRY REQUESTED BY...CHRISTIE LAPAZ TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20100518.YUCCA.01/MAF