FNUS74 KMAF 292251
FWSMAF

SPOT FORECAST FOR LIVERMORE RANCH FIRE...TEXAS FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
551 PM CDT SUN APR 29 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1706 CDT ON APRIL 29.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE.

THUNDERSTORMS IMPLY GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS AND LIGHTNING DANGER.

...HIGH HAINES INDEX TONIGHT AND MONDAY....

.DISCUSSION...
HIGH HAINES INDEX THROUGH MONDAY WILL INCREASE INSTABILITY AT AND
NEAR ONGOING FIRE. WINDS WILL BE UNDER 10 MPH AND TERRAIN DOMINATED
IN VALLEYS AND MAINLY SOUTHWEST ON RIDGE TOPS. RH RECOVERY TONIGHT
WILL BE GOOD TO FAIR. RH/S WILL DROP TO NEAR 10 PERCENT BY MID
SUNDAY AFTERNOON WITH WINDS GUSTING TO NEAR 20 MPH ON RIDGE TOPS
MONDAY AFTERNOON.

.TONIGHT...
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 61.
MAX HUMIDITY........50-70 PCT.
WIND (20 FT)........VALLEYS...DOWN VALLEY 4 TO 9 MPH. RIDGE TOPS...SOUTHWEST
                    5 TO 10 MPH.
CHANCE OF PRECIP....5 PERCENT.
HAINES INDEX........6 (HIGH).
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT (71500 KNOT-FT) DECREASING TO POOR
                    (1000 KNOT-FT) IN THE LATE EVENING AND
                    OVERNIGHT.

TIME (CDT)      7 PM         11 PM        3 AM
SKY (%).........PCLDY        PCLDY        PCLDY
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE         NONE         NONE
CHC PCPN (%)....5            5            5
TEMP............77           70           66
RH..............13           30           50
20 FT WIND DIR..SW           VRB          VRB
20 FT WIND SPD..5            5            5
20 FT WIND GUST.                          10
MIX HGT (FT)....13000        500          BLW100
TRANS WIND DIR..SW           N            W
TRANS WIND SPD..5            5            6
VENT CAT........GOOD         POOR         POOR
HAINES INDEX....6            6            6

.MONDAY...
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....74-79.
MIN HUMIDITY........11 PCT.
WIND (20 FT)........VALLEYS...UPSLOPE 5 TO 10 MPH. RIDGETOPS...
                    LIGHT AND VARIABLE BECOMING SOUTHWEST 11 TO 16 MPH
                    IN THE AFTERNOON. GUST TO 20 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
CHANCE OF PRECIP....10 PERCENT.
HAINES INDEX........5 (MODERATE).
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (7300 KNOT-FT) INCREASING TO EXCELLENT
                    (231000 KNOT-FT).

TIME (CDT)      7 AM         11 AM        3 PM
SKY (%).........PCLDY        PCLDY        PCLDY
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE         NONE         NONE
CHC PCPN (%)....0            0            10
TEMP............61           68           75
RH..............65           30           14
20 FT WIND DIR..SW           SW           SW
20 FT WIND SPD..5            7            13
20 FT WIND GUST.10           10           20
MIX HGT (FT)....500          2500         14000
TRANS WIND DIR..S            W            SW
TRANS WIND SPD..4            3            12
VENT CAT........POOR         POOR         EXCLNT
HAINES INDEX....5            4            4

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FORECASTER...CICCONE
REQUESTED BY...DEWEY WATSON
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120429.LIVER.03/MAF