FNUS74 KMAF 020006
FWSMAF

SPOT FORECAST FOR LIVERMORE RANCH COMPLEX...TEXAS FIRE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
706 PM CDT TUE MAY 1 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1736 MDT ON MAY 01.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE.

THUNDERSTORMS IMPLY GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS AND LIGHTNING DANGER.

.DISCUSSION...
...THIS IS FIRST DAY OF 3 PERIOD FORECAST...
WEAK UPPER RIDGE OVER THE AREA RESULTING IN UNSEASONABLY WARM
TEMPERATURES WITH THERMAL RIDGE EXTENDING FROM MEXICO ACROSS THE DAVIS
MOUNTAINS TO THE PANHANDLE.  ON WEDNESDAY ISOLATED AFTERNOON SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD STAY EAST OF JEFF DAVIS COUNTY.  FIRE SITE
WILL STAY WEST OF THE DRYLINE WITH WEST TO SOUTHWEST SURFACE WIND.
HIGH HAINES INDEX.

.WEDNESDAY...
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....85-90.
MIN HUMIDITY........9 PCT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 12 TO 19 MPH. GUSTS IN AFTERNOON.
CHANCE OF PRECIP....10 PERCENT IN THE AFTERNOON.
HAINES INDEX........6 (HIGH).
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (0 KNOT-FT) INCREASING TO EXCELLENT
                    (358500 KNOT-FT).

TIME (MDT)      6 AM         10 AM        2 PM
SKY (%).........MCLEAR       MCLEAR       MCLEAR
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE         NONE         NONE
CHC PCPN (%)....0            0            10
TEMP............46           70           84
RH..............44           15           10
20 FT WIND DIR..W            SW           SW
20 FT WIND SPD..12           15           19
20 FT WIND GUST.                          25
MIX HGT (FT)....BLW100       5000         12500
TRANS WIND DIR..W            W            SW
TRANS WIND SPD..10           14           21
VENT CAT........POOR         GOOD         EXCLNT
HAINES INDEX....5            5            6

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FORECASTER...CAIN
REQUESTED BY...KIM SOPER
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120501.LIVER.03/MAF