FNUS74 KMAF 070314 FWSMAF SPOT FORECAST FOR SERPENTINE...ALAMOGORDO DISPATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 1014 PM CDT MON JUN 6 2011 FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 2038 MDT ON JUNE 06. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING... .DISCUSSION... CRITICAL FIRE IS EXPECTED TO RETURN TO THE BURN AREA TUESDAY AS WEST WINDS INCREASE TO ABOVE 20 MPH BY AROUND NOON WITH AFTERNOON GUSTS TO AROUND 35 MPH. MIN RH/S WILL BE NOTICEABLY LOWER THAN MONDAY FALLING EASILY INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS. THE ATMOSPHERE WILL BE IN A DRY AND UNSTABLE STATE THUS THE HAINES OF 6. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR TUESDAY AND THIS WILL LIKELY BE UPGRADED TO A RED FLAG WARNING BY EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. .TUESDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 93-98. MIN HUMIDITY........7-9 PCT. WIND (20 FT)........BREEZY. ON EXPOSED RIDGES AND IN FAVORABLY ALIGNED DRAINAGES WINDS INCREASING AFTER 11 AM FROM WEST AT 20 TO 25 MPH. IN PROTECTED CANYON BOTTOMS WIND DIRECTION WILL BE VARIABLE AT TIMES WITH 15 TO 20 MPH. BOTTOM I HAINES INDEX........6 (HIGH). SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (316200 KNOT-FT). CHANCE OF PRECIP....0 PERCENT. TIME (MDT) 6 AM 9 AM NOON 3 PM SKY (%).........MCLEAR MSUNNY MSUNNY MSUNNY WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE CHC PCPN (%)....0 0 0 0 TEMP............65 82 89 96 RH..............40 19 12 7 20 FT WIND DIR..W W W SW 20 FT WIND SPD..6 11 19 23 20 FT WIND GUST. 17 24 35 MIX HGT (FT)....BLW100 5500 12500 14000 TRANS WIND DIR..W W W W TRANS WIND SPD..6 15 20 28 VENT CAT........POOR GOOD EXCLNT EXCLNT HAINES INDEX....5 5 6 6 .TUESDAY NIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 66-69. MAX HUMIDITY........21 PCT ON EXPOSED RIDGES AND MIDSLOPE TO 30 PCT IN CANYON BOTTOMS. WIND (20 FT)........RIDGETOP SOUTHWEST WINDS 11 TO 15 MPH. CANYON WINDS DOWNVALLEY 4 TO 6 MPH HAINES INDEX........5 (MODERATE). SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT (275000 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 (%).........MSUNNY PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE CHC PCPN (%)....0 0 0 0 0 0 TEMP............97 84 82 77 72 70 RH..............8 11 15 20 25 27 20 FT WIND DIR..W W W W W W 20 FT WIND SPD..24 15 12 11 11 10 20 FT WIND GUST.35 25 18 15 MIX HGT (FT)....12500 12500 BLW100 BLW100 BLW100 BLW100 TRANS WIND DIR..W W W W W W TRANS WIND SPD..25 20 17 12 12 11 VENT CAT........EXCLNT EXCLNT POOR POOR POOR POOR HAINES INDEX....5 5 5 5 5 5 $$ FORECASTER...MURDOCH REQUESTED BY...BJ RATLIEF TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20110606.SERPE.03/MAF