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Spot Forecast for Spot weather...Gpfd
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
842 AM CDT Mon Apr 22 2024

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0900 CDT on April 22.
If conditions become unrepresentative, contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...

Morning clouds will clear over the next few hours as southeast
winds increase to around 15 mph by afternoon. RH`s will stay fairly
high today (only falling to around 35 percent) as low level
moisture leftover from this weekends storm remains in place. Gusty
southeast winds are expected overnight with good to excellent
recovery. Much drier conditions are expected Tuesday as winds
become more westerly. RHs will bottom out around 20 percent as
temperatures also climb back to around 90 degrees.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Partly sunny (50-60 percent) then becoming
                    sunny (0-10 percent).
Max temperature.....Around 77.
Min humidity........35 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southeast winds 14 to 17 mph.
Mixing height.......5200 ft AGL.
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Haines Index........4 to 5 or low to moderate potential for large
                    plume dominated fire growth.

TIME (CDT)      9 AM   11 AM  1 PM   3 PM   5 PM
Sky cover.......MCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY  CLEAR  CLEAR
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0      0      0      0      0
Temp............52     63     70     75     77
RH..............80     58     47     38     36
20 FT wind dir..SE     S      S      SE     SE
20 FT wind spd..14     16     15     15     17
20 FT wind gust.16     18     17     17     19
Mix hgt (ft)....1900   2500   3600   4800   5200
Haines index....5      5      4      4      4

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (10-20 percent).
Min temperature.....Around 53.
Max humidity........86 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southeast winds 12 to 21 mph. Gusts up to 30
                    mph in the evening and overnight.
Mixing height.......500 ft AGL.
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Haines Index........3 to 4 or very low to low potential for large
                    plume dominated fire growth.

TIME (CDT)      6 PM      9 PM      MIDNGT    3 AM
Sky cover.......CLEAR     MCLEAR    CLEAR     CLEAR
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE      NONE      NONE      NONE
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0         0         0         0
Temp............77        64        57        54
RH..............35        56        72        83
20 FT wind dir..SE        SE        S         S
20 FT wind spd..17        18        20        13
20 FT wind gust.19        21        23        14
Mix hgt (ft)....4500      1000      500       500
Haines index....4         3         3         3

.TUESDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (10-20 percent).
Max temperature.....Around 91.
Min humidity........20 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........South winds 9 to 12 mph shifting to the west
                    around 9 mph late in the morning, then shifting
                    to the northwest 6 to 9 mph early in the
                    afternoon shifting to the south 6 to 15 mph
                    late in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......8500 ft AGL.
Chance of pcpn......10 percent.
Haines Index........3 to 4 or very low to low potential for large
                    plume dominated fire growth.

TIME (CDT)      6 AM      9 AM      NOON      3 PM
Sky cover.......MCLEAR    MCLEAR    CLEAR     MCLEAR
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE      NONE      NONE      NONE
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0         0         0         10
Temp............53        65        86        89
RH..............86        58        28        23
20 FT wind dir..S         SW        NW        S
20 FT wind spd..9         12        9         6
20 FT wind gust.10        13
Mix hgt (ft)....500       600       5000      8500
Haines index....3         3         4         3

$$
Forecaster...RHluchan
Requested by...Ronald laurence
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2411713.0/MAF
.DELDT 04/22/24
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL shane.laurence4@gmail.com
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