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Routine Fire Wx Fcst (With/Without 6-10 Day Outlook)
Issued by NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Issued by NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
092 FNUS54 KMAF 181902 FWFMAF Fire Weather Planning Forecast for West Texas/Southeast New Mexico National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX 202 PM CDT Tue Jun 18 2024 .DISCUSSION... Min RH below critical 15% today over critically dry fuels from Sacramento Foothills into Southeast New Mexico plains will lead to elevated to near critical fire weather conditions. Increased rain chances and below average high temperatures, along with good overnight recovery Wednesday into Saturday, will lead to low fire weather conditions into this weekend. A warming trend beginning Friday will dry out fuels into next week. However, min RH is forecast to remain above critical thresholds into the middle portion of next week with light winds, so fire weather concerns are low outside of fire starts from lightning in any storms over higher terrain next week. && For point-specific forecasts please see the Point Fire Weather Matrix product issued by the Midland/Odessa National Weather Service Office. NMZ116-190915- Sacramento Foothills and Guadalupe Mountains- 102 PM MDT Tue Jun 18 2024 Tonight Wed Wed Night Thu Cloud Cover Mclear Mclear Pcldy Mcldy Precip Type None Tstms Tstms Tstms Chance Precip (%) 0 30 50 80 Temp (24h trend) 61 (-4) 91 (-5) 61 76 RH % (24h trend) 74 (+45) 28 (+21) 92 58 Wind 20ft/early(mph) SW 11 SE 7 SE 17 SE 12 Wind 20ft/late(mph) S 7 SE 14 SE 16 SE 15 LAL 1 2 4 3 Haines Index 6 6 3 2 Wind 10000 FT MSL 23 18 39 29 Mixing Hgt(ft-agl) 7850 2870 Transport Wnd (kts) SE 20 SE 19 Vent Rate (kt-ft) 157000 54530 Vent Category Excellent Fair RFTI 3 0 0 0 RFTI Category Near Crit Nil Nil Nil Remarks...None. .FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7... .FRIDAY...Showers and a chance of thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 60s. Highs in the mid 70s. Minimum relative humidity above 15 percent. Chance of precipitation 90 percent. Southeast winds around 15 mph. .SATURDAY...Partly cloudy. A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 60s. Highs in the mid 80s. Minimum relative humidity above 15 percent. East winds 5 to 10 mph. .SUNDAY...Partly cloudy. A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the mid 60s. Highs around 90. Minimum relative humidity above 15 percent. South winds around 5 mph. .MONDAY...Partly cloudy. A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the mid 60s. Highs in the lower 90s. Minimum relative humidity above 15 percent. North winds around 5 mph. .TUESDAY...Mostly clear. A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 60s. Highs in the upper 90s. Minimum relative humidity above 15 percent. South winds around 5 mph. $$ NMZ117-190915- Chaves Plains- 102 PM MDT Tue Jun 18 2024 Tonight Wed Wed Night Thu Cloud Cover Mclear Mclear Pcldy Mcldy Precip Type None Tstms Tstms Tstms Chance Precip (%) 0 20 50 60 Temp (24h trend) 68 (-1) 95 (-7) 65 82 RH % (24h trend) 84 (+21) 31 (+23) 89 53 Wind 20ft/early(mph) S 14 S 14 SE 17 SE 11 Wind 20ft/late(mph) S 16 SE 15 SE 14 SE 14 LAL 1 2 4 3 Haines Index 6 6 2 2 Wind 10000 FT MSL 33 21 31 22 Mixing Hgt(ft-agl) 8130 3840 Transport Wnd (kts) S 21 SE 18 Vent Rate (kt-ft) 170730 69120 Vent Category Excellent Good RFTI 4 0 0 0 RFTI Category Near Crit Nil Nil Nil Remarks...None. .FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7... .FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy with showers likely and a chance of thunderstorms. Lows in the mid 60s. Highs in the lower 80s. Minimum relative humidity above 15 percent. Chance of precipitation 70 percent. Southeast winds around 15 mph. .SATURDAY...Partly cloudy. A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the mid 60s. Highs around 90. Minimum relative humidity above 15 percent. South winds around 10 mph. .SUNDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 60s. Highs in the mid 90s. Minimum relative humidity above 15 percent. South winds 5 to 10 mph. .MONDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 60s. Highs in the upper 90s. Minimum relative humidity above 15 percent. Southeast winds around 10 mph. .TUESDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 70s. Highs around 102. Minimum relative humidity