FNUS74 KMAF 202310 FWSMAF SPOT FORECAST FOR LOOKOUT FIRE...USFS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 610 PM CDT WED JUL 20 2011 FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1632 MDT ON JULY 20. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. THUNDERSTORMS IMPLY GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS AND LIGHTNING DANGER. .DISCUSSION... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE ONGOING ACROSS THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS THIS AND EVENING. 20 FOOT WINDS ARE CURRENTLY NEAR 10 TO 15 MPH AND WILL BEGIN TO DECREASE TO AROUND 5 TO 10 MPH LATE THIS EVENING. BY TOMORROW MORNING...EXPECT MODERATE RECOVERY. TEMPERATURES WILL CLIMB TO AROUND 90 TOMORROW AFTERNOON... RESULTING IN MIN RH VALUES AROUND 25 PERCENT. WEST WINDS AROUND 10 TO 15 MPH WILL BACK TO THE SOUTHEAST BY NOON...WITH A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ONCE AGAIN. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 68. MAX HUMIDITY........48 PCT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 6 TO 11 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHEAST BY LATE EVENING...THEN TO SOUTHWEST AFTER MIDNIGHT. HAINES INDEX........5 (MODERATE). SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (200 KNOT-FT). CHANCE OF PRECIP....20 PERCENT. TIME (MDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%).........MCLDY MCLDY PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY WEATHER COV.....S CHC S CHC S CHC S CHC S CHC S CHC WEATHER TYPE....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM CHC PCPN (%)....20 20 20 20 20 20 TEMP............84 81 75 73 71 68 RH..............22 27 36 42 44 46 20 FT WIND DIR..S SE SE SE SE SW 20 FT WIND SPD..13 15 12 11 10 11 20 FT WIND GUST. MIX HGT (FT)....13500 13500 500 BLW100 BLW100 BLW100 TRANS WIND DIR..E E SE E E NE TRANS WIND SPD..3 3 7 8 8 7 VENT CAT........FAIR FAIR POOR POOR POOR POOR HAINES INDEX....5 5 4 4 4 4 .THURSDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 88. MIN HUMIDITY........26 PCT. WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 6 TO 11 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHEAST EARLY IN THE MORNING. HAINES INDEX........4 (LOW). SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (7400 KNOT-FT) INCREASING TO GOOD (80700 KNOT-FT) IN THE AFTERNOON. CHANCE OF PRECIP....20 PERCENT. TIME (MDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY WEATHER COV.....S CHC S CHC S CHC S CHC S CHC S CHC WEATHER TYPE....TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR CHC PCPN (%)....20 20 20 20 20 20 TEMP............68 73 80 85 88 88 RH..............48 42 34 29 26 27 20 FT WIND DIR..W S S SE SE SE 20 FT WIND SPD..11 10 10 11 11 11 20 FT WIND GUST. MIX HGT (FT)....500 500 2500 13000 13000 13500 TRANS WIND DIR..W W N E E E TRANS WIND SPD..5 5 3 6 6 6 VENT CAT........POOR POOR POOR GOOD GOOD GOOD HAINES INDEX....4 4 4 3 3 4 $$ FORECASTER...DEBERRY REQUESTED BY...ALAMOGORDO DISPATCH TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20110720.LOOKO.01/MAF