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SPOT FORECAST FOR BEAVER CO CHEMICAL SPILL...BEAVER CO EM
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
1226 PM CST FRI FEB 1 2013

FORECAST IS BASED ON INCIDENT TIME OF 1200 CST ON FEBRUARY 01.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
INITIALLY GUSTY SOUTH AND SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS AT THE SPILL SITE WILL PERSIST
THROUGH APPROXIMATELY 2 TO 4 PM...BEFORE VEERING TOWARD THE SOUTHWEST
AND LESSENING TO NEAR 10 MPH. WINDS WILL THEN BECOME LIGHT AND VARIABLE...
WITH A TENDENCY TO BE BLOWING FROM A SOUTH OR SOUTHEASTERLY DIRECTION AT
SPEEDS LESS THAN 10 MPH UNTIL LATE EVENING /10 PM - MIDNIGHT/.  WINDS WILL
THEN SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST AT SPEEDS BETWEEN 10 AND 15 MPH AROUND MIDNIGHT.

TEMPERATURES THIS AFTERNOON WILL WARM TO AROUND 50 DEGREES...AND WILL COOL TO
THE MID 20S BY SUNRISE SATURDAY MORNING.


.REST OF TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (5-15 PERCENT).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 50.
MIN HUMIDITY........34 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS 25 MPH...
DECREASING TO 10 TO 15 MPH BY 4 PM.
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
HAINES INDEX........3 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......2500-3500 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST AROUND 20 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR (5-15 PERCENT).
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 24.
MAX HUMIDITY........96 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTEAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTHWEST 10
                    TO 15 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
HAINES INDEX........2 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1000-2000 FT AGL DECREASING TO 0 FT AGL IN THE
                    LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.
MIXING WINDS........WEST AROUND 5 MPH.

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FORECASTER...LINDLEY
REQUESTED BY...KEITH SHADDEN
TYPE OF REQUEST...HAZMAT
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