FNUS74 KMAF 162147 FWSMAF SPOT FORECAST FOR BATAN RANCH FIRE...TFS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 447 PM CDT WED JUN 16 2010 FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1456 MDT ON JUNE 16. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. THUNDERSTORMS IMPLY GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS AND LIGHTNING DANGER. .DISCUSSION... ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE...MAINLY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. WINDS WILL BE GUSTY AND ERRATIC NEAR ANY STORM THAT DEVELOPS. OTHERWISE...GUSTY SOUTHEAST WINDS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WILL GRADUALLY BECOME LIGHT AND TERRAIN DOMINATED LATE TONIGHT. WINDS WILL BECOME SOUTHEASTERLY AGAIN THURSDAY AFTERNOON...WITH PERHAPS SLIGHTLY LIGHTER SPEEDS. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE AGAIN THURSDAY AFTERNOON. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 58. MAX HUMIDITY........75 PCT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS 9 TO 14 MPH WITH A FEW GUSTS 15 TO 20 MPH LATE THIS AFTERNOON...BECOMING TERRAIN DOMINATED UNDER 5 MPH LATER THIS EVENING. WINDS WILL BE GUSTY AND ERRATIC NEAR THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP. HAINES INDEX........4 (LOW). SMOKE DISPERSAL.....VERY GOOD LATE THIS AFTERNOON /100000 KNOT-FT/ THEN BECOMING POOR LATER TONIGHT WITH DEVELOPING INVERSION. CHANCE OF PCPN......20 PERCENT. LAL.................2 TIME (MDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%).........PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY WEATHER COV.....S CHC S CHC S CHC ISOLTD ISOLTD ISOLTD WEATHER TYPE....TSTRM TSTRM TSTRM TSTRM TSTRM TSTRM CHC OF PCPN (%).20 20 20 20 20 20 LAL............. 2 2 2 2 2 2 TEMP............86 84 75 71 68 65 RH..............28 33 43 53 60 68 20 FT WIND DIR..SE SE SE SE SE E 20 FT WIND SPD..13 13 11 8 4 4 20 FT WIND GUST.17 18 16 MIX HGT (FT)....10000 10000 3000 1000 500 500 TRANS WIND DIR..SE SE SE SE SE SE TRANS WIND SPD..10 9 21 18 18 9 HAINES INDEX....3 3 4 4 4 3 .THURSDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 91. MIN HUMIDITY........26 PCT. WIND (20 FT)........TERRAIN DOMINATED UNDER 5 MPH BECOMING SOUTHEAST 7 TO 11 MPH...WITH A FEW GUSTS AROUND 15 MPH. HAINES INDEX........3 (VERY LOW). SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR IN THE MORNING...BECOMING GOOD (80000 KNOT-FT) IN THE AFTERNOON. CHANCE OF PCPN......20 PERCENT. LAL.................1 IN THE MORNING...2 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..... S CHC S CHC S CHC WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE TSTRM TSTRM TSTRM CHC OF PCPN (%).10 10 10 10 20 20 LAL............. 1 1 1 1 2 2 TEMP............58 65 71 80 85 89 RH..............75 56 42 33 27 26 20 FT WIND DIR..E SE SE SE SE SE 20 FT WIND SPD..3 5 7 8 11 11 20 FT WIND GUST.5 15 15 MIX HGT (FT)....500 500 1000 2500 3500 5000 TRANS WIND DIR..SE SE S S SE SE TRANS WIND SPD..5 5 7 10 15 16 HAINES INDEX....3 3 3 3 3 3 $$ FORECASTER...LINDSEY REQUESTED BY...MARY LEATHERS TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20100616.BATAN.03/MAF