above 15 percent. South winds around 10 mph. $$ NMZ118-190915- Eddy Plains- 102 PM MDT Tue Jun 18 2024 Tonight Wed Wed Night Thu Cloud Cover Mclear Mclear Pcldy Mcldy Precip Type None Tstms Tstms Tstms Chance Precip (%) 0 20 40 70 Temp (24h trend) 70 (-1) 95 (-7) 67 81 RH % (24h trend) 81 (+20) 33 (+25) 86 64 Wind 20ft/early(mph) S 13 SE 14 SE 19 E 12 Wind 20ft/late(mph) SE 15 SE 17 SE 17 E 16 LAL 1 1 3 3 Haines Index 6 6 2 2 Wind 10000 FT MSL 25 21 34 31 Mixing Hgt(ft-agl) 7530 3740 Transport Wnd (kts) SE 22 E 20 Vent Rate (kt-ft) 165660 74800 Vent Category Excellent Good RFTI 3 0 0 0 RFTI Category Near Crit Nil Nil Nil Remarks...None. .FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7... .FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy with showers likely and a chance of thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 60s. Highs in the mid 80s. Minimum relative humidity above 15 percent. Chance of precipitation 70 percent. Southeast winds around 15 mph. .SATURDAY...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 60s. Highs around 90. Minimum relative humidity above 15 percent. Southeast winds around 10 mph. .SUNDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 60s. Highs in the mid 90s. Minimum relative humidity above 15 percent. Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph. .MONDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 70s. Highs in the upper 90s. Minimum relative humidity above 15 percent. Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph. .TUESDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 70s. Highs around 102. Minimum relative humidity above 15 percent. Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph. $$ NMZ119-190915- Lea- 102 PM MDT Tue Jun 18 2024 Tonight Wed Wed Night Thu Cloud Cover Mclear Mclear Pcldy Mcldy Precip Type None None Tstms Tstms Chance Precip (%) 0 0 30 60 Temp (24h trend) 68 (-2) 92 (-8) 64 80 RH % (24h trend) 87 (+9) 31 (+17) 94 59 Wind 20ft/early(mph) S 16 SE 17 SE 18 E 12 Wind 20ft/late(mph) SE 18 SE 17 SE 15 E 16 LAL 1 1 3 2 Haines Index 6 6 2 2 Wind 10000 FT MSL 33 19 31 29 Mixing Hgt(ft-agl) 7140 3380 Transport Wnd (kts) SE 23 E 21 Vent Rate (kt-ft) 164220 70980 Vent Category Excellent Good RFTI 2 0 0 0 RFTI Category Elevated Nil Nil Nil Remarks...None. .FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7... .FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy. Showers likely and a chance of thunderstorms. Lows in the mid 60s. Highs in the mid 80s. Minimum relative humidity above 15 percent. Chance of precipitation 70 percent. Southeast winds around 15 mph. .SATURDAY...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 60s. Highs around 90. Minimum relative humidity above 15 percent. Southeast winds around 10 mph. .SUNDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 60s. Highs in the mid 90s. Minimum relative humidity above 15 percent. Southeast winds around 10 mph. .MONDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 60s. Highs in the mid 90s. Minimum relative humidity above 15 percent. Southeast winds around 10 mph. .TUESDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 60s. Highs around 101. Minimum relative humidity above 15 percent. Southeast winds around 10 mph. $$ TXZ270-271-190915- Guadalupe Mountains Above 7000 Feet- Guadalupe and Delaware Mountains- Including the cities of Guadalupe Mountains National Park and Pine Springs 202 PM CDT Tue Jun 18 2024 /102 PM MDT Tue Jun 18 2024/ Tonight Wed Wed Night Thu Cloud Cover Mclear Mclear Pcldy Mcldy Precip Type None Tstms Tstms Tstms Chance Precip (%) 0 20 50 80 Temp (24h trend) 62 (-6) 89 (-3) 60 72 RH % (24h trend) 73 (+37) 30 (+22) 87 67 Wind 20ft/early(mph) W 9 E 9 E 23 E 19 Wind 20ft/late(mph) E 8 E 15 E 26 E 17 LAL 1 1 3 3 Haines Index 6 5 2 2 Wind 10000 FT MSL 17 19 36 37 Mixing Hgt(ft-agl) 5760 1810 Transport Wnd (kts) E 23 E 25 Vent Rate (kt-ft) 132480 45250 Vent Category Very good Fair RFTI 1 0 1 0 RFTI Category Elevated Nil Elevated Nil Remarks...None. .FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7... .FRIDAY...Showers and a chance of thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 60s. Highs in the mid 70s. Minimum relative humidity above 15 percent. Chance of precipitation 80 percent. East winds 15 to 20 mph. .SATURDAY...