FNUS74 KMAF 081239 FWSMAF SPOT FORECAST FOR DINNER COMPLEX...USFS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 739 AM CDT MON AUG 8 2011 FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0614 MDT ON AUGUST 08. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. THUNDERSTORMS IMPLY GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS AND LIGHTNING DANGER. .DISCUSSION... EXPECT THE 20 FOOT WINDS TO SLOWLY INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON TO AROUND 10 MPH...FIRST FROM THE SOUTHWEST AND THEN FROM THE ESE. MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL DROP TO AROUND 22 PERCENT DURING PEAK HEATING. THUNDERSTORMS WILL AGAIN BE POSSIBLE LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE LIGHT WIND GUSTS WILL DECREASE SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. SIMILAR CONDITIONS ARE ANTICIPATED FOR TUESDAY...ALTHOUGH THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL LIKELY DECREASE. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 97. MIN HUMIDITY........22 PCT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 4 TO 8 MPH SHIFTING TO THE EAST 7 TO 12 MPH EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON. HAINES INDEX........4 (LOW). SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD (54600 KNOT-FT). 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 WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM CHC PCPN (%)....10 10 10 20 20 20 TEMP............64 71 81 90 96 97 RH..............77 62 46 32 24 22 20 FT WIND DIR..S SW SW SW ESE ESE 20 FT WIND SPD..5 6 6 7 7 9 20 FT WIND GUST. 11 11 12 12 13 MIX HGT (FT)....500 500 1500 9000 9000 12000 TRANS WIND DIR..W W WSW NW NW NNE TRANS WIND SPD..6 6 5 2 2 5 VENT CAT........POOR POOR POOR POOR POOR GOOD HAINES INDEX....4 4 4 4 4 3 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING. MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 71. MAX HUMIDITY........54 PCT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 7 TO 12 MPH. HAINES INDEX........4 (LOW). SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD (52000 KNOT-FT) DECREASING TO POOR (7500 KNOT-FT) IN THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. CHANCE OF PRECIP....20 PERCENT. TIME (MDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%).........PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY WEATHER COV.....S CHC S CHC S CHC WEATHER TYPE....TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM NONE NONE NONE CHC PCPN (%)....20 20 20 10 10 10 TEMP............95 89 83 79 76 74 RH..............23 30 39 47 51 52 20 FT WIND DIR..ESE ESE ESE E SE SE 20 FT WIND SPD..5 7 6 3 4 4 20 FT WIND GUST.11 14 13 10 MIX HGT (FT)....13000 13000 500 500 500 500 TRANS WIND DIR..NE NE SE SW SW W TRANS WIND SPD..4 4 3 7 7 16 VENT CAT........FAIR FAIR POOR POOR POOR POOR HAINES INDEX....4 4 4 4 4 4 .TUESDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 95. MIN HUMIDITY........18 PCT. WIND (20 FT)........EAST WINDS 12 TO 17 MPH. HAINES INDEX........4 (LOW). SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (5300 KNOT-FT) INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (127200 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 (%)....0 0 0 10 10 10 TEMP............71 77 84 90 94 95 RH..............54 42 32 24 20 19 20 FT WIND DIR..SW SW S ENE ESE ESE 20 FT WIND SPD..3 4 7 13 14 14 20 FT WIND GUST.9 10 11 18 18 20 MIX HGT (FT)....BLW100 BLW100 1500 13500 13500 14000 TRANS WIND DIR..SW SW NW SE SE SE TRANS WIND SPD..10 10 4 10 10 9 VENT CAT........POOR POOR POOR VYGOOD VYGOOD VYGOOD HAINES INDEX....4 4 4 4 4 4 $$ FORECASTER...BARNES REQUESTED BY...MATT BARONE TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20110808.DINNE.01/MAF