FNUS74 KLUB 111500 FWSLUB FIRE WEATHER PLANNING FORECAST FOR LBK P-BURN 1...TEXAS FOREST SERVICE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 1000 AM CDT WED JUL 11 2012 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1300 CDT ON JULY 13. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... A FLATTENING UPPER LEVEL HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL BE THE DOMINATE SYNOPTIC FEATURE FOR THE SOUTH PLAINS....WHICH USUALLY MEANS LIGHT WIND SPEEDS AND ONLY SLIM CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. AT 13Z ON FRIDAY JULY THE 13TH...SOUTHERLY 20-FOOT WINDS WILL BE LESS THAN 10 KTS AND BY THE AFTERNOON...APPROACH/SLIGHTLY EXCEED 10 KTS. THUS...WIND SPEEDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE 10 KTS OR LESS THROUGHOUT THE DAY ON FRIDAY. RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL RANGE BETWEEN 60 TO 70 PERCENT AT 13Z...AND DROP TO BETWEEN 25 TO 35 PERCENT BY PEAK HEATING /AOA 23Z/. BY 14/05Z...HUMIDITIES WILL RECOVER INTO THE 45 TO 55 PERCENT RANGE. .FRIDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (20-30 PERCENT). MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 93. MIN HUMIDITY........31 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 8 MPH. CWR.................10 PERCENT. LAL.................1. HAINES INDEX........3 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. MIXING HEIGHT.......200-1200 FT AGL INCREASING TO 6200-8000 FT AGL. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST 5 TO 9 MPH. TIME (CDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON SKY (%).........24 23 24 24 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............72 73 79 85 RH..............68 66 52 42 20 FT WIND......S 4 S 5 S 5 S 6 20 FT WIND GUST.5 10 10 10 HAINES INDEX....3 3 3 3 .FRIDAY NIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR (20-30 PERCENT). MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 70. MAX HUMIDITY........63 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 7 TO 10 MPH. CWR.................10 PERCENT. LAL.................1. HAINES INDEX........2 TO 3 OR OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. MIXING HEIGHT.......12000 FT AGL DECREASING TO 10000-10400 FT AGL EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON...THEN INCREASING TO 13200 FT AGL LATE IN THE AFTERNOON DECREASING TO 10200-10400 FT AGL LATE IN THE AFTERNOON INCREASING TO 12500 FT AGL DECREASING TO 10200 FT AGL EARLY IN THE EVENING DECREASING TO 8000 FT AGL DECREASING TO 4000-5900 FT AGL LATE IN THE EVENING DECREASING TO 2500 FT AGL. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 5 TO 10 MPH. TIME (CDT) 1 PM 3 PM 5 PM 7 PM 9 PM 11 PM SKY (%).........24 24 25 25 23 22 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............87 91 92 91 85 81 RH..............39 33 31 32 39 45 20 FT WIND......S 6 S 6 S 7 S 7 S 6 S 5 20 FT WIND GUST.10 10 15 15 10 10 HAINES INDEX....2 2 2 3 3 3 $$ FORECASTER...BOWSER REQUESTED BY...JUSTIN MUSGRAVES TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20120713.LBKPB.01/LUB