FNUS74 KMAF 271146 FWSMAF SPOT FORECAST FOR ROCK HOUSE FIRE...SOUTHERN AREA IMT BLUE TEAM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 646 AM CDT WED APR 27 2011 FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0539 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 75. MIN HUMIDITY........6 PCT. WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 14 TO 20 MPH. HAINES INDEX........4 (LOW). SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR (21000 KNOT-FT) INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (145000 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............43 53 64 69 73 75 RH..............26 18 11 9 7 6 20 FT WIND DIR..W NW NW NW NW NW 20 FT WIND SPD..13 16 19 20 20 19 20 FT WIND GUST.15 20 25 25 25 25 MIX HGT (FT)....BLW100 BLW100 3000 5500 5500 6000 TRANS WIND DIR..W W N W W NW TRANS WIND SPD..10 10 8 20 20 25 VENT CAT........POOR POOR POOR VYGOOD VYGOOD EXCLNT HAINES INDEX....4 4 4 4 4 4 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR. MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 44. MAX HUMIDITY........17 PCT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 6 TO 11 MPH. HAINES INDEX........5 (MODERATE). SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT (105000 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............74 64 56 51 47 44 RH..............6 9 11 13 15 16 20 FT WIND DIR..NW W W SW SW SW 20 FT WIND SPD..16 12 10 8 9 10 20 FT WIND GUST.20 MIX HGT (FT)....5500 5500 BLW100 BLW100 BLW100 BLW100 TRANS WIND DIR..NW NW W SW SW SW TRANS WIND SPD..19 19 8 4 4 6 VENT CAT........VYGOOD VYGOOD POOR POOR POOR POOR HAINES INDEX....4 4 5 5 5 5 .THURSDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 84. MIN HUMIDITY........6 PCT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 6 TO 11 MPH. HAINES INDEX........5 (MODERATE). SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR (13200 KNOT-FT) INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (91900 KNOT-FT) IN THE AFTERNOON. 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............44 56 70 76 81 84 RH..............17 12 8 7 6 6 20 FT WIND DIR..SW SW SW SW SW S 20 FT WIND SPD..11 11 10 9 9 9 20 FT WIND GUST. 10 10 10 MIX HGT (FT)....BLW100 BLW100 2500 7000 7000 9500 TRANS WIND DIR..SW SW W W W W TRANS WIND SPD..8 8 6 10 10 10 VENT CAT........POOR POOR POOR GOOD GOOD GOOD HAINES INDEX....5 5 5 5 5 5 $$ FORECASTER...FAGEN REQUESTED BY...SCOTT HAMLET SITL TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20110427.ROCKH.02/MAF