000 FNUS74 KMAF 101525 FWSMAF SPOT FORECAST FOR FOOTHILLS RX...NPS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 925 AM CST MON NOV 10 2008 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0900 MST ON NOVEMBER 10. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... STRONG SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE BURN AREA THROUGH THIS EVENING AS A DEEP UPPER-LEVEL DISTURBANCE AFFECTS THE REGION. WIND GUSTS AS HIGH AS 50 MPH WILL BE COMMON ACROSS THE BURN SITE BY THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY BEGIN TO DECREASE THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT AS THE UPPER-LEVEL DISTURBANCE PULLS OFF TOWARDS THE NORTHEAST. HOWEVER THE GENERAL WIND PATTERN WILL REMAIN HIGH ENOUGH TO PREVENT ANY DIURNAL TERRAIN DRIVEN WIND REGIMES TO INITIATE THROUGH THE FORECAST PERIOD. DRIER AIR WILL BEGIN TO FILTER INTO THE REGION TODAY ON THE BACKSIDE OF A COLD FRONT...WITH RH VALUES LIKELY RESIDING JUST ABOVE CRITICAL LEVELS BY TOMORROW AFTERNOON. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........BECOMING PARTLY SUNNY. CHANCE OF PRECIP....0 PCT. TEMPERATURE.........57 AT IGNITION...MAX 57 TO 60. RH..................45 PCT AT IGNITION...MIN 25 TO 30 PCT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE VERY WINDY. SOUTHWEST WINDS INCREASING TO 25 TO 30 MPH SUSTAINED WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. HAINES INDEX........2 /VERY LOW/. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR /8000 KNOT-FT/ INCREASING TO EXCELLENT /150000 KNOT-FT/ BY AFTERNOON. TIME (MST) 9 AM 1 PM SKY (%).........PCLDY MCLDY WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE TEMP............55 59 RH..............50 28 20 FT WIND DIR..SW SW 20 FT WIND SPD..20 30 20 FT WIND GUST.35 50 MIX HGT (FT)....3000 5000 TRANSP WIND DIR.W W TRANSP WIND SPD.45 40 HAINES INDEX....2 2 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF PRECIP....0 PCT. TEMPERATURE.........MIN 45. RH..................MAX 47 PCT. WIND (20 FT)........VERY WINDY. SOUTHWEST WINDS 27 TO 37 MPH DECREASING TO 17 TO 22 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. HAINES INDEX........3 /VERY LOW/. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT /81000 KNOT-FT/ DECREASING TO POOR /6000-8000 KNOT-FT/ IN THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. TIME (MST) 5 PM 9 PM 1 AM SKY (%).........PCLDY PCLDY MCLEAR WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE TEMP............62 54 49 RH..............28 34 45 20 FT WIND DIR..SW SW SW 20 FT WIND SPD..37 29 20 20 FT WIND GUST.45 38 25 MIX HGT (FT)....3000 500 500 TRANSP WIND DIR.W W W TRANSP WIND SPD.27 16 14 HAINES INDEX....2 2 3 .VETERANS DAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. CHANCE OF PRECIP....0 PCT. TEMPERATURE.........MAX 57 TO 61. RH..................MIN 18 TO 22 PCT. WIND (20 FT)........BREEZY. SOUTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH. HAINES INDEX........3 /VERY LOW/. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR /17000 KNOT-FT/ INCREASING TO GOOD /80000 KNOT-FT/ IN THE AFTERNOON. TIME (MST) 5 AM 9 AM 1 PM SKY (%).........PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE TEMP............45 52 60 RH..............47 32 20 20 FT WIND DIR..SW SW SW 20 FT WIND SPD..17 20 22 20 FT WIND GUST.25 30 30 MIX HGT (FT)....< 100 1500 4500 TRANSP WIND DIR.W W W TRANSP WIND SPD.7 11 17 HAINES INDEX....3 3 3 $$ FORECASTER...GITRO REQUESTED BY...JOHN A MONTOYA TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20081110.FOOTH.01/MAF