FNUS74 KLUB 151352 FWSLUB FIRE WEATHER PLANNING FORECAST FOR LOWER CANYONS...TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 752 AM CST SAT JAN 15 2011 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1100 CST ON JANUARY 15. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... AN AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE AT THE SURFACE WILL GRADUALLY SLIDE EAST THROUGH THE DAY. THIS WILL CAUSE WIND DIRECTION TO BE VARIABLE THIS MORNING GRADUALLY BECOMING EAST TO SOUTHEAST BY THIS AFTERNOON. WIND SPEEDS WILL BE BETWEEN 5 TO 10 MPH THROUGH THE DAY. RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL FALL FROM 70 PERCENT THIS MORNING TO AROUND 45 PERCENT AT IGNITION TIME AND DROPPING TO THE MID 20 PERCENT RANGE BY THIS AFTERNOON. SKIES WILL BE MOSTLY SUNNY WITH ONLY A FEW HIGH CLOUDS DRIFTING ACROSS THE REGION. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (10-20 PERCENT). TEMPERATURE.........44 AT IGNITION...MAX 59. RH..................45 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 26 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........WINDS NORTHWEST AT 5 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE WEST WINDS BETWEEN 5-10 MPH EARLY IN THE MORNING...THEN BECOMING EAST BETWEEN 5-10 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. HAINES INDEX........2 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH AT IGNITION...MAX 3. MIXING HEIGHT.......0-1000 FT AGL INCREASING TO 2000 FT AGL AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE 2000-3900 FT AGL LATE IN THE MORNING...THEN INCREASING TO 3400-4500 FT AGL EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON DECREASING TO 1800 FT AGL LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 3 TO 8 MPH SHIFTING TO THE EAST 2 TO 6 MPH LATE IN THE MORNING. TIME (CST) 11 AM 1 PM 3 PM 5 PM SKY (%).........13 19 23 31 WEATHER COV.....NONE NONE NONE NONE WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............44 54 59 55 RH..............45 31 26 30 20 FT WIND......NW 5 N 5 NE 5 E 5 20 FT WIND GUST.5 5 5 HAINES INDEX....2 2 2 2 $$ FORECASTER...JORDAN REQUESTED BY...JEFF SPARKS TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20110115.LOWER.01/LUB