FNUS74 KMAF 231206 FWSMAF SPOT FORECAST FOR ROCK HOUSE FIRE...SOUTHERN AREA IMT BLUE TEAM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 706 AM CDT SAT APR 23 2011 FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0542 MDT ON APRIL 23. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... .DISCUSSION... CLOUDY SKIES THIS MORNING AND GENERALLY WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 5 TO 10 MPH WILL GIVE WAY TO MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES THIS AFTERNOON AND SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH. WINDS WILL DROP OFF AFTER SUNSET AND BECOME TERRAIN DOMINATED. RECOVERY TONIGHT WILL BE POOR AS A COLD FRONT STAYS NORTH OF THE WILDFIRE. TEMPERATURES WILL COOL TO AROUND 50. SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE AGAIN SUNDAY...BUT COULD EXCEED 20 MPH FOR SEVERAL HOURS ALONG WITH A FEW GUSTS AROUND 35 MPH. RH'S WILL DROP TO AROUND 10 PERCENT SUNDAY AFTERNOON. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR JEFF DAVIS COUNTY SUNDAY. MONDAY AND TUESDAY WILL BE WINDIER THAN SUNDAY...AND CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED BOTH DAYS ACROSS JEFF DAVIS COUNTY. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 85. MIN HUMIDITY........5 PCT. WIND (20 FT)........WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS 6 TO 11 MPH BECOMING SOUTHWEST 14 TO 18 MPH BY THIS AFTERNOON WITH GUSTS AROUND 25 MPH. HAINES INDEX........5 (MODERATE). SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT (61800 KNOT-FT) INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (168000 KNOT-FT) LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. CHANCE OF PRECIP....0 PERCENT. TIME (MDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE CHC PCPN (%)....0 0 0 0 0 0 TEMP............50 55 69 76 82 84 RH..............25 20 18 12 10 8 20 FT WIND DIR..W NW NW W SW SW 20 FT WIND SPD..4 7 10 12 15 18 20 FT WIND GUST. 17 20 22 25 MIX HGT (FT)....BLW100 BLW100 3000 6500 6500 10500 TRANS WIND DIR..W W W W W W TRANS WIND SPD..15 15 15 10 10 16 VENT CAT........POOR POOR FAIR GOOD GOOD EXCLNT HAINES INDEX....5 5 5 5 5 4 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 49. MAX HUMIDITY........28 PCT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 7 TO 12 MPH BECOMING LIGHT TERRAIN DOMINATED. HAINES INDEX........5 (MODERATE). SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT (170000 KNOT-FT) DECREASING TO POOR (0 KNOT-FT) IN THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. CHANCE OF PRECIP....10 PERCENT. TIME (MDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%).........PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE CHC PCPN (%)....10 10 10 10 10 10 TEMP............85 70 61 56 54 52 RH..............5 14 21 24 24 29 20 FT WIND DIR..SW SW W W W W 20 FT WIND SPD..16 12 7 4 4 4 20 FT WIND GUST.25 MIX HGT (FT)....10000 10000 BLW100 BLW100 BLW100 BLW100 TRANS WIND DIR..W W SW W W W TRANS WIND SPD..17 17 8 6 6 10 VENT CAT........EXCLNT EXCLNT POOR POOR POOR POOR HAINES INDEX....5 5 5 5 5 5 .SUNDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 80. MIN HUMIDITY........11 PCT. WIND (20 FT)........BREEZY. LIGHT TERRAIN DOMINATED BECOMING SOUTHWEST WINDS 18 TO 23 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS BY AFTERNOON. HAINES INDEX........4 (LOW). SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (0 KNOT-FT) INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (288000 KNOT-FT). CHANCE OF PRECIP....0 PERCENT. TIME (MDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE CHC PCPN (%)....0 0 0 0 0 0 TEMP............50 56 67 73 77 79 RH..............38 36 24 16 13 12 20 FT WIND DIR..SW W W W SW SW 20 FT WIND SPD..5 10 13 16 17 23 20 FT WIND GUST. 20 25 30 MIX HGT (FT)....BLW100 BLW100 4000 9000 9000 12000 TRANS WIND DIR..SW SW W SW SW SW TRANS WIND SPD..7 7 14 18 18 24 VENT CAT........POOR POOR FAIR EXCLNT EXCLNT EXCLNT HAINES INDEX....4 4 4 4 4 4 $$ FORECASTER...LYSTER REQUESTED BY...SCOTT HAMLET SITL TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20110423.ROCKH.01/MAF