425  
FNUS74 KMAF 201240  
FWSMAF  
 
SPOT FORECAST FOR PECOS RIVER BURN...GLOBAL FRONTLINE SOLUTIONS  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX  
740 AM CDT SAT APR 20 2013  
 
FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 CDT ON APRIL 20.  
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL  
WEATHER SERVICE.  
 
THUNDERSTORMS IMPLY GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS AND LIGHTNING DANGER.  
   
..RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CDT SUNDAY
 
 
   
DISCUSSION
 
 
LIGHT WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED THE REMAINDER OF THE MORNING THROUGH  
EARLY AFTERNOON. 20 FOOT WINDS WILL BECOME SOUTHWEST AND INCREASE  
BY MID AFTERNOON AND BECOME GUSTY WITH RH/S DROPPING TO NEAR 5  
PERCENT BY LATE AFTERNOON. POOR SMOKE DISPERSAL THIS MORNING WILL  
BECOME GOOD TO EXCELLENT BY MID AFTERNOON.  
   
TODAY
 
 
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.  
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 86.  
MIN HUMIDITY........7 PCT.  
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT AND VARIABLE WINDS THIS MORNING BECOMING  
SOUTHWEST 13 TO 18 MPH. GUSTS TO 25 MPH  
BY MID TO LATE AFTERNOON.  
HAINES INDEX........5 (MODERATE).  
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (900 KNOT-FT) INCREASING TO EXCELLENT  
(261000 KNOT-FT).  
 
TIME (CDT) 10 AM 2 PM 6 PM  
SKY (%).........MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR  
WEATHER COV.....  
WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE  
TEMP............58 80 86  
RH..............31 11 5  
20 FT WIND DIR..VRB SW SW  
20 FT WIND SPD..2 10 18  
20 FT WIND GUST. 28  
MIX HGT (FT)....1000 9000 14500  
TRANS WIND DIR..E SW SW  
TRANS WIND SPD..1 11 18  
VENT CAT........POOR GOOD EXCLNT  
HAINES INDEX....4 4 4  
 

 
 
FORECASTER...CICCONE  
REQUESTED BY...JERRY LANGWELL  
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED  
.TAG 20130420.PECOS.01/MAF  
 
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