FNUS74 KMAF 080341 FWSMAF SPOT FORECAST FOR SANDERSON FIRE...TEXAS FOREST SERVICE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 1041 PM CDT THU APR 7 2011 FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 2110 MDT ON APRIL 07. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. THUNDERSTORMS IMPLY GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS AND LIGHTNING DANGER. .DISCUSSION... LIMITED MOISTURE IS MOVING BACK INTO THE LOWER TRANS PECOS WITH DEWPOINTS INCREASING FROM 15 TO 40 IN JUST ONE HOUR. RELATIVE HUMIDITY RECOVERY WILL BE FAIR TO GOOD WITH VALUES INCREASING ABOVE 40 PERCENT AND WINDS SHOULD GENERALLY REMAIN BELOW 10 MPH THE REMAINDER OF THE NIGHT. THE WIND DIRECTION SHOULD GENERALLY BE FROM THE SOUTHEAST THROUGH SOUTHWEST TONIGHT WITH STRONGER WESTERLY WINDS RETURNING AGAIN TOMORROW MORNING. ANOTHER HOT... DRY...AND BREEZY DAY WILL BE IN STORE AGAIN TOMORROW. CLEAR SKIES AND LIGHT WINDS WILL ALLOW FOR A LOW LEVEL INVERSION TONIGHT TRAPPING SMOKE NEAR THE GROUND. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR. MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 58. MAX HUMIDITY........41 PCT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 6 TO 11 MPH SHIFTING TO THE WEST 5 TO 9 MPH TOWARD MORNING. HAINES INDEX........5 (MODERATE). SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT (242000 KNOT-FT) DECREASING TO POOR (0 KNOT-FT) IN THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. CHANCE OF PRECIP....0 PERCENT. TIME (MDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%).........MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR PCLDY WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE CHC PCPN (%)....0 0 0 0 0 0 TEMP............89 78 72 67 63 61 RH..............8 14 24 36 41 39 20 FT WIND DIR..SW S SE S S S 20 FT WIND SPD..19 13 9 9 9 9 20 FT WIND GUST.25 15 10 10 MIX HGT (FT)....11500 11500 BLW100 BLW100 BLW100 BLW100 TRANS WIND DIR..SW SW SE S S S TRANS WIND SPD..21 21 7 6 6 5 VENT CAT........EXCLNT EXCLNT POOR POOR POOR POOR HAINES INDEX....4 4 5 5 5 5 .FRIDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 93. MIN HUMIDITY........8 PCT. WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH EARLY IN THE MORNING BECOMING TERRAIN DOMINATED UNDER 5 MPH...THEN BECOMING SOUTH 18 TO 23 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. HAINES INDEX........4 (LOW). SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR (24500 KNOT-FT) INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (325000 KNOT-FT). CHANCE OF PRECIP....0 PERCENT. TIME (MDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........PCLDY PCLDY MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE CHC PCPN (%)....0 0 0 0 0 0 TEMP............58 62 74 84 89 93 RH..............36 30 18 12 9 8 20 FT WIND DIR..W E SE SW S S 20 FT WIND SPD..9 3 9 18 23 24 20 FT WIND GUST. 5 10 20 30 30 MIX HGT (FT)....BLW100 BLW100 3500 11000 11000 13000 TRANS WIND DIR..W W W SW SW SW TRANS WIND SPD..5 5 8 23 23 25 VENT CAT........POOR POOR POOR EXCLNT EXCLNT EXCLNT HAINES INDEX....4 4 3 3 3 4 $$ FORECASTER...HENNIG REQUESTED BY...ABILENE DISP TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20110407.SANDE.01/MAF