FNUS74 KMAF 050220 FWSMAF SPOT FORECAST FOR LAST CHANCE...NM ADC NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 920 PM CDT WED MAY 4 2011 FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1955 MDT ON MAY 04. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... THE 20 FOOT WINDS WILL GENERALLY REMAIN TERRAIN DOMINATED THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS...AROUND 5 TO 10 MPH FROM THE SOUTHWEST. RECOVERY TOMORROW MORNING WILL BE POOR. A COLD FRONT WILL RESULT IN WIND SHIFT FROM THE NORTH AND NORTHEAST TOMORROW MORNING NEAR OR JUST AFTER SUNRISE. THE WINDS WILL THEN INCREASE DURING THE LATE MORNING HOURS...WITH GUSTS NEAR 30 MPH FROM THE NORTHEAST. EXPECT A SLOW DECREASE IN WIND SPEEDS AFTER LUNCHTIME. COOLER TEMPERATURES ASSOCIATED WITH THE FRONT SHOULD KEEP RH VALUES FROM DROPPING BELOW 15 PERCENT THURSDAY AFTERNOON. REST OF TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 54. MAX HUMIDITY........24 PCT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 4 TO 9 MPH. HAINES INDEX........6 (HIGH). SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT (155000 KNOT-FT) DECREASING TO POOR (100 KNOT-FT) IN THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. CHANCE OF PRECIP....0 PERCENT. TIME (MDT) 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%).........PCLDY MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE CHC PCPN (%)....0 0 0 0 0 TEMP............70 64 62 59 56 RH..............22 24 25 26 30 20 FT WIND DIR..SSW SSW SW SW W 20 FT WIND SPD..6 6 8 5 6 20 FT WIND GUST. MIX HGT (FT)....9500 BLW100 BLW100 BLW100 BLW100 TRANS WIND DIR..W S SW SW NW TRANS WIND SPD..16 13 6 6 4 VENT CAT........EXCLNT POOR POOR POOR POOR HAINES INDEX....5 5 6 6 6 .THURSDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. MAX TEMPERATURE.....75-80. MIN HUMIDITY........17 PCT. WIND (20 FT)........NORTH WINDS 20 TO 25 MPH. HAINES INDEX........6 (HIGH). SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD (53100 KNOT-FT). CHANCE OF PRECIP....0 PERCENT. TIME (MDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........MCLEAR MCLEAR PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY MCLEAR WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE CHC PCPN (%)....0 0 0 0 0 0 TEMP............54 60 67 72 76 77 RH..............22 22 22 22 20 18 20 FT WIND DIR..NNW N NNE NE NE ENE 20 FT WIND SPD..11 17 24 21 20 18 20 FT WIND GUST.15 20 30 28 27 25 MIX HGT (FT)....BLW100 BLW100 1500 3000 3000 5000 TRANS WIND DIR..NE NE N NE NE NE TRANS WIND SPD..8 8 26 19 19 10 VENT CAT........POOR POOR FAIR GOOD GOOD FAIR HAINES INDEX....5 5 6 5 5 5 $$ FORECASTER...BARNES REQUESTED BY...NM ADC TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20110504.LASTC.01/MAF