FNUS74 KMAF 221558 FWSMAF SPOT FORECAST FOR QUEEN RX...USFS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 1058 AM CDT TUE MAR 22 2011 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1100 MDT ON MARCH 22. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING... .DISCUSSION... WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE LATE THIS MORNING...BEFORE PEAKING LATER THIS AFTERNOON. A HIGH WIND WARNING AND A RED FLAG WARNING ARE IN EFFECT FOR THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. EXPECT SW WINDS NEAR 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH AROUND 19-21Z. SPEEDS SHOULD BEGIN TO SLOWLY DECREASE LATE TONIGHT...BUT THERE ARE SOME INDICATIONS THAT THEY WILL REMAIN AT OR ABOVE 30 MPH THROUGH THE LATE EVENING HOURS. DRY AIR WILL REMAIN OVER THE AREA TOMORROW AFTERNOON...WITH MIN RH VALUES DROPPING BELOW 10 PERCENT. THIS...COMBINED WITH 20 FOOT WIND SPEEDS NEAR 20 MPH DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS...WILL RESULT IN NEAR CRITICAL TO CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS FOR TOMORROW AS WELL. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. PATCHY BLOWING DUST IN THE AFTERNOON. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 71. MIN HUMIDITY........12 PCT. WIND (20 FT)........STRONG WINDS. SOUTHWEST WINDS 35 TO 45 MPH. HAINES INDEX........3 (VERY LOW). SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (6000 KNOT-FT) INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (184000 KNOT-FT). TIME (MDT) 11 AM 1 PM 3 PM 5 PM SKY (%).........MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR WEATHER COV..... PATCHY PATCHY PATCHY WEATHER TYPE....NONE BLDUST BLDUST BLDUST TEMP............64 68 70 70 RH..............22 17 14 13 20 FT WIND DIR..SW SW WSW WSW 20 FT WIND SPD..30 38 42 38 20 FT WIND GUST.42 52 60 46 MIX HGT (FT)....2000 4500 4500 4500 TRANS WIND DIR..W W W W TRANS WIND SPD..31 47 40 40 VENT CAT........GOOD EXCLNT EXCLNT EXCLNT HAINES INDEX....3 3 3 3 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR. MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 41. MAX HUMIDITY........32 PCT. WIND (20 FT)........BREEZY. WEST WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH. HAINES INDEX........4 (LOW). SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT (109000 KNOT-FT) DECREASING TO POOR (1000 KNOT-FT) IN THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. TIME (MDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%).........MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............69 59 54 51 48 44 RH..............14 18 21 22 24 29 20 FT WIND DIR..SW SW W W W W 20 FT WIND SPD..33 30 29 25 21 19 20 FT WIND GUST.50 42 39 35 25 25 MIX HGT (FT)....3500 3500 500 500 500 BLW100 TRANS WIND DIR..W W W W W W TRANS WIND SPD..31 31 22 13 13 17 VENT CAT........VYGOOD VYGOOD POOR POOR POOR POOR HAINES INDEX....3 3 4 4 4 4 .WEDNESDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 72. MIN HUMIDITY........7 PCT. WIND (20 FT)........BREEZY. WEST WINDS 20 TO 25 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. HAINES INDEX........4 (LOW). SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT (82200 KNOT-FT). TIME (MDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR CLEAR CLEAR CLEAR WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............42 43 57 66 70 72 RH..............31 29 16 11 9 7 20 FT WIND DIR..W W W W W W 20 FT WIND SPD..14 15 16 18 20 19 20 FT WIND GUST.20 20 22 25 28 26 MIX HGT (FT)....BLW100 BLW100 3000 5000 5000 6000 TRANS WIND DIR..W W W W W W TRANS WIND SPD..14 14 11 15 15 14 VENT CAT........POOR POOR POOR GOOD GOOD GOOD HAINES INDEX....4 4 4 4 4 4 $$ FORECASTER...BARNES REQUESTED BY...ALAMOGORDO DISPATCH TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20110322.QUEEN.01/MAF