FNUS74 KMAF 210201 FWSMAF SPOT FORECAST FOR DARK CANYON...BLM-CAD NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 901 PM CDT SUN JUN 20 2010 FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1938 MDT ON JUNE 20. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. THUNDERSTORMS IMPLY GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS AND LIGHTNING DANGER. .DISCUSSION... CLOUDS WILL DECREASE OVER THE FIRE OVERNIGHT WITH WINDS GRADUALLY BECOMING DOWN CANYON AROUND 5 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. RH RECOVERY TO NEAR 70 PERCENT IS EXPECTED. AFTER SUNRISE...WINDS WILL VEER TO UPSLOPE/UPCANYON IN THE MORNING AND TO THE SOUTH IN THE AFTERNOON. BUILDUPS OVER THE MOUNTAINS ARE EXPECTED IN THE EARLY AFTERNOON WITH ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE AFTER 2 PM MDT. RH VALUES WILL BOTTOM OUT TO NEAR 20 PERCENT IN THE AFTERNOON WITH WINDS INCREASING TO 10 TO 15 MPH. .REST OF TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........DECREASING CLOUDS. MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 70. MAX HUMIDITY........70 PCT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS 6 TO 11 MPH BECOMING DOWN CANYON AROUND 5 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. HAINES INDEX........5 (MODERATE). SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT (158000 KNOT-FT) DECREASING TO POOR (3200 KNOT-FT). CHANCE OF PCPN......10 PERCENT. TIME (MDT) 7 PM 9 PM 11 PM 1 AM 3 AM 5 AM SKY (%).........MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY PCLDY MCLEAR MCLEAR WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE CHC OF PCPN (%).10 10 10 10 10 10 TEMP............90 87 83 79 76 73 RH..............38 39 46 54 62 66 20 FT WIND DIR..SE SE SE SE NW NW 20 FT WIND SPD..8 8 6 4 5 4 20 FT WIND GUST.11 5 MIX HGT (FT)....10500 2500 2500 500 500 500 TRANS WIND DIR..S S S SE NW NW TRANS WIND SPD..15 23 23 4 5 4 HAINES INDEX....3 4 4 5 4 4 .MONDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 96. MIN HUMIDITY........22 PCT. WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT AND VARIABLE WINDS EARLY IN THE MORNING BECOMING UPCANYON 6 TO 10 MPH LATE IN THE MORNING... THEN BECOMING SOUTH 9 TO 14 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. HAINES INDEX........3 (VERY LOW). SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR (13400 KNOT-FT) INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (104200 KNOT-FT) IN THE AFTERNOON. CHANCE OF PCPN......10 PERCENT. TIME (MDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY WEATHER COV..... ISOLTD ISOLTD ISOLTD WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 10 10 10 TEMP............72 77 85 91 95 96 RH..............69 60 48 36 26 22 20 FT WIND DIR..NW E E SE S S 20 FT WIND SPD..3 6 9 11 11 13 20 FT WIND GUST. 12 14 14 16 MIX HGT (FT)....500 500 2500 11000 11000 12000 TRANS WIND DIR..NW E E S SW S TRANS WIND SPD..3 6 10 13 14 16 HAINES INDEX....3 3 3 3 3 3 $$ FORECASTER...CURRAN REQUESTED BY...NM-ADC TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20100620.DARKC.01/MAF