FNUS74 KMAF 081400 FWSMAF SPOT FORECAST FOR PECOS RIVER RX...BLM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 900 AM CDT WED SEP 8 2010 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1030 MDT ON SEPTEMBER 08. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. THUNDERSTORMS IMPLY GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS AND LIGHTNING DANGER. .DISCUSSION... EXCELLENT OVERNIGHT RH RECOVERY HAS BEEN OBSERVED ACROSS THE BURN SITE AND RH/S WILL REMAIN HIGH THROUGH 1000 LOCAL TIME. LIGHT EAST WINDS WILL GRADUALLY BECOME SOUTH LATE THIS AFTERNOON. A LACK OF TRANSPORT WINDS ALONG WITH LOW MIXING HEIGHTS WILL LIMIT SMOKE DISPERSAL TODAY. OTHERWISE...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON. ANOTHER NIGHT OF EXCELLENT RH RECOVERY IS IN STORE TONIGHT. WARMER TEMPERATURES AND AN INCREASE IN WINDS SHOULD AID IN BETTER SMOKE DISPERSAL ON THURSDAY. ISOLATED AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS REMAIN ARE IN THE FORECAST FOR THURSDAY. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY THIS MORNING...BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY IN THE AFTERNOON WITH ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS. TEMPERATURE.........81 AT IGNITION...MAX 93. RH..................59 PCT AT IGNITION...MIN 32 PCT. WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT EAST WINDS AT IGNITION...BECOMING SOUTH SOUTH 4 TO 8 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. HAINES INDEX........2 (VERY LOW). SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR AT IGNITION. MAX...FAIR /41300 KNOT-FT/. TIME (MDT) 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........MCLDY PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY WEATHER COV..... ISOLTD ISOLTD WEATHER TYPE....NONE TSTMS TSTMS TEMP............79 86 91 93 RH..............54 41 34 31 20 FT WIND DIR..E E SE S 20 FT WIND SPD..3 1 2 7 20 FT WIND GUST.5 MIX HGT (FT)....2500 4000 5000 6500 TRANS WIND DIR..NE NE E SE TRANS WIND SPD..2 1 1 6 HAINES INDEX....2 2 2 2 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. TEMPERATURE.........MIN 67. RH..................MAX 90 PCT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH UNTIL EARLY MORNING BECOMING TERRAIN DOMINATED UNDER 5 MPH. HAINES INDEX........2 (VERY LOW). SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR. TIME (MDT) 6 PM 10 PM 2 AM SKY (%).........PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE TEMP............92 78 72 RH..............31 52 71 20 FT WIND DIR..SE SE SE 20 FT WIND SPD..8 6 5 20 FT WIND GUST. MIX HGT (FT)....6000 1000 500 TRANS WIND DIR..SE SE SE TRANS WIND SPD..5 5 8 HAINES INDEX....2 2 2 .THURSDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. TEMPERATURE.........MAX 97. RH..................MIN 22 PCT. WIND (20 FT)........TERRAIN DOMINATED UNDER 5 MPH BECOMING SOUTHWEST 6 TO 12 MPH. HAINES INDEX........2 (VERY LOW). SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR INCREASING TO GOOD (65300 KNOT-FT) IN THE AFTERNOON. TIME (MDT) 6 AM 10 AM 2 PM SKY (%).........PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY WEATHER COV.....S CHC S CHC S CHC WEATHER TYPE....TSTMS TSTMS TSTMS TEMP............67 81 96 RH..............90 49 27 20 FT WIND DIR..SE SE S 20 FT WIND SPD..3 7 11 20 FT WIND GUST.5 MIX HGT (FT)....500 1500 8500 TRANS WIND DIR..S S SW TRANS WIND SPD..3 4 9 HAINES INDEX....2 2 2 $$ FORECASTER...PLATT REQUESTED BY...JENNIFER WARD TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20100908.PECOS.01/MAF