FNUS74 KMAF 081831 FWSMAF SPOT FORECAST FOR PECOS RIVER RX...BLM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 131 PM CDT WED AUG 8 2012 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1320 MDT ON AUGUST 08. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. THUNDERSTORMS IMPLY GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS AND LIGHTNING DANGER. .DISCUSSION... CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE BURN SITE ARE ABOUT 1 IN 5 THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS. PREVAILING WINDS WILL BE FROM THE NORTHEAST BUT RAPID WIND SHIFTS AND WIND GUSTS OVER 20 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE IN AND NEAR ANY THUNDERSTORM. OCCASIONAL CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING WILL ALSO OCCUR. OTHERWISE LOOK FOR RH VALUES TO FALL TO 20-25% AS TEMPERATURES CLIMB INTO THE UPPER 90S. RAIN CHANCES WILL DIMINISH TONIGHT AND WINDS WILL BECOME TERRAIN DOMINATED BY MIDNIGHT. WINDS WILL REMAIN LIGHT THURSDAY MORNING WITH LITTLE TO NO CHANCE OF RAIN. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 99. MIN HUMIDITY........21 PCT. WIND (20 FT)........NORTHEAST 3 TO 8 MPH. HAINES INDEX........3 (VERY LOW). SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT (89000 KNOT-FT). LAL.................3. TIME (MDT) 1 PM 3 PM 5 PM SKY (%).........MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY WEATHER COV.....SCTTRD SCTTRD SCTTRD WEATHER TYPE....TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TEMP............92 97 99 RH..............31 25 23 20 FT WIND DIR..NE NE NE 20 FT WIND SPD..4 4 8 20 FT WIND GUST.9 9 MIX HGT (FT)....12500 13000 13000 TRANS WIND DIR..SE E E TRANS WIND SPD..6 7 7 VENT CAT........GOOD GOOD GOOD LAL.............3 3 3 HAINES INDEX....3 3 3 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING...THEN A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AFTER MIDNIGHT. MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 71. MAX HUMIDITY........56 PCT. WIND (20 FT)........NORTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH BECOMING TERRAIN DOMINATED AROUND 5 MPH BY MIDNIGHT. HAINES INDEX........3 (VERY LOW). SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT (100000 KNOT-FT) DECREASING TO POOR (300 KNOT-FT) IN THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. LAL.................3 UNTIL 0100...THEN 2. TIME (MDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%).........MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY WEATHER COV.....SCTTRD SCTTRD SCTTRD S CHC S CHC S CHC WEATHER TYPE....TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TEMP............98 92 84 81 78 73 RH..............23 28 37 42 46 53 20 FT WIND DIR..NE NE NE NE NE NE 20 FT WIND SPD..8 8 8 8 8 8 20 FT WIND GUST. MIX HGT (FT)....12500 12500 1000 500 500 BLW100 TRANS WIND DIR..E E SE E E NE TRANS WIND SPD..8 8 7 2 2 4 VENT CAT........VYGOOD VYGOOD POOR POOR POOR POOR LAL.............3 3 3 2 2 2 HAINES INDEX....3 3 3 3 3 2 .THURSDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MORNING. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 101. MIN HUMIDITY........15 PCT. WIND (20 FT)........NORTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. HAINES INDEX........4 (LOW). SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR (13200 KNOT-FT) INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (267000 KNOT-FT) IN THE AFTERNOON. LAL.................2 UNTIL 1300...THEN 1. TIME (MDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY WEATHER COV.....S CHC S CHC S CHC WEATHER TYPE....TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM NONE NONE NONE TEMP............71 77 86 94 99 101 RH..............56 44 31 23 18 16 20 FT WIND DIR..NE NE NE NE NE NE 20 FT WIND SPD..8 8 8 8 9 9 20 FT WIND GUST. MIX HGT (FT)....BLW100 BLW100 1500 14500 14500 16000 TRANS WIND DIR..NE NE N NE NE NE TRANS WIND SPD..4 4 10 16 16 17 VENT CAT........POOR POOR POOR EXCLNT EXCLNT EXCLNT LAL.............2 2 2 1 1 1 HAINES INDEX....2 2 3 3 3 4 $$ FORECASTER...CURRAN REQUESTED BY...DANNY TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20120808.PECOS.01/MAF