FNUS74 KLUB 271354 FWSLUB FIRE WEATHER PLANNING FORECAST FOR ENOCH S POND...USFWS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 854 AM CDT THU MAY 27 2010 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1200 CDT ON MAY 27. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... AN UPPER LEVEL HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN HIGH PLAINS WILL HOLD THROUGH FRIDAY. LIGHT UPSLOPE COMPONENT DAYTIME WINDS WITH SLIGHT TURN TO DOWNSLOPE COMPONENT AT NIGHT. VERY SPOTTY THUNDERSHOWERS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON FROM ABOUT 1500 UNTIL 2100...WITH A BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOUR OVER A SMALL AREA POSSIBLE. TEMPERATURES WARMING TO SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL. NO EXTREMES IN RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES THROUGH FRIDAY. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY (45-55 PERCENT). ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. TEMPERATURE.........77 AT IGNITION...MAX 86. MIN HUMIDITY........48 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 34 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........WINDS SOUTH AT 9 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE SOUTHEAST WINDS 6 TO 13 MPH. CWR.................10 PERCENT INCREASING TO 20 PERCENT IN THE AFTERNOON. HAINES INDEX........3 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH AT IGNITION...MAX 3. MIXING HEIGHT.......300-1300 FT AGL INCREASING TO 10200-11100 FT AGL. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 12 TO 16 MPH. TIME (CDT) NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........49 50 51 WEATHER COV..... ISOLTD ISOLTD WEATHER TYPE....NONE RNSHWR RNSHWR TEMP............77 82 85 RH..............48 40 35 20 FT WIND......S 7 S 7 SE 8 20 FT WIND GUST.10 10 15 HAINES INDEX....3 3 2 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (50-60 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY (40-50 PERCENT). ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING. MIN TEMPERATURE.....61. MAX HUMIDITY........74 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 6 TO 13 MPH. CWR.................20 PERCENT DECREASING TO 10 PERCENT AFTER MIDNIGHT. HAINES INDEX........2 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. MIXING HEIGHT.......9900-10800 FT AGL DECREASING TO 100-1100 FT AGL. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST 13 TO 20 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTH 6 TO 9 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. TIME (CDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%).........53 52 49 46 45 43 WEATHER COV.....ISOLTD ISOLTD ISOLTD ISOLTD WEATHER TYPE....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR NONE NONE TEMP............84 81 74 71 68 65 RH..............34 38 48 53 59 68 20 FT WIND......SE 9 SE 9 S 8 SW 6 SW 5 SW 5 20 FT WIND GUST.20 20 15 10 10 10 HAINES INDEX....2 2 2 2 2 2 .FRIDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (35-45 PERCENT). MAX TEMPERATURE.....88. MIN HUMIDITY........28 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 12 MPH. CWR.................10 PERCENT. HAINES INDEX........2 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. MIXING HEIGHT.......0-1100 FT AGL INCREASING TO 11200-11800 FT AGL. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST 6 TO 12 MPH. TIME (CDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........41 41 41 40 40 39 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............64 65 72 79 84 87 RH..............73 66 51 39 32 29 20 FT WIND......S 5 S 5 S 6 S 6 S 7 SE 8 20 FT WIND GUST. 10 10 10 15 15 HAINES INDEX....2 2 2 2 2 2 $$ FORECASTER...MCQUEEN REQUESTED BY...ROB WOOD TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20100527.ENOCH.01/LUB