FNUS74 KMAF 271116 FWSMAF SPOT FORECAST FOR ROCK HOUSE FIRE...SOUTHERN AREA IMT BLUE TEAM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 616 AM CDT WED APR 27 2011 FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0500 MDT ON APRIL 27. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. THUNDERSTORMS IMPLY GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS AND LIGHTNING DANGER. ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING... .DISCUSSION... WINDS WILL BE PREDOMINATELY OUT OF THE NORTHWEST TODAY FOLLOWING A COLD FRONT WHICH PASSED THROUGH THE AREA OVERNIGHT. VERY DRY AIR BEHIND THIS FRONT WILL RESULT IN SINGLE DIGIT AFTERNOON RH DESPITE THE COOLER TEMPERATURES. THIS COMBINATION OF VERY LOW RH AND WIND SPEEDS AROUND 20 MPH WILL PRODUCE RED FLAG CONDITIONS TODAY. RH RECOVERY WILL BE POOR TONIGHT. SINGLE DIGIT RH IS EXPECTED THURSDAY HOWEVER WIND SPEEDS WILL BE LIGHTER. SINGLE DIGIT RH EXPECTED AGAIN FRIDAY...HOWEVER AN APPROACHING UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL STRENGTHEN WIND SPEEDS THUS A FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR FRIDAY. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 79. MIN HUMIDITY........6 PCT. WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 13 TO 18 MPH. HAINES INDEX........4 (LOW). SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD (36800 KNOT-FT) INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (177200 KNOT-FT) IN THE AFTERNOON. CHANCE OF PRECIP....0 PERCENT. TIME (MDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........CLEAR CLEAR CLEAR CLEAR CLEAR CLEAR WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE CHC PCPN (%)....0 0 0 0 0 0 TEMP............47 56 68 73 76 79 RH..............23 16 10 8 7 6 20 FT WIND DIR..W NW NW N NW NW 20 FT WIND SPD..13 16 18 19 19 18 20 FT WIND GUST.15 20 20 25 25 20 MIX HGT (FT)....BLW100 BLW100 3500 6500 6500 7000 TRANS WIND DIR..W W NW W W NW TRANS WIND SPD..10 10 12 22 22 26 VENT CAT........POOR POOR FAIR VYGOOD VYGOOD EXCLNT HAINES INDEX....4 4 4 4 4 4 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR. MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 46. MAX HUMIDITY........17 PCT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 7 TO 12 MPH. HAINES INDEX........5 (MODERATE). SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT (133000 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 (%).........CLEAR CLEAR CLEAR CLEAR CLEAR CLEAR WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE CHC PCPN (%)....0 0 0 0 0 0 TEMP............77 66 58 53 49 46 RH..............6 8 10 12 14 16 20 FT WIND DIR..NW W W SW SW SW 20 FT WIND SPD..15 12 10 9 9 11 20 FT WIND GUST. 10 MIX HGT (FT)....7000 7000 BLW100 BLW100 BLW100 BLW100 TRANS WIND DIR..NW NW W SW SW SW TRANS WIND SPD..19 19 8 5 5 7 VENT CAT........VYGOOD VYGOOD POOR POOR POOR POOR HAINES INDEX....4 4 5 5 5 5 .THURSDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 88. MIN HUMIDITY........5 PCT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 6 TO 11 MPH. HAINES INDEX........5 (MODERATE). SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT (81100 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 PCLDY WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE CHC PCPN (%)....0 0 0 0 0 0 TEMP............46 58 73 80 85 88 RH..............17 11 7 6 5 5 20 FT WIND DIR..SW SW SW SW SW S 20 FT WIND SPD..12 11 10 9 9 8 20 FT WIND GUST. MIX HGT (FT)....BLW100 BLW100 2000 6500 6500 9500 TRANS WIND DIR..SW SW W SW SW SW TRANS WIND SPD..9 9 4 8 8 9 VENT CAT........POOR POOR POOR FAIR FAIR GOOD HAINES INDEX....5 5 5 5 5 5 $$ FORECASTER...FAGEN REQUESTED BY...SCOTT HAMLET SITL TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20110427.ROCKH.01/MAF