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 60s. Highs in the lower 80s. Minimum relative humidity above 15 percent. East winds 5 to 15 mph. .SUNDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 60s. Highs in the upper 80s. Minimum relative humidity above 15 percent. North winds 5 to 10 mph. .MONDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 60s. Highs in the upper 80s. Minimum relative humidity above 15 percent. Northeast winds 5 to 10 mph. .TUESDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 70s. Highs in the mid 90s. Minimum relative humidity above 15 percent. Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph. $$ TXZ272-273-275>282-190915- Van Horn and Highway 54 Corridor-Eastern Culberson County- Chinati Mountains-Marfa Plateau-Davis Mountains- Davis Mountains Foothills-Central Brewster County-Chisos Basin- Presidio Valley-Lower Brewster County- Including the cities of Van Horn, Marfa, Fort Davis, Alpine, Big Bend National Park, Panther Junction, Marathon, Chisos Basin, Presidio, Lajitas, and Castolon 202 PM CDT Tue Jun 18 2024 Tonight Wed Wed Night Thu Cloud Cover Mclear Mclear Pcldy Mcldy Precip Type None Tstms Tstms Tstms Chance Precip (%) 0 10 50 90 Temp (24h trend) 65 (-7) 97 (-3) 63 79 RH % (24h trend) 84 (+26) 26 (+12) 91 63 Wind 20ft/early(mph) SE 10 E 9 E 20 E 17 Wind 20ft/late(mph) SE 12 E 14 E 19 E 17 LAL 1 2 3 3 Haines Index 6 5 4 2 Wind 10000 FT MSL 17 18 41 49 Mixing Hgt(ft-agl) 6640 2470 Transport Wnd (kts) E 24 E 27 Vent Rate (kt-ft) 159360 66690 Vent Category Excellent Good RFTI 0 1 1 0 RFTI Category Nil Elevated Elevated Nil Remarks...None. .FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7... .FRIDAY...Showers and a chance of thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 60s. Highs in the mid 80s. Minimum relative humidity above 15 percent. Chance of precipitation 80 percent. Northeast winds around 15 mph. .SATURDAY...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 60s. Highs in the upper 80s. Minimum relative humidity above 15 percent. Northeast winds 5 to 15 mph. .SUNDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 60s. Highs in the lower 90s. Minimum relative humidity above 15 percent. North winds 5 to 10 mph. .MONDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 60s. Highs in the mid 90s. Minimum relative humidity above 15 percent. North winds 5 to 10 mph. .TUESDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 70s. Highs in the upper 90s. Minimum relative humidity above 15 percent. Northeast winds 5 to 10 mph. $$ TXZ045>048-050>053-059>063-067>070-075-082-274-190915- Gaines-Dawson-Borden-Scurry-Andrews-Martin-Howard-Mitchell-Loving- Winkler-Ector-Midland-Glasscock-Ward-Crane-Upton-Reagan-Pecos- Terrell-Reeves County Plains- Including the cities of Seminole, Lamesa, Gail, Snyder, Andrews, Stanton, Big Spring, Colorado City, Mentone, Kermit, Odessa, Midland, Garden City, Monahans, Crane, McCamey, Rankin, Big Lake, Fort Stockton, Dryden, Sanderson, and Pecos 202 PM CDT Tue Jun 18 2024 Tonight Wed Wed Night Thu Cloud Cover Mclear Pcldy Mcldy Mcldy Precip Type None None Tstms Tstms Chance Precip (%) 0 0 30 60 Temp (24h trend) 70 (-4) 93 (-5) 67 82 RH % (24h trend) 86 (+6) 36 (+6) 95 61 Wind 20ft/early(mph) SE 18 SE 13 E 17 E 12 Wind 20ft/late(mph) SE 17 SE 15 E 12 E 14 LAL 1 1 3 3 Haines Index 5 5 2 2 Wind 10000 FT MSL 31 24 35 42 Mixing Hgt(ft-agl) 6360 3950 Transport Wnd (kts) SE 22 E 22 Vent Rate (kt-ft) 139920 86900 Vent Category Very good Good RFTI 0 0 0 0 RFTI Category Nil Nil Nil Nil Remarks...None. .FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7... .FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy. A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 60s. Highs in the upper 80s. Minimum relative humidity above 15 percent. East winds around 10 mph. .SATURDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 60s. Highs in the lower 90s. Minimum relative humidity above 15 percent. East winds around 10 mph. .SUNDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 60s. Highs in the mid 90s. Minimum relative humidity above 15 percent. Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph. .MONDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 70s. Highs in the upper 90s. Minimum relative humidity above 15 percent. Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph. .TUESDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 70s. Highs around 100. Minimum relative humidity above 15 percent. Southeast winds around 10 mph. $$