FNUS74 KMAF 181258 FWSMAF SPOT FORECAST FOR BEN SLAUGHTER RX...ALAMOGORDO DISPATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 758 AM CDT MON MAR 18 2013 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0930 MDT ON MARCH 18. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. THUNDERSTORMS IMPLY GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS AND LIGHTNING DANGER. .DISCUSSION... IT WILL BE WARM AND VERY DRY TODAY AND TUESDAY WITH MINIMUM RH/S DROPPING TO 5 TO 10% BOTH DAYS. RECOVERY TONIGHT WILL BE POOR. 20 FOOT WINDS WILL BE FROM THE WEST OR NORTHWEST THIS MORNING MAINLY UNDER 10 MPH...THEN BECOME SOUTHEASTERLY BRIEFLY BEFORE INCREASING TO 15 TO 20 MPH FROM THE SOUTHWEST LATE THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL DECREASE TO AROUND 10 MPH AROUND SUNSET AND STAY FROM THE WEST OR NORTHWEST OVERNIGHT. THE WIND WILL SWITCH TO THE NORTHWEST AND NORTH TUESDAY MORNING WITH SPEEDS INCREASING TO 15 TO 20 MPH LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON BEHIND A COLD FRONT. FIRE DANGER WILL BE HIGH TO VERY HIGH FOR THE DURATION. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 79. MIN HUMIDITY........6 PCT. WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH EARLY IN THE MORNING BECOMING SOUTHEAST BRIEFLY BEFORE TURNING TO THE SOUTHWEST 9 TO 14 MPH THIS AFTERNOON. HAINES INDEX........5 (MODERATE). SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (10500 KNOT-FT) INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (234000 KNOT-FT). TIME (MDT) 9 AM 1 PM 5 PM SKY (%).........PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE TEMP............56 74 79 RH..............14 9 6 20 FT WIND DIR..WNW SE SW 20 FT WIND SPD..8 3 13 20 FT WIND GUST. 17 MIX HGT (FT)....1500 10500 11600 TRANS WIND DIR..N W W TRANS WIND SPD..8 8 18 VENT CAT........POOR GOOD EXCLNT HAINES INDEX....4 3 3 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 45. MAX HUMIDITY........15-25 PCT. WIND (20 FT)........WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. HAINES INDEX........5 (MODERATE). SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT (196000 KNOT-FT) DECREASING TO POOR (0 KNOT-FT) IN THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. TIME (MDT) 6 PM 10 PM 2 AM SKY (%).........PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE TEMP............79 60 54 RH..............6 11 14 20 FT WIND DIR..W W W 20 FT WIND SPD..14 11 10 20 FT WIND GUST.19 MIX HGT (FT)....9400 BLW100 BLW100 TRANS WIND DIR..W W W TRANS WIND SPD..17 14 13 VENT CAT........EXCLNT POOR POOR HAINES INDEX....4 5 5 .TUESDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 80. MIN HUMIDITY........8 PCT. WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH EARLY IN THE MORNING BECOMING NORTH UNDER 10 MPH BY EARLY AFTERNOON...BUT INCREASING TO 9 TO 14 MPH LATE. HAINES INDEX........4 (LOW). SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR (17500 KNOT-FT) INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (156000 KNOT-FT). TIME (MDT) 6 AM 10 AM 2 PM SKY (%).........PCLDY PCLDY MCLDY WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE TEMP............45 59 77 RH..............20 14 8 20 FT WIND DIR..NW NNW N 20 FT WIND SPD..9 3 7 20 FT WIND GUST. MIX HGT (FT)....BLW100 1500 9700 TRANS WIND DIR..W NW W TRANS WIND SPD..10 13 10 VENT CAT........POOR POOR GOOD HAINES INDEX....4 3 3 $$ FORECASTER...LYSTER REQUESTED BY...MATIAS TELLES TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20130318.BENSL.01/MAF