FNUS74 KMAF 082227 FWSMAF SPOT FORECAST FOR CROOKED CREEK COMPLEX...BLM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 527 PM CDT SUN MAY 8 2011 FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1609 MDT ON MAY 08. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT TUESDAY... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING... .DISCUSSION... SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL REMAIN GUSTY THROUGHOUT THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON... DECREASE SOMEWHAT OVERNIGHT...THEN INCREASE AGAIN BY MID-MORNING MONDAY. THESE STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE WITH VERY LOW AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITIES TO GENERATE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON AND AGAIN ON MONDAY. POOR RH RECOVERY AND MODERATE HAINES INDICES WILL HELP MAINTAIN EFFICIENT BURNING CONDITIONS OVERNIGHT INTO MONDAY. .REST OF TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 89. MIN HUMIDITY........2 PCT. WIND (20 FT)........BREEZY. SOUTHWEST WINDS 17 TO 22 MPH. HAINES INDEX........5 (MODERATE). SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT (377000 KNOT-FT). CHANCE OF PRECIP....0 PERCENT. TIME (MDT) 4 PM SKY (%).........MCLEAR WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE CHC PCPN (%)....0 TEMP............87 RH..............2 20 FT WIND DIR..SW 20 FT WIND SPD..19 20 FT WIND GUST.40 MIX HGT (FT)....13000 TRANS WIND DIR..W TRANS WIND SPD..29 VENT CAT........EXCLNT HAINES INDEX....5 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR. MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 57. MAX HUMIDITY........20 PCT. WIND (20 FT)........WINDY. SOUTHWEST WINDS 21 TO 31 MPH DECREASING TO 11 TO 16 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. HAINES INDEX........5 (MODERATE). SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT (300000 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 (%).........MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE CHC PCPN (%)....0 0 0 0 0 0 TEMP............88 80 71 67 63 59 RH..............2 3 5 6 10 16 20 FT WIND DIR..SW SW SW W W SW 20 FT WIND SPD..33 35 30 21 18 16 20 FT WIND GUST.45 45 40 25 20 20 MIX HGT (FT)....10000 10000 BLW100 BLW100 BLW100 BLW100 TRANS WIND DIR..W W SW W W SW TRANS WIND SPD..30 30 27 18 18 13 VENT CAT........EXCLNT EXCLNT POOR POOR POOR POOR HAINES INDEX....5 5 5 5 5 5 .MONDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 84. MIN HUMIDITY........6 PCT. WIND (20 FT)........VERY WINDY. SOUTHWEST WINDS 32 TO 42 MPH. HAINES INDEX........5 (MODERATE). SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (11000 KNOT-FT) INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (410000 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 MCLEAR WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE CHC PCPN (%)....0 0 0 0 0 0 TEMP............57 64 73 79 81 83 RH..............20 14 9 6 6 7 20 FT WIND DIR..SW SW SW SW SW SW 20 FT WIND SPD..16 20 31 37 41 42 20 FT WIND GUST.20 25 40 55 60 60 MIX HGT (FT)....500 500 3500 8000 8000 10000 TRANS WIND DIR..W W W SW SW SW TRANS WIND SPD..21 21 37 43 43 41 VENT CAT........POOR POOR VYGOOD EXCLNT EXCLNT EXCLNT HAINES INDEX....5 5 5 5 5 5 $$ FORECASTER...DEBERRY REQUESTED BY...NM-ADC DIV B TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20110508.CROOK.03/MAF