FNUS74 KMAF 101526 FWSMAF SPOT FORECAST FOR BATON ROUGE...NM ADC NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 1026 AM CDT WED AUG 10 2011 FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0841 MDT ON AUGUST 10. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. THUNDERSTORMS IMPLY GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS AND LIGHTNING DANGER. .DISCUSSION... SCATTERED STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON WITH MID LEVEL MOISTURE IN PLACE AND STRONG DAYTIME HEATING. AFTERNOON MIN RH/S HAVE BEEN IN THE TEENS THE LAST FEW DAYS AND THIS IS EXPECTED AGAIN TODAY. WITH RH/S THIS LOW AND WITH STORMS IN THE AREA SOME DRY LIGHTNING WILL BE POSSIBLE. THE HOT AND DRY CONDITIONS WILL ALSO FAVOR GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS IN AND AROUND SHOWERS/STORMS. IF STORMS DEVELOP EARLY ENOUGH SHADING AND/OR RAIN COOLED AIR COULD RESULT IN SLIGHTLY COOLER TEMPERATURES AND HIGHER RH/S. MOISTURE WILL INCREASE THURSDAY AND TEMPERATURES WILL TREND DOWN A FEW DEGREES AND RH WILL TREND UP A FEW PERCENT...SCATTERED STORMS WILL AGAIN BE POSSIBLE. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON AFTER 2 PM. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 95-99. MIN HUMIDITY........14-16 PCT. WIND (20 FT)........TERRAIN DOMINATED UPSLOPE UNDER 5 MPH. HAINES INDEX........4 (LOW). CHANCE OF PRECIP....30 PERCENT. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR (50000 KNOT-FT). TIME (MDT) 8 AM NOON 4 PM SKY (%).........PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY WEATHER COV..... SCTTRD WEATHER TYPE....NONE TSTORM CHC PCPN (%)....5 10 30 TEMP............84 93 96 RH..............25 19 14 20 FT WIND DIR..W SE SE 20 FT WIND SPD..5 5 8 20 FT WIND GUST. MIX HGT (FT)....500 8000 10500 TRANS WIND DIR..NW NE SE TRANS WIND SPD..4 4 5 VENT CAT........POOR FAIR FAIR HAINES INDEX....4 4 4 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY LATE. MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 66-68. MAX HUMIDITY........55 PCT. WIND (20 FT)........TERRAIN DOMINATED DOWNVALLEY UNDER 5 MPH. HAINES INDEX........4 (LOW). CHANCE OF PRECIP....20 PERCENT. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (2000 KNOT-FT). TIME (MDT) 6 PM 10 PM 2 AM SKY (%).........PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY WEATHER COV.....SCTTRD ISOLTD WEATHER TYPE....TSTORM TSTORM CHC PCPN (%)....30 20 5 TEMP............92 76 70 RH..............29 38 47 20 FT WIND DIR..VRB W W 20 FT WIND SPD..20 5 5 20 FT WIND GUST. MIX HGT (FT)....10000 500 BLW100 TRANS WIND DIR..SE W NW TRANS WIND SPD..5 5 6 VENT CAT........FAIR POOR POOR HAINES INDEX....4 4 3 .THURSDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 92-95. MIN HUMIDITY........22-25 PCT. WIND (20 FT)........TERRAIN DRIVEN UPSLOPE WINDS 5 TO 7 MPH. HAINES INDEX........3 (LOW). CHANCE OF PRECIP....30 PERCENT. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR (40000 KNOT-FT). TIME (MDT) 6 AM 10 AM 2 PM SKY (%).........PCLDY PCLDY MCLDY WEATHER COV..... SCTTRD WEATHER TYPE.... TSTORM CHC PCPN (%)....5 5 30 TEMP............65 87 93 RH..............66 31 25 20 FT WIND DIR..NW N W 20 FT WIND SPD..4 4 5 20 FT WIND GUST. MIX HGT (FT)....500 2000 5000 TRANS WIND DIR..N N W TRANS WIND SPD..6 5 5 VENT CAT........POOR POOR POOR HAINES INDEX....3 3 3 $$ FORECASTER...MURDOCH REQUESTED BY...NM-ADC TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20110810.BATON.01/MAF