FNUS74 KMAF 141452 FWSMAF SPOT FORECAST FOR OWL DRAW...BLM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 852 AM CST MON FEB 14 2011 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1030 MST ON FEBRUARY 14. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... DECREASING NORTHERLY WINDS ARE EXPECTED TODAY BEHIND A WEAK COLD FRONT. THE WINDS WILL SLOWLY VEER TO THE NORTH THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON HOURS. BY SUNSET...THE WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE BECOMING MORE NORTHEASTERLY. EXPECT MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY NEAR 15 PERCENT DURING PEAK HEATING HOURS THIS AFTERNOON. LIGHT TERRAIN DOMINATED WINDS ARE ANTICIPATED DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. BY TOMORROW AFTERNOON...THE WINDS WILL BEGIN TO INCREASE FROM THE WEST TO AROUND 10 TO 15 MPH. LOWER MINIMUM RH VALUES IN THE SINGLE DIGITS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA TOMORROW AFTERNOON. POOR TO FAIR VENT CATS ARE EXPECTED BOTH TODAY AND TOMORROW. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 67. MIN HUMIDITY........15 PCT. WIND (20 FT)........NORTH NORTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH. HAINES INDEX........5 (MODERATE). SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR (35000 KNOT-FT). TIME (MST) 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........PCLDY PCLDY MCLEAR MCLEAR WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............54 61 67 65 RH..............25 21 18 18 20 FT WIND DIR..NW NNW N NNE 20 FT WIND SPD..14 13 11 9 20 FT WIND GUST. MIX HGT (FT)....1000 2300 3000 3200 TRANS WIND DIR..N N N N TRANS WIND SPD..20 16 8 8 VENT CAT........POOR FAIR POOR POOR HAINES INDEX....5 5 5 5 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR. MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 32. MAX HUMIDITY........63 PCT. WIND (20 FT)........NORTH NORTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 8 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING BECOMING TERRAIN DOMINATED UNDER 5 MPH. HAINES INDEX........5 (MODERATE). SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (100 KNOT-FT). TIME (MST) 5 PM 7 PM 9 PM 11 PM 1 AM 3 AM SKY (%).........MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............63 51 46 41 37 35 RH..............19 30 37 44 52 57 20 FT WIND DIR..NNE ENE SSW SSW WSW WNW 20 FT WIND SPD..8 6 4 4 4 4 20 FT WIND GUST. MIX HGT (FT)....2000 1500 500 BLW100 BLW100 BLW100 TRANS WIND DIR..N N N S SSW SW TRANS WIND SPD..7 7 0 2 2 1 VENT CAT........POOR POOR POOR POOR POOR POOR HAINES INDEX....5 5 5 5 5 4 .TUESDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 85. MIN HUMIDITY........8 PCT. WIND (20 FT)........TERRAIN DOMINATED UNDER 5 MPH BECOMING WEST 9 TO 14 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. HAINES INDEX........4 (LOW). SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (7900 KNOT-FT) INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (119000 KNOT-FT) LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. TIME (MST) 5 AM 7 AM 9 AM 11 AM 1 PM 3 PM SKY (%).........MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............33 32 56 72 81 84 RH..............62 61 24 13 9 8 20 FT WIND DIR..WNW WSW W W W W 20 FT WIND SPD..4 4 8 10 12 13 20 FT WIND GUST. 5 18 18 MIX HGT (FT)....BLW100 BLW100 BLW100 1500 1500 8500 TRANS WIND DIR..S S SW W W W TRANS WIND SPD..2 2 4 6 6 14 VENT CAT........POOR POOR POOR POOR POOR VYGOOD HAINES INDEX....4 4 4 4 4 4 $$ FORECASTER...BARNES REQUESTED BY...MATIAS TELLES TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20110214.OWLDR.01/MAF