FNUS74 KMAF 201254
FWSMAF

SPOT FORECAST FOR YUCCA...ALAMOGORDO DISPATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
754 AM CDT THU MAY 20 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0629 MDT ON MAY 20.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
DRY AND WARM CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL TODAY...HOWEVER WIND SPEEDS WILL
NOT BE AS HIGH AS WEDNESDAY. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL TAKE ON A
SOUTHEASTERLY DIRECTION BY LATE MORNING. MINIMUM RH/S WILL DROP BELOW
10 PERCENT THIS AFTERNOON. RECOVERY WILL BE POOR TONIGHT.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 90.
MIN HUMIDITY........7 PCT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 4 TO 8 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
                    SOUTHEAST 5 TO 7 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
HAINES INDEX........5 (MODERATE).
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT (84400 KNOT-FT).

TIME (MDT)      6 AM         10 AM        2 PM
SKY (%).........CLEAR        CLEAR        CLEAR
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE         NONE         NONE
TEMP............62           71           87
RH..............17           12           8
20 FT WIND DIR..NW           SE           SE
20 FT WIND SPD..7            7            6
20 FT WIND GUST.
MIX HGT (FT)....BLW100       6000         9000
TRANS WIND DIR..N            W            SW
TRANS WIND SPD..9            6            7
HAINES INDEX....5            4            3

.TONIGHT...
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 61.
MAX HUMIDITY........23 PCT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS 4 TO 8 MPH...BECOMING TERRAIN
                    DOMINATED.
HAINES INDEX........5 (MODERATE).
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT (90000 KNOT-FT) DECREASING TO POOR
                    (100 KNOT-FT) IN THE LATE EVENING AND
                    OVERNIGHT.

TIME (MDT)      6 PM         10 PM        2 AM
SKY (%).........CLEAR        CLEAR        MCLEAR
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE         NONE         NONE
TEMP............88           72           66
RH..............7            13           17
20 FT WIND DIR..SE           SE           S
20 FT WIND SPD..6            9            7
20 FT WIND GUST.
MIX HGT (FT)....10000        500          BLW100
TRANS WIND DIR..SW           S            NW
TRANS WIND SPD..9            3            7
HAINES INDEX....5            5            5

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FORECASTER...GUDMESTAD
REQUESTED BY...NM ADC
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20100520.YUCCA.01/MAF