FNUS74 KMAF 241542 FWSMAF SPOT FORECAST FOR SEGREST FIRE...USFS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 1042 AM CDT SUN JUL 24 2011 FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0856 MDT ON JULY 24. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. THUNDERSTORMS IMPLY GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS AND LIGHTNING DANGER. .DISCUSSION... SCATTERED STORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AS SOUTHEAST WINDS DEVELOP AND HELP TO HOLD MOISTURE IN PLACE. TEMPERATURES IN THE LOWER 80S AND STORMS AROUND IN THE AFTERNOON WILL HELP TO HOLD MIN RH/S UP AS WELL. THE MOIST UNSTABLE ENVIRONMENT WILL KEEP THE HAINES INDICES AROUND A 2 TODAY. CHANCES FOR STORMS WILL SLOWLY DIMINISH THIS EVENING AND WITH ASSOCIATED MOISTURE THE RECOVERY WILL BE GOOD. DRIER AND WARMER MONDAY AS MONSOONAL MOISTURE IS PUSHED FARTHER WESTWARD. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 81-84. MIN HUMIDITY........30-33 PCT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 7 MPH. UPSLOPE TERRAIN DOMINATED WINDS 4-8 MPH BEFORE NOON. HAINES INDEX........2 (VERY LOW). SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR (50000 KNOT-FT) LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. CHANCE OF PRECIP....50 PERCENT. TIME (MDT) 10 AM NOON 4 PM SKY (%).........PCLDY PCLDY MCLDY WEATHER COV..... SCTTRD SCTTRD WEATHER TYPE.... TSTORM TSTORM CHC PCPN (%).... 5 40 50 TEMP............75 79 82 RH..............56 46 33 20 FT WIND DIR..SW SE SE 20 FT WIND SPD..5 5 7 20 FT WIND GUST. MIX HGT (FT)....500 3000 6500 TRANS WIND DIR..W SE SE TRANS WIND SPD..4 6 6 VENT CAT........POOR POOR FAIR HAINES INDEX....2 2 2 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING...THEN ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AFTER MIDNIGHT. MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 61-63. MAX HUMIDITY........75 PCT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 3 TO 6 MPH. HAINES INDEX........2 (VERY LOW). SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (3500 KNOT-FT). CHANCE OF PRECIP....50 PERCENT EARLY DECREASING TO 10 PERCENT BY MIDNIGHT. TIME (MDT) 6 PM 10 PM 2 AM SKY (%).........MCLDY MCLDY PCLDY WEATHER COV.....SCTTRD SCTTRD ISOLTD WEATHER TYPE....TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM CHC PCPN (%)....50 40 10 TEMP............80 71 66 RH..............35 57 68 20 FT WIND DIR..SE SW SW 20 FT WIND SPD..6 5 5 20 FT WIND GUST.10 MIX HGT (FT)....5500 2000 500 TRANS WIND DIR..SE SW SW TRANS WIND SPD..9 7 7 VENT CAT........FAIR POOR POOR HAINES INDEX....2 2 2 .MONDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 82-85. MIN HUMIDITY........25 PCT. WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT SOUTHWEST WINDS...BECOMING SOUTHEAST AROUND NOON 6 TO 10 MPH. HAINES INDEX........3 (VERY LOW). SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD (75000 KNOT-FT) IN THE AFTERNOON. CHANCE OF PRECIP....10 PERCENT. TIME (MDT) 6 AM 10 AM 2 PM SKY (%).........PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY WEATHER COV..... ISOLTD WEATHER TYPE.... TSTORM CHC PCPN (%)....5 5 10 TEMP............63 75 83 RH..............75 49 30 20 FT WIND DIR..SW S SE 20 FT WIND SPD.. 5 6 6 20 FT WIND GUST. MIX HGT (FT)....500 3500 7000 TRANS WIND DIR..W S SE TRANS WIND SPD..3 1 10 VENT CAT........POOR POOR GOOD HAINES INDEX....2 2 3 $$ FORECASTER...MURDOCH REQUESTED BY...ALAMOGORDO DISPATCH TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20110724.SEGRE.01/MAF