FNUS74 KAMA 271227 AAA FWSAMA SPOT FORECAST FOR HALLS CREEK HEAD FIRE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 627 AM CST THU JAN 27 2011 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0800 CST ON JANUARY 27. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... A SURFACE TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE ACROSS THE PANHANDLES TODAY. WINDS WILL REMAIN OUT OF THE WEST AND NORTHWEST TODAY...WITH SPEEDS GENERALLY BETWEEN 10 AND 15 MPH. AFTERNOON MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL FALL BETWEEN 10 AND 20 PERCENT. LITTLE IN THE WAY OF CLOUD COVER ALONG WITH NO PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TODAY AT THE BURN SITE. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (0-10 PERCENT). TEMPERATURE.........24 AT IGNITION...MAX 68. RH..................84 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 10 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........WINDS WEST AT 10 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE WEST WINDS 7 TO 14 MPH. CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT. LAL.................1. HAINES INDEX........5 OR MODERATE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. MIXING HEIGHT.......0 FT AGL AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE 0-1500 FT AGL INCREASING TO 3000-4500 FT AGL LATE IN THE MORNING...THEN INCREASING TO 6000-7500 FT AGL EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON INCREASING TO 8500 FT AGL LATE IN THE AFTERNOON DECREASING TO 6500 FT AGL DECREASING TO 4000 FT AGL LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. MIXING WINDS........NORTHWEST 8 TO 17 MPH INCREASING TO 12 TO 21 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. TIME (CST) 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%).........MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TEMP............24 31 40 49 56 62 66 68 68 65 RH..............84 67 42 29 21 16 12 10 10 12 20 FT WIND DIR..W W W W W W W NW W W 20 FT WIND SPD..10 10 12 13 14 14 14 14 10 7 20 FT WIND GUST.15 15 15 20 20 20 20 20 15 10 CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 HAINES INDEX....5 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR (0-10 PERCENT). TEMPERATURE.........MIN 29. RH..................MAX 48 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 5 TO 8 MPH. CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT. LAL.................1. HAINES INDEX........3 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. MIXING HEIGHT.......1000-2000 FT AGL DECREASING TO 0 FT AGL IN THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. MIXING WINDS........NORTHWEST 6 TO 8 MPH. TIME (CST) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM SKY (%).........MCR MCR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TEMP............58 51 47 44 42 40 38 36 35 33 32 31 RH..............16 21 25 29 32 35 38 41 42 45 45 46 20 FT WIND DIR..W W NW NW NW W W W W W W W 20 FT WIND SPD..5 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 7 7 8 8 20 FT WIND GUST. 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 HAINES INDEX....3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 .FRIDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (0-5 PERCENT). TEMPERATURE.........MAX 73. RH..................MIN 9 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 8 TO 12 MPH. CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT. LAL.................1. HAINES INDEX........3 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. MIXING HEIGHT.......0 FT AGL INCREASING TO 2000-3500 FT AGL LATE IN THE MORNING...THEN INCREASING TO 5500-7000 FT AGL EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON INCREASING TO 8000 FT AGL LATE IN THE AFTERNOON DECREASING TO 5500 FT AGL DECREASING TO 3000 FT AGL LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. MIXING WINDS........WEST 7 TO 16 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST 12 TO 21 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. TIME (CST) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........CLEAR CLEAR CLEAR CLEAR CLEAR CLEAR WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............30 30 46 62 71 72 RH..............46 48 26 15 10 9 20 FT WIND......W 9 W 8 W 8 W 9 SW 10 SW 10 20 FT WIND GUST.10 10 10 10 15 15 CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 HAINES INDEX....3 3 3 3 3 3 $$ FORECASTER...BEAL REQUESTED BY...ANDREW BIVINS TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20110127.HALLS.01/AMA