FNUS74 KMAF 040140 FWSMAF SPOT FORECAST FOR HORSE CANYON...USFS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 840 PM CDT TUE JUL 3 2012 FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1902 MDT ON JULY 03. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. THUNDERSTORMS IMPLY GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS AND LIGHTNING DANGER. .DISCUSSION... GENERALLY EXPECTING LIGHT TO MODEST SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS DURING THE DAYTIME HOURS BECOME TERRAIN DOMINATED OR LIGHT SOUTHWESTERLY OVERNIGHT. THERE WILL BE A DECENT CHANCE FOR MORE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WEDNESDAY WITH SLIGHTLY LOWER CHANCES ON THURSDAY. DAYTIME HEATING WILL INITIATE THE STORMS SO LITTLE ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED OVERNIGHT. GOOD TO EXCELLENT HUMIDITY RECOVERY IS EXPECTED. TEMPERATURES WILL WARM INTO THE WEEKEND AND EARLY NEXT WEEK AND RAIN CHANCES WILL DIMINISH AS AN UPPER LEVEL LOW EXITS TO THE NORTH AND HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS BACK INTO WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO. .WEDNESDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 83. MIN HUMIDITY........37 PCT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS 8 TO 18 MPH. HAINES INDEX........2 (VERY LOW). SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT (88900 KNOT-FT). LAL.................3. CHANCE OF PRECIP....40 PERCENT. TIME (MDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY MCLDY WEATHER COV.....CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE WEATHER TYPE....TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM CHC PCPN (%)....30 30 40 40 50 50 TEMP............62 65 72 79 82 83 RH..............78 70 54 44 38 38 20 FT WIND DIR..S S SE SE SE SE 20 FT WIND SPD..7 8 12 16 18 16 20 FT WIND GUST. 20 MIX HGT (FT)....500 500 4500 8000 8000 8500 TRANS WIND DIR..W W SW S S S TRANS WIND SPD..17 17 8 7 7 11 VENT CAT........POOR POOR POOR FAIR FAIR GOOD LAL.............3 3 3 3 3 3 HAINES INDEX....2 2 2 2 2 2 .WEDNESDAY NIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 61. MAX HUMIDITY........84 PCT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 9 TO 14 MPH. HAINES INDEX........2 (VERY LOW). SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT (104000 KNOT-FT) DECREASING TO POOR (4000 KNOT-FT) IN THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. LAL.................3. CHANCE OF PRECIP....40 PERCENT. TIME (MDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%).........MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY PCLDY WEATHER COV.....CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE WEATHER TYPE....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR CHC PCPN (%)....40 40 40 40 30 30 TEMP............82 79 72 68 66 63 RH..............39 43 55 63 68 79 20 FT WIND DIR..S S S S SW SW 20 FT WIND SPD..14 14 12 10 8 8 20 FT WIND GUST.16 16 15 14 12 12 MIX HGT (FT)....8000 8000 500 500 500 500 TRANS WIND DIR..S S S SW SW SW TRANS WIND SPD..13 13 6 7 7 8 VENT CAT........VYGOOD VYGOOD POOR POOR POOR POOR LAL.............3 3 3 3 3 3 HAINES INDEX....2 2 2 2 2 2 .THURSDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 81. MIN HUMIDITY........41 PCT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 8 TO 13 MPH. HAINES INDEX........2 (VERY LOW). SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT (69000 KNOT-FT). LAL.................3. CHANCE OF PRECIP....40 PERCENT. TIME (MDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........MCLDY MCLDY PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY MCLDY WEATHER COV.....CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE WEATHER TYPE....TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM CHC PCPN (%)....30 30 30 40 40 40 TEMP............61 64 71 77 80 81 RH..............84 75 59 48 43 41 20 FT WIND DIR..SW S S SE SE SE 20 FT WIND SPD..8 11 13 12 12 12 20 FT WIND GUST.12 15 15 MIX HGT (FT)....BLW100 BLW100 7000 7000 7000 8000 TRANS WIND DIR..SW SW S S S S TRANS WIND SPD..9 9 4 7 7 9 VENT CAT........POOR POOR POOR FAIR FAIR GOOD LAL.............3 3 3 3 3 3 HAINES INDEX....2 2 2 2 2 2 $$ FORECASTER...HENNIG REQUESTED BY...TONY MCWILLIAMS TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20120703.HORSE.01/MAF