FNUS74 KMAF 162253
FWSMAF

SPOT FORECAST FOR LOOP...NPS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
553 PM CDT THU JUN 16 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1621 MDT ON JUNE 16.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE.

THUNDERSTORMS IMPLY GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS AND LIGHTNING DANGER.

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING...
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
FRIDAY EVENING...

.DISCUSSION...

RH RECOVERY WILL BE POOR OVERNIGHT...WITH CRITICAL RH/S FOR MOST
OF THE NEXT 24 HOURS.  20 FOOT WESTERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE
FRIDAY AND BECOME GUSTY AS AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH PASSES TO THE
NORTH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 76.
MAX HUMIDITY........17 PCT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 11 TO 16 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........6 (HIGH).
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT (348000 KNOT-FT) DECREASING TO POOR
                    (7100 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 (%).........CLEAR  CLEAR  CLEAR  MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
CHC PCPN (%)....0      0      0      0      0      0
TEMP............99     94     87     85     82     79
RH..............6      6      8      9      12     16
20 FT WIND DIR..SW     W      W      SW     W      W
20 FT WIND SPD..12     10     9      9      10     8
20 FT WIND GUST.15     11
MIX HGT (FT)....14500  14500  500    BLW100 BLW100 500
TRANS WIND DIR..W      W      W      SW     SW     W
TRANS WIND SPD..24     24     11     16     16     16
VENT CAT........EXCLNT EXCLNT POOR   POOR   POOR   POOR
HAINES INDEX....6      6      5      5      5      5

.FRIDAY...
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 101.
MIN HUMIDITY........5 PCT.
WIND (20 FT)........BREEZY. WEST WINDS 20 TO 25 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........5 (MODERATE).
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (0 KNOT-FT) INCREASING TO EXCELLENT
                    (315000 KNOT-FT).
CHANCE OF PRECIP....0 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 (%)....0      0      0      0      0      0
TEMP............76     83     91     98     100    101
RH..............17     11     7      6      5      5
20 FT WIND DIR..W      W      W      W      W      W
20 FT WIND SPD..10     19     24     26     26     25
20 FT WIND GUST.       25     30     30     30     30
MIX HGT (FT)....BLW100 BLW100 5500   10500  10500  15000
TRANS WIND DIR..W      W      W      W      W      W
TRANS WIND SPD..7      7      24     23     23     21
VENT CAT........POOR   POOR   VYGOOD EXCLNT EXCLNT EXCLNT
HAINES INDEX....5      5      5      5      5      5

$$

FORECASTER...DEBERRY
REQUESTED BY...NM-ADC
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20110616.LOOP_.01/MAF