FNUS74 KMAF 100505
FWSMAF

SPOT FORECAST FOR HESS HILLS...BLM-CAD
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
1205 AM CDT THU JUN 10 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 2247 MDT ON JUNE 09.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
TERRAIN DOMINATED WINDS EARLY SHOULD BECOME SOUTHEASTERLY BY
MIDNIGHT. LATER WINDS WILL BECOME SOUTHERLY AND SOUTHWESTERLY AND
WILL INCREASE TO 10 TO 15 MPH AFTER SUNRISE. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES
WILL DECREASE AS WINDS BECOME SOUTHWESTERLY AND DRIER AIR MOVES INTO
THE AREA. THE DRYLINE IS EXPECTED TO HOLD EAST OF THE MOUNTAINS
LATER TODAY SHIFTING THE THUNDERSTORMS TO EASTERN EDDY COUNTY AND
LEA COUNTY AND AWAY FROM THE BURN SITE.

.REST OF TONIGHT...
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE LATE EVENING AND EARLY
                    MORNING.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 68.
MAX HUMIDITY........41 PCT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 6 TO 11 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........5 (MODERATE).
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (700 KNOT-FT).

TIME (MDT)      10 PM  MIDNGT 2 AM   4 AM
SKY (%).........PCLDY  PCLDY  PCLDY  PCLDY
WEATHER COV.....ISOLTD
WEATHER TYPE....RNSHWR NONE   NONE   NONE
TEMP............80     77     73     70
RH..............33     39     41     39
20 FT WIND DIR..SE     SE     S      SW
20 FT WIND SPD..4      5      7      8
20 FT WIND GUST.              10
MIX HGT (FT)....500    500    500    BLW100
TRANS WIND DIR..SE     S      S      SW
TRANS WIND SPD..17     10     10     6
HAINES INDEX....5      5      5      5

.THURSDAY...
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 98.
MIN HUMIDITY........12 PCT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 17 TO 22 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........5 (MODERATE).
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (9700 KNOT-FT) INCREASING TO EXCELLENT
                    (210200 KNOT-FT) IN THE AFTERNOON.

TIME (MDT)      6 AM   8 AM   10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM
SKY (%).........PCLDY  PCLDY  PCLDY  PCLDY  PCLDY  PCLDY
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
TEMP............68     74     84     92     96     98
RH..............37     28     20     16     13     12
20 FT WIND DIR..SW     SW     SW     SW     SW     SW
20 FT WIND SPD..10     12     13     15     19     21
20 FT WIND GUST.              15            20     25
MIX HGT (FT)....BLW100 BLW100 1000   16000  16000  16500
TRANS WIND DIR..SW     SW     SW     SW     SW     SW
TRANS WIND SPD..6      6      11     11     11     13
HAINES INDEX....5      5      5      5      5      5

$$

FORECASTER...HENNIG
REQUESTED BY...NM ADC
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20100609.HESSH.01/MAF