FNUS74 KMAF 180037 FWSMAF SPOT FORECAST FOR ROCK HOUSE...SOUTHERN AREA IMT BLUE TEAM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 737 PM CDT SUN APR 17 2011 FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1852 CDT ON APRIL 17. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. THUNDERSTORMS IMPLY GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS AND LIGHTNING DANGER. ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT TUESDAY... .DISCUSSION... VERY DRY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TONIGHT...MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT. THE RIDGETOPS WILL REMAIN BREEZY THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT WITH WEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 AND 35 MPH. IN THE CANYONS...WINDS AT NIGHT WILL BE LIGHT AND VARIABLE EARLY AND BECOME DOWNVALLEY AT LESS THAN 10 MPH OVERNIGHT. DURING MONDAY THE CANYON WINDS WILL BE LIGHT AND VARIABLE IN THE MORNING AND BECOME UPVALLEY AT LESS THAN 10 MPH BY AFTERNOON. RH RECOVERY TONIGHT WILL BE POOR. MINIMUM RH/S WILL DROP TO 6 PERCENT BY MID TO LATE MONDAY AFTERNOON. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 50. MAX HUMIDITY........30 PCT. WIND (20 FT)........RIDGETOPS...WINDY. WEST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH. GUSTS TO 35 MPH. CANYONS...DOWNVALLEY LESS THAN 10 MPH. HAINES INDEX........5 (MODERATE). SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT (253000 KNOT-FT) DECREASING TO POOR (7900 KNOT-FT) IN THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. CHANCE OF PRECIP....0 PERCENT. TIME (CDT) 7 PM 11 PM 3 AM SKY (%).........PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE CHC PCPN (%)....0 0 0 TEMP............82 64 56 RH..............7 13 19 20 FT WIND DIR..W W W 20 FT WIND SPD..20 16 23 20 FT WIND GUST.30 25 33 MIX HGT (FT)....11500 BLW100 BLW100 TRANS WIND DIR..W W W TRANS WIND SPD..22 13 15 VENT CAT........EXCLNT POOR POOR HAINES INDEX....5 5 5 .MONDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 80. MIN HUMIDITY........6 PCT. WIND (20 FT)........RIDGETOPS...BREEZY. WEST WINDS 15 TO 20 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. CANYONS...TERRAIN DOMINATED UNDER 5 MPH BECOMING UPVALLEY LESS THAN 10 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. HAINES INDEX........5 (MODERATE). SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR (29000 KNOT-FT) INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (198000 KNOT-FT). CHANCE OF PRECIP....0 PERCENT. TIME (CDT) 7 AM 11 AM 3 PM SKY (%).........PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE CHC PCPN (%)....0 0 0 TEMP............50 68 79 RH..............29 16 10 20 FT WIND DIR..W W W 20 FT WIND SPD..15 15 20 20 FT WIND GUST.25 25 30 MIX HGT (FT)....500 2000 6500 TRANS WIND DIR..W W W TRANS WIND SPD..16 16 19 VENT CAT........POOR POOR VYGOOD HAINES INDEX....5 5 5 .MONDAY NIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR. MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 46. MAX HUMIDITY........38 PCT. WIND (20 FT)........RIDGETOPS...BREEZY. WEST WINDS 15 TO 20 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. HAINES INDEX........5 (MODERATE). SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT (204000 KNOT-FT) DECREASING TO POOR (9700 KNOT-FT) IN THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. CHANCE OF PRECIP....0 PERCENT. TIME (CDT) 7 PM 11 PM 3 AM SKY (%).........MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE CHC PCPN (%)....0 0 0 TEMP............79 60 52 RH..............6 13 21 20 FT WIND DIR..SW W W 20 FT WIND SPD..15 15 20 20 FT WIND GUST.25 25 30 MIX HGT (FT)....8500 BLW100 500 TRANS WIND DIR..W SW W TRANS WIND SPD..24 16 16 VENT CAT........EXCLNT POOR POOR HAINES INDEX....5 5 4 $$ FORECASTER...CICCONE REQUESTED BY...SCOTT HAMLET SITL TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20110417.ROCKH.02/MAF