FNUS74 KMAF 161303 FWSMAF SPOT FORECAST FOR CHISOS SURROGATE...NPS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 803 AM CDT SAT OCT 16 2010 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0800 CDT ON OCTOBER 16. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. THUNDERSTORMS IMPLY GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS AND LIGHTNING DANGER. .DISCUSSION... .TODAY... TEMPERATURES ARE STARTING OFF ABOUT 4 DEGREES WARMER FROM THE PREVIOUS 24HRS AND THIS TREND IS EXPECTED INTO THE AFTERNOON WITH HIGHS BRIEFLY NEARING 80. CLOUDS ARE INCREASING THIS MORNING AND A FEW SPRINKLES WILL BE POSSIBLE TODAY. OTHERWISE WIND WILL BE VARIABLE IN DIRECTION DUE CLOUDS AND TERRAIN. RH/S WILL TREND UP OVERNIGHT CLIMBING INTO THE 50% RANGE. A SLIGHTLY BETTER CHANCE OF SHOWERS OR ISOLATED STORMS WILL EXIST SUNDAY WITH LITTLE CHANGE NOTICED IN OTHER ELEMENTS. SKY/WEATHER.........A FEW SPRINKLES. MOSTLY CLOUDY THROUGH THE MORNING. CLOUDS THINNING SOME IN THE AFTERNOON. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 78-80. MIN HUMIDITY........19-22 PCT. WIND (20 FT)........DOWNSLOPE SLOPE WINDS EARLY UNDER 5 MPH. EXPECT VARIABLE WIND DIRECTION/CROSS SLOPE IN THE AFTERNOON 2-4 MPH. HAINES INDEX........3 (VERY LOW). SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (25000 KNOT-FT). TIME (CDT) 8 AM NOON 4 PM SKY (%).........PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY WEATHER COV.....5 5 5 WEATHER TYPE....LGHT SHWRS LGHT SHWRS LGHT SHWRS TEMP............60 70 80 RH..............36 27 19 20 FT WIND DIR..VRB NE NE 20 FT WIND SPD..2 3 3 20 FT WIND GUST. MIX HGT (FT)....BLW100 1000 5000 TRANS WIND DIR..S SE W TRANS WIND SPD..1 2 5 HAINES INDEX....3 3 3 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........INCREASING CLOUDS AND TURNING CLOUDY. MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 56-59. MAX HUMIDITY........50-55 PCT. WIND (20 FT)........TERRAIN DOMINATED/DOWNSLOPE WINDS 3-5 MPH. HAINES INDEX........3 (VERY LOW). SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR. TIME (CDT) 7 PM 11 PM 3 AM SKY (%).........PCLDY MCLDY CLDY WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE TEMP............72 63 59 RH..............26 30 36 20 FT WIND DIR..VRB DS DS 20 FT WIND SPD..3 3 3 20 FT WIND GUST. MIX HGT (FT)....6300 500 500 TRANS WIND DIR..S S S TRANS WIND SPD..2 3 2 HAINES INDEX....3 3 3 .SUNDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. CLOUDY THROUGH THE MORNING THEN PARTLY CLOUDY IN THE AFTERNOON. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 79-81. MIN HUMIDITY........23-26 PCT. WIND (20 FT)........TERRAIN DOMINATED UNDER 5 MPH. HAINES INDEX........3 (VERY LOW). SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR/FAIR (35000 KNOT-FT). TIME (CDT) 7 AM 11 AM 3 PM SKY (%).........MCLDY MCLDY PCLDY WEATHER COV..... 10 10 WEATHER TYPE....NONE SHWRS TSTMS TEMP............59 66 79 RH..............55 33 24 20 FT WIND DIR..DS VRB NE 20 FT WIND SPD..2 3 3 20 FT WIND GUST. MIX HGT (FT)....500 1500 7000 TRANS WIND DIR..E S W TRANS WIND SPD..1 2 5 HAINES INDEX....3 3 3 $$ FORECASTER...MURDOCH REQUESTED BY...JIM KITCHEN TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20101016.CHISO.01/MAF