FNUS74 KMAF 031434 FWSMAF SPOT FORECAST FOR MIND FIRE...TFS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 834 AM CST THU MAR 3 2011 FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0633 MST ON MARCH 03. 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 THIS AFTERNOON. IN ADDITION... WINDS WILL BECOME WESTERLY ALONG WITH A FEW AFTERNOON GUSTS NEAR 20 MPH OVER THE BURN AREA. WINDS WILL DECREASE AND BECOME MORE NORTHWESTERLY 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 FRIDAY. NORTHWESTERLY WINDS MAY INCREASE INTO THE 15 TO NEAR 20 MPH RANGE IN THE AFTERNOON. THIS ALONG WITH MINIMUM RH/S NEAR 10% COULD BRING CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS TO THE SITE. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FRIDAY. GUSTY NORTH WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED LATE FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING AS A COLD FRONT MOVES ACROSS THE AREA. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 79. MIN HUMIDITY........8 PCT. WIND (20 FT)........TERRAIN DOMINATED UNDER 5 MPH BECOMING WEST 12 TO 16 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. GUSTS TO AROUND 20 MPH THIS AFTERNOON. HAINES INDEX........5 (MODERATE). CHANCE OF PRECIP....0 PERCENT. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR INCREASING TO VERY GOOD (110000 KNOT-FT) IN THE AFTERNOON. TIME (MST) 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........MCLEAR MCLEAR PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE CHC PCPN (%)....0 0 0 0 0 TEMP............48 62 72 77 78 RH..............21 14 10 9 9 20 FT WIND DIR..NW W W W W 20 FT WIND SPD..3 10 12 14 15 20 FT WIND GUST. 20 20 20 MIX HGT (FT)....500 500 9000 11000 11000 TRANS WIND DIR..NW NW W W W TRANS WIND SPD..4 4 8 10 11 VENT CAT........POOR POOR GOOD VYGOOD VYGOOD HAINES INDEX....5 5 5 5 5 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 41. MAX HUMIDITY........35 PCT. WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 6 TO 11 MPH. HAINES INDEX........5 (MODERATE). CHANCE OF PRECIP....0 PERCENT. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....DECREASING TO POOR IN THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. TIME (MST) 5 PM 9 PM 1 AM SKY (%).........PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE CHC PCPN (%)....0 0 0 TEMP............78 52 47 RH..............9 22 27 20 FT WIND DIR..W W NW 20 FT WIND SPD..17 9 9 20 FT WIND GUST.20 10 10 MIX HGT (FT)....9500 500 500 TRANS WIND DIR..W NW NW TRANS WIND SPD..8 5 3 VENT CAT........GOOD POOR POOR HAINES INDEX....5 5 5 .FRIDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 73. MIN HUMIDITY........11 PCT. WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 20 MPH. HAINES INDEX........5 (MODERATE). CHANCE OF PRECIP....0 PERCENT. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (150000 KNOT-FT). TIME (MST) 5 AM 9 AM 1 PM SKY (%).........PCLDY PCLDY MCLEAR WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE CHC PCPN (%)....0 0 0 TEMP............44 56 70 RH..............36 26 14 20 FT WIND DIR..NW NW W 20 FT WIND SPD..9 10 18 20 FT WIND GUST. 20 MIX HGT (FT)....BLW100 1000 13000 TRANS WIND DIR..NW NW W TRANS WIND SPD..5 9 15 VENT CAT........POOR POOR EXCLNT HAINES INDEX....5 5 5 $$ FORECASTER...PLATT REQUESTED BY...ABILENE DISP TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20110303.MINDF.01/MAF