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FNUS74 KMAF 200517
FWSMAF
SPOT FORECAST FOR ROCK SPRINGS FIRE...NPS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
1217 AM CDT SAT JUL 20 2019
FORECAST IS BASED ON FORECAST START TIME OF 0600 CDT ON JULY 20.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.
DISCUSSION
ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TODAY, WITH RH IN THE
WILDFIRE AREA EXPECTED TO DROP FROM AROUND 60% AT 0600 CDT TO
AROUND 25% BY 1700 CDT. SOUTHERLY 20FT WINDS THIS MORNING WILL
SHIFT TO THE SOUTHEAST THIS AFTERNOON, WITH SUSTAINED SPEEDS AROUND
10-15 MPH AND A FEW INTERMITTENT HIGHER GUSTS POSSIBLE. CURRENTLY,
THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED IN THE WILDFIRE AREA THROUGH THE
WEEKEND. RECOVERY TONIGHT WILL BE GOOD, WITH SIMILAR CONDITIONS
FOLLOWING ON SUNDAY. 20FT WINDS WILL REMAIN SOUTHEASTERLY TO
EAST-SOUTHEASTERLY TONIGHT AND SUNDAY, WITH SPEEDS GENERALLY
AROUND 15 MPH.
TODAY
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (0-10 PERCENT).
LAL.................NO TSTMS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 92.
MIN HUMIDITY........27 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS 8 TO 13 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......8900 FT AGL INCREASING TO 12600 FT AGL LATE IN
THE AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....EAST AROUND 5 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........3 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.
TIME (CDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM
SKY COVER.......CLEAR CLEAR CLEAR CLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0
LAL.............1 1 1 1 1 1
TEMP............72 73 78 85 89 91
RH..............59 57 48 37 32 29
20 FT WIND DIR..S S S SE SE SE
20 FT WIND SPD..14 13 11 11 11 13
20 FT WIND GUST.
MIX HGT (FT)....400 1000 2900 5600 8900 11700
TRANSP WIND DIR.S S S S S E
TRANSP WIND SPD.2 3 7 3 2 5
HAINES INDEX....3 3 3 3 3 3
TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR (0-10 PERCENT).
LAL.................NO TSTMS.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 70.
MAX HUMIDITY........55 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS 12 TO 17 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......4900 FT AGL DECREASING TO 400 FT AGL IN THE
LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH AROUND 7 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........3 TO 5 OR VERY LOW TO MODERATE POTENTIAL FOR
LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.
TIME (CDT) 6 PM 9 PM MIDNGT 3 AM
SKY COVER.......MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR CLEAR
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0
LAL.............1 1 1 1
TEMP............90 83 77 74
RH..............28 34 42 46
20 FT WIND DIR..E SE S S
20 FT WIND SPD..15 17 19 18
20 FT WIND GUST.
MIX HGT (FT)....12700 4900 1300 1100
TRANSP WIND DIR.E SE S S
TRANSP WIND SPD.5 10 13 8
HAINES INDEX....3 3 3 3
SUNDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (10-20 PERCENT).
LAL.................NO TSTMS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 92.
MIN HUMIDITY........25 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........EAST SOUTHEAST WINDS 11 TO 16 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......10000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST AROUND 6 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
NORTHEAST AROUND 7 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
HAINES INDEX........3 TO 5 OR VERY LOW TO MODERATE POTENTIAL FOR
LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.
TIME (CDT) 6 AM 9 AM NOON 3 PM
SKY COVER.......CLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0
LAL.............1 1 1 1
TEMP............70 75 85 91
RH..............53 45 32 26
20 FT WIND DIR..SE SE SE SE
20 FT WIND SPD..15 13 12 15
20 FT WIND GUST.
MIX HGT (FT)....200 1500 4400 8200
TRANSP WIND DIR.S S S E
TRANSP WIND SPD.3 5 5 5
HAINES INDEX....5 4 3 3
FORECASTER...PHILLIPSON
REQUESTED BY...CRWB
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 1912467.0/MAF
.DELDT 07/20/19
.FORMATTERVERSION 1.0.26
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