FNUS74 KFWD 191300 FWSFWD SPOT FORECAST FOR MAC BIG...NRCS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 700 AM CST WED JAN 19 2011 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 CST ON JANUARY 19. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... HIGH PRESSURE HAS MOVED OFF TO THE EAST AS A STRONG LEE SIDE TROUGH HAS DEVELOPED ACROSS EASTERN COLORADO AND NEW MEXICO. LIGHT SOUTHEAST WINDS AT DAYBREAK WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 20 MPH BY NOON...AND GUSTS OVER 25 MPH ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL DECREASE TO AROUND 10 MPH AFTER SUNSET. A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REGION EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTH AND SPEEDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH. WE WILL SEE A SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN ALONG AND BEHIND THE FRONT AND AS TEMPERATURES DROP BELOW FREEZING...THE RAIN MAY CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN BEFORE ENDING LATE THURSDAY MORNING. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (20-30 PERCENT). MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 64. MIN HUMIDITY........39 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS 6 TO 15 MPH. TIME (CST) 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........23 24 25 27 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............45 57 63 63 RH..............68 45 39 43 20 FT WIND......SE 7 SE 9 SE 11 SE 11 20 FT WIND GUST.10 20 25 25 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (30-40 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80 PERCENT). MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 29. MAX HUMIDITY........100 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 9 TO 16 MPH. TIME (CST) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%).........28 45 63 80 85 90 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............60 56 52 49 46 42 RH..............51 59 71 80 76 79 20 FT WIND......SE 9 SE 7 SE 6 S 7 SW 10 W 12 20 FT WIND GUST.20 10 10 10 20 25 .THURSDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING MOSTLY SUNNY (30-40 PERCENT). MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 33. MIN HUMIDITY........58 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........NORTH WINDS 14 TO 21 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH UNTIL LATE AFTERNOON. TIME (CST) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........95 81 68 55 41 27 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............35 29 27 28 29 29 RH..............89 100 96 78 69 66 20 FT WIND......N 14 N 15 N 16 N 16 N 14 N 12 20 FT WIND GUST.30 30 35 35 30 25 $$ FORECASTER...MOORE REQUESTED BY...ANTONIO L BAEZA TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20110119.MACBI.01/FWD