FNUS74 KMAF 021851 FWSMAF SPOT FORECAST FOR MIND...TFS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 1251 PM CST WED MAR 2 2011 FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1119 MST ON MARCH 02. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING... .DISCUSSION... VERY DRY CONDITIONS ALONG WITH ABOVE NORMAL CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON. THE DRY AND WARM WEATHER WILL DROP MINIMUM AFTERNOON HUMIDITIES DOWN INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS ALONG WITH WESTERLY WINDS. WINDS WILL DECREASE AND BECOME TERRAIN DOMINATED THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT... HOWEVER A MODERATE HAINES INDEX WILL REMAIN INTACT. OVERNIGHT RH RECOVERY WILL REMAIN ONLY FAIR. ANOTHER DAY OF DRY AND WARM CONDITIONS IS ANTICIPATED ON THURSDAY. WESTERLY WINDS WILL ALSO BE ON THE INCREASE AND GUSTY CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED DURING THE AFTERNOON. CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS REMAIN POSSIBLE FRIDAY AND A FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 80. MIN HUMIDITY........7 PCT. WIND (20 FT)........WEST 6 TO 12 MPH. HAINES INDEX........5 (MODERATE). SMOKE DISPERSAL.....VERY GOOD (110000 KNOT-FT) IN THE AFTERNOON. CHANCE OF PRECIP....0 PERCENT. TIME (MST) 1 PM 3 PM SKY (%).........CLEAR CLEAR WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE CHC PCPN (%)....0 0 TEMP............73 79 RH..............10 8 20 FT WIND DIR..W W 20 FT WIND SPD..7 11 20 FT WIND GUST.11 16 MIX HGT (FT)....7500 9500 TRANS WIND DIR..W W TRANS WIND SPD..10 12 VENT CAT........GOOD VYGOOD HAINES INDEX....5 5 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR. MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 38. MAX HUMIDITY........35 PCT. WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 6 TO 11 MPH BECOMING TERRAIN DOMINATED UNDER 5 MPH. HAINES INDEX........5 (MODERATE). SMOKE DISPERSAL.....VERY GOOD (88000 KNOT-FT) DECREASING TO POOR (0 KNOT-FT) IN THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. CHANCE OF PRECIP....0 PERCENT. TIME (MST) 5 PM 7 PM 9 PM 11 PM 1 AM 3 AM SKY (%).........CLEAR CLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE CHC PCPN (%)....0 0 0 0 0 0 TEMP............75 59 49 44 43 41 RH..............8 15 22 28 29 32 20 FT WIND DIR..W W W NW NW NW 20 FT WIND SPD..12 9 6 6 5 5 20 FT WIND GUST. MIX HGT (FT)....8000 8000 BLW100 BLW100 BLW100 BLW100 TRANS WIND DIR..W W W NW NW NW TRANS WIND SPD..11 11 4 4 4 4 VENT CAT........GOOD GOOD POOR POOR POOR POOR HAINES INDEX....5 5 5 5 5 4 .THURSDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 78. MIN HUMIDITY........11 PCT. WIND (20 FT)........TERRAIN DOMINATED UNDER 5 MPH BECOMING WEST 12 TO 16 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. HAINES INDEX........5 (MODERATE). SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (1800 KNOT-FT) INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (>150000 KNOT-FT) IN THE AFTERNOON. CHANCE OF PRECIP....0 PERCENT. TIME (MST) 5 AM 9 AM 1 PM SKY (%).........PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE CHC PCPN (%)....0 0 0 TEMP............40 55 74 RH..............34 23 13 20 FT WIND DIR..NW W W 20 FT WIND SPD..3 9 13 20 FT WIND GUST. 20 MIX HGT (FT)....BLW100 500 8000 TRANS WIND DIR..NW NW W TRANS WIND SPD..3 3 13 VENT CAT........POOR POOR VYGOOD HAINES INDEX....5 5 5 $$ FORECASTER...PLATT REQUESTED BY...ABILENE DISP TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20110302.MIND_.01/MAF