FNUS74 KMAF 091259 FWSMAF SPOT FORECAST FOR PECOS RIVER RX...BLM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 759 AM CDT MON AUG 9 2010 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0900 MDT ON AUGUST 09. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. THUNDERSTORMS IMPLY GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS AND LIGHTNING DANGER. .DISCUSSION... SCATTERED SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED THIS MORNING WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON. LIGHT AND VARIABLE WINDS WILL BECOME SOUTHEAST THIS AFTERNOON AND INCREASE TO 7 TO 12 MPH. MINIMUM LATE AFTERNOON RH/S WILL DROP TO NEAR 22 PERCENT WITH GOOD SMOKE DISPERSAL. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING AND BECOME ISOLATED AFTER MIDNIGHT. WINDS WILL BECOME LIGHT AND VARIABLE AGAIN AFTER MIDNIGHT WITH GOOD RH RECOVERY. THERE WILL BE A SLIGHT CHANCE OF STORMS AGAIN BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON WITH MINIMUM RH/S DROPPING TO NEAR 22 PERCENT AGAIN. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. MAX TEMPERATURE.....96 TO 100. MIN HUMIDITY........22 PCT. WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT AND VARIABLE WIND BECOMING SOUTHEAST 7 TO 12 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. HAINES INDEX........3 (VERY LOW). SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD (47400 KNOT-FT). TIME (MDT) 9 AM 1 PM 5 PM SKY (%).........MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY WEATHER COV.....CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE WEATHER TYPE....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR TEMP............78 92 98 RH..............50 34 25 20 FT WIND DIR..N SE SE 20 FT WIND SPD..5 6 10 20 FT WIND GUST. 19 MIX HGT (FT)....2500 8000 10000 TRANS WIND DIR..N S S TRANS WIND SPD..2 4 5 HAINES INDEX....3 3 3 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING...THEN ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AFTER MIDNIGHT. MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 72. MAX HUMIDITY........71 PCT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS 6 TO 11 MPH. HAINES INDEX........3 (VERY LOW). SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT (67000 KNOT-FT) DECREASING TO POOR (3200 KNOT-FT) IN THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. TIME (MDT) 6 PM 10 PM 2 AM SKY (%).........MCLDY MCLDY PCLDY WEATHER COV.....CHANCE CHANCE ISOLTD WEATHER TYPE....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR TEMP............100 83 77 RH..............23 41 55 20 FT WIND DIR..SE SE SE 20 FT WIND SPD..10 7 5 20 FT WIND GUST.20 MIX HGT (FT)....9500 500 500 TRANS WIND DIR..S SE SE TRANS WIND SPD..7 5 7 HAINES INDEX....3 3 3 .TUESDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 100. MIN HUMIDITY........22 PCT. WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT AND VARIABLE WIND IN THE MORNING BECOMING SOUTHEAST WINDS 7 TO 12 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. HAINES INDEX........3 (VERY LOW). SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT (67700 KNOT-FT). TIME (MDT) 6 AM 10 AM 2 PM SKY (%).........PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY WEATHER COV..... S CHC WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE RNSHWR TEMP............72 84 96 RH..............71 43 26 20 FT WIND DIR..VRB SE SE 20 FT WIND SPD..2 5 8 20 FT WIND GUST.10 15 MIX HGT (FT)....500 2000 9500 TRANS WIND DIR..SE SE E TRANS WIND SPD..5 6 6 HAINES INDEX....3 3 3 $$ FORECASTER...CICCONE REQUESTED BY...JENNIFER WARD TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20100809.PECOS.01/MAF