FNUS74 KLUB 130400 FWSLUB FIRE WEATHER PLANNING FORECAST FOR COOPER MTN RANCH...TEXAS FOREST SERVICE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 1100 PM CDT TUE APR 12 2011 FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 2130 CDT ON APRIL 12. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING ACROSS THE SOUTH PLAINS...ROLLING PLAINS...AND EXTREME SOUTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE FOR SUSTAINED 20 FOOT LEVEL WINDS OF 20 MPH OR GREATER...RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES OF 15 PERCENT OR LESS...AND AN EXTREME FIRE DANGER... .DISCUSSION... WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE THROUGH THE REST OF TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. SPEEDS WILL RANGE FROM 5 TO 15 MPH AND THE DIRECTION WILL BE OUT OF THE SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST THROUGH THIS TIME PERIOD. OVERNIGHT RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL CLIMB INTO THE 40 TO 50 PERCENT RANGE BY DAYBREAK. WINDS WILL TURN TO THE SOUTHWEST BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON RANGING FROM 15 TO 20 MPH. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL LOWER INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS ON WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AS A RESULT OF VERY WARM TEMPERATURES AND DRY AIR. VERY WARM...DRY AND WINDY CONDITIONS WILL REDEVELOP ON THURSDAY WITH WIND SPEEDS BETWEEN 25 AND 35 MPH AND SINGLE DIGIT RELATIVE HUMIDITIES. .REST OF TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR (10-20 PERCENT). MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 51. MAX HUMIDITY........49 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 8 TO 10 MPH. CWR.................0 PERCENT. LAL.................1. HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. MIXING HEIGHT.......0-100 FT AGL. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 7 TO 8 MPH. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTH WINDS 8 TO 10 MPH. TIME (CDT) 11 PM 1 AM 3 AM 5 AM SKY (%).........11 13 15 16 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............66 62 59 56 RH..............25 31 38 43 20 FT WIND......SE 6 S 7 S 7 S 6 20 FT WIND GUST.10 15 15 10 EYE LEVEL WIND..SE 6 S 7 S 7 S 6 EYE LEVEL WIND..10 15 15 10 HAINES INDEX....4 4 4 4 .WEDNESDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (20-30 PERCENT). MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 91. MIN HUMIDITY........6 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 8 TO 16 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 30 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. CWR.................0 PERCENT. LAL.................1. HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. MIXING HEIGHT.......0-1500 FT AGL INCREASING TO 12800-14300 FT AGL. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 7 TO 15 MPH INCREASING TO 20 TO 26 MPH LATE IN THE MORNING...THEN DECREASING TO 16 TO 25 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTH WINDS 8 TO 16 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST 15 TO 20 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. TIME (CDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........17 19 22 24 26 27 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............55 56 66 77 85 89 RH..............46 46 37 26 17 11 20 FT WIND......S 6 S 10 S 14 SW 13 SW 11 SW 12 20 FT WIND GUST.10 20 30 25 25 25 EYE LEVEL WIND..S 6 S 10 S 14 SW 13 SW 11 SW 12 EYE LEVEL WIND..10 20 30 25 25 25 HAINES INDEX....4 4 4 4 4 4 $$ FORECASTER...VITALE REQUESTED BY...DISPATCHER TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20110412.COOPE.01/LUB