FNUS74 KMAF 221609 FWSMAF SPOT FORECAST FOR NEW...NM ADC NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 1109 AM CDT SAT MAY 22 2010 FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0931 MDT ON MAY 22. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING... .DISCUSSION... CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TODAY. DRY AIR HAS ALREADY MOVED EAST OF THE CAVERNS THUS LONG DURATION LOW RH/S WILL OCCUR TODAY. AS USUAL THE WINDIEST CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR ON EXPOSED RIDGES AND WHERE TOPOGRAPHY AND WIND ALIGN...GUSTS AS HIGH AS 45 MPH WILL POSSIBLE. CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL BE SLOW TO ABATE IN THE EVENING AND RH RECOVERY WILL BE ON THE POOR SIDE. LESS WIND IS EXPECTED SUNDAY BUT IT WILL STILL BE HOT...DRY AND UNSTABLE. BRIEF RED FLAG CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE ON EXPOSED RIDGES SUNDAY AFTERNOON. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 89-91. MIN HUMIDITY........5-7 PCT. WIND (20 FT)........WINDY. ON EXPOSED RIDGES SOUTHWEST WINDS 23 TO 28 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. CANYON BOTTOMS SOUTHWEST 17-22 MPH. HAINES INDEX........6 (HIGH). SMOKE DISPERSAL.....INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (200000 KNOT-FT). TIME (MDT) 9 AM NOON 3 PM SKY (%).........MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE TEMP............80 85 90 RH..............15 9 5 20 FT WIND DIR..SW SW SW 20 FT WIND SPD..15 25 27 20 FT WIND GUST.20 40 45 MIX HGT (FT)....2000 7000 7500 TRANS WIND DIR..W SW SW TRANS WIND SPD..24 25 27 HAINES INDEX....5 5 6 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 58-61. MAX HUMIDITY........30-35 PCT. WIND (20 FT)........WINDY EARLY. DECREASING TO WEST WINDS 15 TO 20 MPH ON RIDGES AFTER 8 PM. CANYON BOTTOMS WEST NEAR 10 MPH. HAINES INDEX........6 (HIGH). SMOKE DISPERSAL.....DECREASING TO POOR IN THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. TIME (MDT) 6 PM 9 PM MIDNGT 3 AM SKY (%).........MCLEAR MCLEAR PCLDY PCLDY WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............90 75 69 64 RH..............6 15 19 27 20 FT WIND DIR..SW W W W 20 FT WIND SPD..27 23 21 18 20 FT WIND GUST.45 30 27 25 MIX HGT (FT)....7500 BLW100 BLW100 BLW100 TRANS WIND DIR..SW W W W TRANS WIND SPD..25 15 22 19 HAINES INDEX....6 6 5 5 .SUNDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 89-90. MIN HUMIDITY........10 PCT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 13 TO 18 MPH. HAINES INDEX........5 (MODERATE). SMOKE DISPERSAL.....INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (150000 KNOT-FT). TIME (MDT) 6 AM 9 AM NOON 3 PM SKY (%).........PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............59 78 85 89 RH..............35 20 11 10 20 FT WIND DIR..W W SW SW 20 FT WIND SPD..15 15 15 18 20 FT WIND GUST.20 20 20 27 MIX HGT (FT)....BLW100 3000 8500 10000 TRANS WIND DIR..W W SW SW TRANS WIND SPD..15 15 20 20 HAINES INDEX....5 4 4 5 $$ FORECASTER...MURDOCH REQUESTED BY...NM ADC TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20100522.NEW__.01/MAF