FNUS74 KMAF 251446 FWSMAF SPOT FORECAST FOR TELEPHONE CANYON...NPS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 946 AM CDT FRI MAY 25 2012 FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0846 CDT ON MAY 25. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. THUNDERSTORMS IMPLY GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS AND LIGHTNING DANGER. .DISCUSSION... CLOUDS WILL INCREASE THROUGH THE DAY AS SOUTHERLY WINDS ALOFT BRING IN UPPER LEVEL MOISTURE FROM THE SOUTH. THE INCREASED MOISTURE AND DAYTIME HEATING ARE EXPECTED TO RESULT IN ISOLATED STORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. STORMS WOULD BE RATHER HIGH BASED INCREASING THE POTENTIAL FOR GUSTY/ERRATIC OUTFLOW WINDS. ALSO WINDS MAY BE NOTICEABLY HIGHER IN THE UPPER PARTS OF THE DRAINAGE DUE TO CHIMNEY AND SADDLE AFFECTS. OTHERWISE IT WILL BE A FEW DEGREES COOLER WITH THE RH A LITTLE HIGHER THAN YESTERDAY. OUTSIDE OF WINDS BEING AFFECT BY SHOWERS AND STORMS OVERNIGHT TERRAIN DOMINATED WINDS ARE EXPECTED. STILL THE WIND SPEED AND DIRECTION MAY SHOW CONSIDERABLE DIFFERENCES TONIGHT DUE TO TOPOGRAPHIC AFFECTS IN THE UPPER AND LOWER PARTS OF THE DRAINAGE. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 88-90. MIN HUMIDITY........12 PCT. WIND (20 FT)........TERRAIN DOMINATED. UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY WINDS 4 TO 7 MPH. WINDS WILL BE STRONGER IN THE SADDLE AND IN THE CHIMNEY OF THE DRAINAGE...CLOSER 15 MPH. HAINES INDEX........4 (LOW). SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT (203000 KNOT-FT) THIS AFTERNOON. LAL.................1 UNTIL 1300...THEN 2. CHANCE OF PRECIP....10 PERCENT. TIME (CDT) 8 AM 11 AM 2 PM 5 PM SKY (%).........MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY WEATHER COV..... ISOLTD ISOLTD WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE TSTORM TSTORM CHC PCPN (%)....10 10 10 10 TEMP............72 82 88 90 RH..............21 20 14 12 20 FT WIND DIR..S S S S 20 FT WIND SPD..6 7 7 7 20 FT WIND GUST. MIX HGT (FT)....BLW100 500 11500 14500 TRANS WIND DIR..SW SW SW SW TRANS WIND SPD..8 6 13 14 VENT CAT........POOR POOR VRY GD EXCLNT LAL.............1 1 2 2 HAINES INDEX....3 3 3 4 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 71-73. MAX HUMIDITY........49-52 PCT. WIND (20 FT)........UPVALLEY WINDS TURNING DOWNVALLEY EARLY EVENING 4-7 MPH. HAINES INDEX........4 (LOW). SMOKE DISPERSAL.....DECREASING TO POOR (17000 KNOT-FT). LAL.................2. CHANCE OF PRECIP....10 PERCENT. TIME (CDT) 7 PM 10 PM 1 AM 4 AM SKY (%).........MCLDY PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY WEATHER COV.....ISOLTD ISOLTD ISOLTD ISOLTD WEATHER TYPE....TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM CHC PCPN (%)....10 10 10 10 TEMP............87 84 81 76 RH..............19 22 27 38 20 FT WIND DIR..DWN VLY DWN VLY DWN VLY DWN VLY 20 FT WIND SPD..7 7 6 6 20 FT WIND GUST. MIX HGT (FT)....13500 5000 2500 1000 TRANS WIND DIR..S SE SE S TRANS WIND SPD..12 5 5 6 VENT CAT........EXCLNT POOR POOR POOR LAL.............2 2 2 2 HAINES INDEX....4 3 3 3 $$ FORECASTER...MURDOCH REQUESTED BY...JEANIE GREENE TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20120525.TELEP.01/MAF