FNUS74 KMAF 031732 FWSMAF SPOT FORECAST FOR RIVERSIDE...USFS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 1232 PM CDT FRI JUN 3 2011 FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1108 MDT ON JUNE 03. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. THUNDERSTORMS IMPLY GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS AND LIGHTNING DANGER. .DISCUSSION... SOUTH WINDS AND LOW RH/S WILL BRING ISOLATED/ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON...WITH 20 FOOT WINDS SPEEDS OF 8-13 MPH VALLEYS AND 17-21 MPH RIDGETOPS. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED...AND LIGHTNING STRIKES AND GUSTY WINDS WILL BE THE MAIN CONCERN WITH ANY THAT DO DEVELOP. RAIN CHANCES WILL DECREASE SATURDAY...AND ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE. .REST OF TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 90. MIN HUMIDITY........10 PCT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH. HAINES INDEX........5 (MODERATE). SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR (55000 KNOT-FT) INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (227500 KNOT-FT) IN THE AFTERNOON. CHANCE OF PRECIP....20 PERCENT. TIME (MDT) 11 AM 1 PM 3 PM 5 PM SKY (%).........PCLDY PCLDY MCLDY MCLDY WEATHER COV.....S CHC S CHC S CHC S CHC WEATHER TYPE....TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM CHC PCPN (%)....20 20 20 20 TEMP............85 87 90 90 RH..............26 13 11 10 20 FT WIND DIR..S S S S 20 FT WIND SPD..5 15 15 15 20 FT WIND GUST.9 MIX HGT (FT)....5000 18000 16000 16000 TRANS WIND DIR..SW SW SW SW TRANS WIND SPD..11 14 14 14 VENT CAT........FAIR EXCLNT EXCLNT EXCLNT HAINES INDEX....5 5 5 5 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 60. MAX HUMIDITY........54 PCT. WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 6 TO 11 MPH. HAINES INDEX........6 (HIGH). SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT (233000 KNOT-FT) DECREASING TO POOR (0 KNOT-FT) IN THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. CHANCE OF PRECIP....20 PERCENT. TIME (MDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%).........MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY WEATHER COV.....S CHC S CHC S CHC ISOLTD ISOLTD ISOLTD WEATHER TYPE....TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM CHC PCPN (%)....20 20 20 10 10 10 TEMP............88 81 73 69 65 62 RH..............11 14 19 23 31 43 20 FT WIND DIR..S SW SW W W W 20 FT WIND SPD..13 12 11 10 9 9 20 FT WIND GUST.15 10 MIX HGT (FT)....15500 15500 BLW100 BLW100 BLW100 BLW100 TRANS WIND DIR..SW SW SW W W W TRANS WIND SPD..15 15 9 7 7 6 VENT CAT........EXCLNT EXCLNT POOR POOR POOR POOR HAINES INDEX....6 6 6 6 6 6 .SATURDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 88. MIN HUMIDITY........19 PCT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 7 TO 12 MPH. HAINES INDEX........5 (MODERATE). SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (31800 KNOT-FT) INCREASING TO GOOD (99000 KNOT-FT) LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. CHANCE OF PRECIP....10 PERCENT. TIME (MDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE CHC PCPN (%)....10 10 10 10 10 10 TEMP............60 68 76 82 87 88 RH..............54 42 31 24 21 19 20 FT WIND DIR..W W W SW S S 20 FT WIND SPD..9 9 9 9 10 11 20 FT WIND GUST. 10 MIX HGT (FT)....BLW100 BLW100 2000 12000 12000 16500 TRANS WIND DIR..W W N S S SE TRANS WIND SPD..5 5 1 3 3 6 VENT CAT........POOR POOR POOR POOR POOR GOOD HAINES INDEX....5 5 5 5 5 4 $$ FORECASTER...DEBERRY REQUESTED BY...NM-ADC TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20110603.RIVER.01/MAF