FNUS74 KMAF 091413 FWSMAF SPOT FORECAST FOR BATON ROUGE...NMADC NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 913 AM CDT TUE AUG 9 2011 FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0757 MDT ON AUGUST 09. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. THUNDERSTORMS IMPLY GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS AND LIGHTNING DANGER. .DISCUSSION... ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TODAY MAINLY DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. WITH AFTERNOON RH FALLING TO NEAR 15 PERCENT A FEW DRY LIGHTNING STRIKES ARE POSSIBLE. IT WILL BE VERY HOT AND WITH THE DRIER AIR GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS WILL ALSO BE FAVORED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS. OUTSIDE OF THUNDERSTORMS...WIND SPEEDS SHOULD REMAIN BELOW 20 MPH. A MODERATE HAINES INDEX IS EXPECTED TODAY. OVERNIGHT RH RECOVERY SHOULD BE FAIR IN THE 40 TO 50 PERCENT RANGE. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MAINLY IN THE AFTERNOON. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 96. MIN HUMIDITY........14 PCT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 8 TO 13 MPH. HAINES INDEX........5 (MODERATE). CHANCE OF PRECIP....20 PERCENT. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR (20400 KNOT-FT) INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (116000 KNOT-FT) LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. TIME (MDT) 7 AM 10 AM 1 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY MCLDY WEATHER COV..... ISOLTD ISOLTD ISOLTD WEATHER TYPE.... TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM CHC PCPN (%)....0 10 20 20 TEMP............69 84 95 96 RH..............31 20 14 16 20 FT WIND DIR..W NE E S 20 FT WIND SPD..12 11 12 13 20 FT WIND GUST. 15 MIX HGT (FT)....BLW100 2000 5500 14500 TRANS WIND DIR..W N SE S TRANS WIND SPD..9 5 4 8 VENT CAT........POOR POOR POOR VYGOOD HAINES INDEX....5 5 4 4 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ENDING BY MIDNIGHT. MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 72. MAX HUMIDITY........43 PCT. WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 6 TO 11 MPH. HAINES INDEX........4 (LOW). CHANCE OF PRECIP....10 PERCENT. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT (98000 KNOT-FT) DECREASING TO POOR (0 KNOT-FT) IN THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. TIME (MDT) 6 PM 9 PM MIDNGT 3 AM SKY (%).........MCLDY PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY WEATHER COV.....ISOLTD ISOLTD WEATHER TYPE....TSTORM TSTORM NONE NONE CHC PCPN (%)....10 10 0 0 TEMP............93 84 78 74 RH..............18 26 34 39 20 FT WIND DIR..SW SW SW SW 20 FT WIND SPD..13 11 9 11 20 FT WIND GUST.15 10 MIX HGT (FT)....6500 BLW100 BLW100 BLW100 TRANS WIND DIR..SW SW SW SW TRANS WIND SPD..15 8 6 8 VENT CAT........GOOD POOR POOR POOR HAINES INDEX....4 4 4 4 .WEDNESDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 94. MIN HUMIDITY........20 PCT. WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 6 TO 11 MPH EARLY IN THE MORNING BECOMING TERRAIN DOMINATED UNDER 5 MPH...THEN BECOMING SOUTH 5 TO 10 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. HAINES INDEX........4 (LOW). CHANCE OF PRECIP....20 PERCENT. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (0 KNOT-FT) INCREASING TO FAIR (17400 KNOT-FT) IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. TIME (MDT) 6 AM 9 AM NOON 3 PM SKY (%).........PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY MCLDY WEATHER COV..... S CHC S CHC WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE TSTORM TSTORM CHC PCPN (%)....10 10 20 20 TEMP............72 80 91 94 RH..............43 33 23 20 20 FT WIND DIR..W N NE SE 20 FT WIND SPD..11 8 0 8 20 FT WIND GUST. MIX HGT (FT)....BLW100 8500 12500 14000 TRANS WIND DIR..W W W NW TRANS WIND SPD..8 7 3 1 VENT CAT........POOR GOOD POOR POOR HAINES INDEX....4 4 4 4 $$ FORECASTER...FAGEN REQUESTED BY...NM-ADC TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20110809.BATON.01/MAF