FNUS74 KMAF 251120 FWSMAF SPOT FORECAST FOR ROCK HOUSE FIRE...SOUTHERN AREA IMT BLUE TEAM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 620 AM CDT MON APR 25 2011 FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0459 MDT ON APRIL 25. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 9 PM CDT TUESDAY... .DISCUSSION... LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND GUSTY WEST WINDS AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL RESULT IN VERY CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ACROSS THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS FROM THIS MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR EXTREMELY CRITICAL HIGH IMPACT FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ON TUESDAY. THE RED FLAG WARNING MAY BE EXTENDED THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT AS CONDITIONS WARRANT. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. PATCHY BLOWING DUST AND BLOWING DUST IN THE AFTERNOON. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 84. MIN HUMIDITY........9 PCT. WIND (20 FT)........WINDY. WEST WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH. HAINES INDEX........4 (LOW). SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (9000 KNOT-FT) INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (237700 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..... PATCHY PATCHY PATCHY WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE BLDUST BLDUST BLDUST CHC PCPN (%)....0 0 0 0 0 0 TEMP............48 57 71 77 81 84 RH..............37 27 17 14 11 9 20 FT WIND DIR..W W W W W W 20 FT WIND SPD..23 27 31 37 38 35 20 FT WIND GUST.30 35 40 50 50 45 MIX HGT (FT)....500 500 4000 6500 6500 7500 TRANS WIND DIR..W W W W W W TRANS WIND SPD..18 18 31 34 34 32 VENT CAT........POOR POOR VYGOOD EXCLNT EXCLNT EXCLNT HAINES INDEX....4 4 3 2 2 3 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR. MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 56. MAX HUMIDITY........29 PCT. WIND (20 FT)........WINDY. SOUTHWEST WINDS 19 TO 24 MPH. HAINES INDEX........4 (LOW). SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT (182000 KNOT-FT) DECREASING TO POOR (9800 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 (%).........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............82 73 65 61 59 57 RH..............9 11 14 17 20 24 20 FT WIND DIR..W W W W SW SW 20 FT WIND SPD..31 26 23 20 20 23 20 FT WIND GUST.40 35 30 25 25 30 MIX HGT (FT)....7000 7000 500 500 500 500 TRANS WIND DIR..W W W W W W TRANS WIND SPD..26 26 13 15 15 19 VENT CAT........EXCLNT EXCLNT POOR POOR POOR POOR HAINES INDEX....4 4 4 4 4 4 .TUESDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY. AREAS OF BLOWING DUST AND BLOWING DUST. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 92. MIN HUMIDITY........5 PCT. WIND (20 FT)........WINDY. WEST WINDS 26 TO 36 MPH. HAINES INDEX........4 (LOW). SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (10000 KNOT-FT) INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (380000 KNOT-FT). CHANCE OF PRECIP....0 PERCENT. TIME (MDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR CLEAR WEATHER COV.....AREAS AREAS AREAS AREAS AREAS AREAS WEATHER TYPE....BLDUST BLDUST BLDUST BLDUST BLDUST BLDUST CHC PCPN (%)....0 0 0 0 0 0 TEMP............56 65 79 85 90 92 RH..............29 22 14 10 7 6 20 FT WIND DIR..SW W W W W W 20 FT WIND SPD..26 30 33 35 36 36 20 FT WIND GUST.35 35 40 45 50 50 MIX HGT (FT)....500 500 2500 6000 6000 9500 TRANS WIND DIR..W W W W W W TRANS WIND SPD..19 19 36 35 35 40 VENT CAT........POOR POOR GOOD EXCLNT EXCLNT EXCLNT HAINES INDEX....4 4 3 3 3 4 $$ FORECASTER...DEBERRY REQUESTED BY...SCOTT HAMLET SITL TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20110425.ROCKH.01/MAF