FNUS74 KMAF 080015 FWSMAF SPOT FORECAST FOR DINNER...USFS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 715 PM CDT SUN AUG 7 2011 FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1647 MDT ON AUGUST 07. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. THUNDERSTORMS IMPLY GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS AND LIGHTNING DANGER. .DISCUSSION... LINGERING LIGHT RAIN SHOWERS REMAIN NEAR THE VICINITY OF THE BURN SITE EARLY THIS EVENING. THERE IS STILL A LOW CHANCE THAT ANOTHER SHOWER OR STORM COULD DEVELOP IN THE VICINITY THROUGH THE REST OF THIS EVENING. ANY STORM THAT DEVELOPS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE SEVERAL CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES... STRONG AND ERRATIC WIND GUSTS...AND BRIEF HEAVY RAIN. OTHERWISE... MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES WILL BECOME PARTLY CLOUDY LATE TONIGHT WITH GOOD RECOVERY EXPECTED. SLIGHTLY WARMER TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED MONDAY. A SLIGHTLY DRIER AIRMASS WILL BRING LOWER AFTERNOON RH VALUES. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE AGAIN MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...THOUGH THE OVERALL CHANCE WILL BE LOWER. WINDS SHOULD BE LIGHT AND TERRAIN DOMINATED THROUGH THE PERIOD...THOUGH WINDS WILL BE ERRATIC AND GUSTY NEAR THUNDERSTORMS AND THEIR ASSOCIATED OUTFLOW. .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 69. MAX HUMIDITY........65 PCT. WIND (20 FT)........TERRAIN DOMINATED AROUND 5 MPH. HAINES INDEX........3 (VERY LOW). SMOKE DISPERSAL.....BECOMING POOR WITH DEVELOPING INVERSION. CHANCE OF PRECIP....30 PERCENT. TIME (MDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%).........MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY WEATHER COV.....SCTTRD SCTTRD SCTTRD ISOLTD ISOLTD ISOLTD WEATHER TYPE....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM CHC PCPN (%)....30 30 30 10 10 10 TEMP............78 78 77 76 73 71 RH..............40 41 43 49 56 60 20 FT WIND DIR..E SE SE SW SW SW 20 FT WIND SPD..3 5 5 5 6 5 20 FT WIND GUST. 10 MIX HGT (FT)....4500 2500 500 500 500 BLW100 TRANS WIND DIR..SE S SW SW SW W TRANS WIND SPD..5 4 3 4 4 6 VENT CAT........POOR POOR POOR POOR POOR POOR HAINES INDEX....3 3 3 3 3 3 .MONDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE IN THE AFTERNOON. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 95. MIN HUMIDITY........17 PCT. WIND (20 FT)........TERRAIN DOMINATED 5 TO 9 MPH. HAINES INDEX........3 (VERY LOW). SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR IN THE MORNING...INCREASING TO GOOD (87500 KNOT-FT) IN THE AFTERNOON. 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..... ISOLTD ISOLTD ISOLTD WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM CHC PCPN (%)....10 10 10 10 10 10 TEMP............69 76 83 91 95 93 RH..............65 49 33 23 17 19 20 FT WIND DIR..SW SW SW SW E E 20 FT WIND SPD..6 7 7 7 8 8 20 FT WIND GUST. 10 10 MIX HGT (FT)....BLW100 BLW100 2500 6000 8000 9000 TRANS WIND DIR..SW SW W NE NE NE TRANS WIND SPD..8 8 4 7 9 9 VENT CAT........POOR POOR POOR FAIR GOOD GOOD HAINES INDEX....3 3 3 3 3 3 $$ FORECASTER...LINDSEY REQUESTED BY...ALAMOGORDO DISPATCH TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20110807.DINNE.01/MAF