FNUS74 KMAF 201321 FWSMAF SPOT FORECAST FOR HATCHETT...USFS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 821 AM CDT SUN JUN 20 2010 FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0643 MDT ON JUNE 20. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. THUNDERSTORMS IMPLY GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS AND LIGHTNING DANGER. .DISCUSSION... CURRENT OBSERVED WINDS SHOULD BECOME SOUTHWEST TO WESTERLY SHORTLY AND INCREASE TO 10 TO 20 MPH SUSTAINED BY THIS AFTERNOON WITH A FEW HIGHER GUSTS TO NEAR 25 MPH. SCATTERED HIGH CLOUDS THIS MORNING WITH MORE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING THIS AFTERNOON. ANY STORMS THAT DEVELOP WILL HAVE SLOW MOVEMENT AND MAY PROVIDE WETTING RAINS BEFORE DISSIPATING. MINIMUM AFTERNOON HUMIDITIES WILL DROP INTO THE MID 20S WITH EXCELLENT RECOVERY TONIGHT. TOMORROW WILL SEE DRIER CONDITIONS WITH SIMILAR WINDS. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 87. MIN HUMIDITY........32 PCT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 14 TO 19 MPH. HAINES INDEX........3 (VERY LOW). SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD (44400 KNOT-FT) INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (95000 KNOT-FT) LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. CHANCE OF PCPN......20 PERCENT. TIME (MDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY MCLDY WEATHER COV..... S CHC S CHC S CHC WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE TSTMS TSTMS TSTMS CHC OF PCPN (%).10 10 10 20 20 20 TEMP............66 68 77 82 85 87 RH..............48 44 41 36 31 25 20 FT WIND DIR..W SW SW SW SW SW 20 FT WIND SPD..12 13 13 13 17 19 20 FT WIND GUST. 15 15 15 20 25 MIX HGT (FT)....500 500 3500 12000 12000 13500 TRANS WIND DIR..SW SW SW SW SW S TRANS WIND SPD..4 4 6 4 4 7 HAINES INDEX....3 3 3 3 3 3 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 61. MAX HUMIDITY........65 PCT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 14 TO 19 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTH 10 TO 15 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING...THEN SHIFTING TO THE WEST 8 TO 13 MPH TOWARD MORNING. HAINES INDEX........3 (VERY LOW). SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT (135000 KNOT-FT) DECREASING TO POOR (800 KNOT-FT) IN THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. CHANCE OF PCPN......10 PERCENT. TIME (MDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%).........MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY PCLDY WEATHER COV.....ISOLTD ISOLTD ISOLTD WEATHER TYPE....TSTMS TSTMS TSTMS NONE NONE NONE CHC OF PCPN (%).10 10 10 10 10 10 TEMP............85 81 75 71 65 62 RH..............28 33 42 52 58 63 20 FT WIND DIR..SW E NE NE N N 20 FT WIND SPD..19 17 15 13 15 15 20 FT WIND GUST.25 20 15 MIX HGT (FT)....13500 13500 1000 500 500 BLW100 TRANS WIND DIR..S S SE SE SE N TRANS WIND SPD..10 10 15 9 9 11 HAINES INDEX....3 3 3 3 3 3 .MONDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 89. MIN HUMIDITY........20 PCT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 11 TO 16 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHEAST LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. HAINES INDEX........4 (LOW). SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT (76100 KNOT-FT). CHANCE OF PCPN......10 PERCENT. TIME (MDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY WEATHER COV..... ISOLTD ISOLTD ISOLTD WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR CHC OF PCPN (%).10 10 10 10 10 10 TEMP............61 68 76 83 88 88 RH..............65 50 36 28 22 21 20 FT WIND DIR..W SW SW SW SW S 20 FT WIND SPD..13 15 15 13 15 16 20 FT WIND GUST.15 15 20 MIX HGT (FT)....BLW100 BLW100 3500 13500 13500 15500 TRANS WIND DIR..W W SW S S S TRANS WIND SPD..10 10 8 5 5 5 HAINES INDEX....3 3 3 3 3 4 $$ FORECASTER...HENNIG REQUESTED BY...SHAEFFER TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20100620.HATCH.01/MAF