FNUS74 KMAF 041436 FWSMAF SPOT FORECAST FOR RIVERSIDE...USFS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 936 AM CDT SAT JUN 4 2011 FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0805 MDT ON JUNE 04. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. THUNDERSTORMS IMPLY GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS AND LIGHTNING DANGER. .DISCUSSION... A PERSISTENT WEATHER PATTERN HAS SET IN WITH SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS AND BREEZY SOUTHEAST WINDS IN THE AFTERNOON. ALONG WITH ERRATIC WINDS AND LIGHTNING...THE STORMS COULD ALSO PRODUCE SMALL HAIL. MINIMUM AFTERNOON HUMIDITIES WILL BE AROUND 20 PERCENT TODAY AS HIGH TEMPERATURES REACH NEAR 90. SOUTH WINDS CURRENTLY 5 TO 10 MPH WILL INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON AND GENERALLY BE FROM THE SOUTHEAST AT 15 TO 20 MPH. MAX WIND SPEEDS ALONG THE RIDGE LINES MAY BE CLOSER TO 20 TO 25 MPH WITH WINDS IN THE VALLEYS NEARER TO 15 MPH. WINDS TONIGHT WILL DIMINISH AGAIN TO 5 TO 10 WITH VERY GOOD RECOVERY NEAR 60 PERCENT EXPECTED. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 88. MIN HUMIDITY........20 PCT. WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH EARLY IN THE MORNING BECOMING TERRAIN DOMINATED UNDER 5 MPH...THEN BECOMING SOUTHEAST 9 TO 14 MPH LATE IN THE MORNING. HAINES INDEX........4 (LOW). SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD (30200 KNOT-FT) INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (109000 KNOT-FT) LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. CHANCE OF PRECIP....20 PERCENT. TIME (MDT) 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY WEATHER COV..... CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM CHC PCPN (%)....10 10 30 30 30 TEMP............69 77 84 88 88 RH..............48 41 33 23 21 20 FT WIND DIR..S SE SE SE SE 20 FT WIND SPD..5 7 12 15 17 20 FT WIND GUST. 5 15 MIX HGT (FT)....BLW100 2000 11000 11000 15500 TRANS WIND DIR..W E SE SE SE TRANS WIND SPD..6 2 3 3 7 VENT CAT........POOR POOR POOR POOR VYGOOD HAINES INDEX....4 4 4 4 3 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING. MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 60. MAX HUMIDITY........59 PCT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 6 TO 11 MPH BECOMING TERRAIN DOMINATED UNDER 5 MPH. HAINES INDEX........4 (LOW). SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT (132500 KNOT-FT) DECREASING TO POOR (900 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 (%).........PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY WEATHER COV.....CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE WEATHER TYPE....TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM NONE NONE NONE CHC PCPN (%)....30 30 30 10 10 10 TEMP............87 80 72 68 65 62 RH..............20 26 38 46 52 57 20 FT WIND DIR..SE SE SE S S SW 20 FT WIND SPD..14 12 12 13 11 8 20 FT WIND GUST.15 15 MIX HGT (FT)....13000 13000 500 500 500 BLW100 TRANS WIND DIR..S S SE S S SW TRANS WIND SPD..10 10 9 13 13 7 VENT CAT........VYGOOD VYGOOD POOR POOR POOR POOR HAINES INDEX....3 3 3 4 4 4 .SUNDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 88. MIN HUMIDITY........22 PCT. WIND (20 FT)........TERRAIN DOMINATED UNDER 5 MPH BECOMING SOUTHEAST 11 TO 16 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. HAINES INDEX........3 (VERY LOW). SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT (72500 KNOT-FT). 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 83 87 88 RH..............59 46 35 28 24 23 20 FT WIND DIR..W SW S SE SE SE 20 FT WIND SPD..3 4 9 12 15 16 20 FT WIND GUST.5 5 10 MIX HGT (FT)....BLW100 BLW100 3000 8500 8500 12500 TRANS WIND DIR..W W S SE SE E TRANS WIND SPD..3 3 7 7 7 6 VENT CAT........POOR POOR POOR GOOD GOOD GOOD HAINES INDEX....3 3 3 3 3 3 $$ FORECASTER...HENNIG REQUESTED BY...NM-ADC TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20110604.RIVER.01/MAF