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Spot Forecast for BIG CHERRY...USFS
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
654 AM CDT Sat Sep 19 2026

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0800 MDT on September 19.
If conditions become unrepresentative, contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...
Isolated showers and thunderstorms will be possible again late
this afternoon. Dry conditions are anticipated on Sunday. Minimum
RH values will fall to near 25 percent this afternoon and perhaps
a little lower around 20 percent Sunday. Winds generally light
westerly to southwesterly, except gusty and erratic winds near
storms that develop.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Partly sunny (55-65 percent). Isolated showers and
                    thunderstorms in the afternoon.
Max temperature.....Around 88.
Min humidity........25 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds 6 to 13 mph. Gusty and erratic
                    winds expected near thunderstorms in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......9700 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest 8 to 14 mph.
Chance of pcpn......20 percent.

TIME (MDT)      8 AM   10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM
Sky cover.......MCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY  PCLDY
Weather cov.....                     ISOLTD ISOLATD
Weather type....NONE   NONE   NONE   RNSHWR RNSHWR
Tstm cov........                     ISOLTD ISOLTD
Chc of pcpn (%).0      0      10     20     20
Temp............66     78     86     88     86
RH..............65     40     29     25     27
20 FT wind dir..SW     SW     SW     SW     W
20 FT wind spd..6      6      8      10     13
20 FT wind gust.7             10     14     16
Mix hgt (ft)....500    2800   7700   9300   7500
Transp wind dir.W      SW     SW     SW     W
Transp wind spd.8      8      9      12     14

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (30-40 percent).
Min temperature.....Around 60.
Max humidity........65 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southwest to west 5 to 10 mph.
Mixing height.......500 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....North around 15 mph shifting to the southwest
                    7 to 14 mph early in the evening.
Chance of pcpn......10 percent.

TIME (MDT)      5 PM   7 PM   9 PM   11 PM  1 AM   3 AM
Sky cover.......PCLDY  PCLDY  PCLDY  PCLDY  PCLDY  PCLDY
Weather cov.....ISOLTD
Weather type....RNSHWR NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
Tstm cov........ISOLTD
Chc of pcpn (%).20     10     10     10     10     0
Temp............85     79     71     66     64     62
RH..............29     35     47     54     58     62
20 FT wind dir..W      SW     W      W      W      W
20 FT wind spd..10     6      8      8      9      9
20 FT wind gust.14     8      10     11     12     12
Mix hgt (ft)....4900   900    500    500    500    500
Transp wind dir.N      SW     W      W      W      W
Transp wind spd.15     8      9      12     12     12

.SUNDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (10-20 percent) then becoming partly
                    sunny (40-50 percent).
Max temperature.....Around 88.
Min humidity........21 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........West to southwest winds 6 to 12 mph.
Mixing height.......10100 ft AGL increasing to 10600 ft AGL late in
                    the afternoon.
Transport winds.....West 8 to 14 mph.
Chance of pcpn......10 percent.

TIME (MDT)      5 AM   7 AM   9 AM   11 AM  1 PM   3 PM
Sky cover.......MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR CLEAR  PCLDY  PCLDY
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0      0      0      0      10     10
Temp............61     60     75     83     87     86
RH..............65     64     41     26     22     22
20 FT wind dir..W      W      W      W      SW     W
20 FT wind spd..10     8      6      6      7      12
20 FT wind gust.12     10     7             10     14
Mix hgt (ft)....500    500    1400   8500   10600  10200
Transp wind dir.W      W      W      W      W      W
Transp wind spd.14     13     10     8      8      13

$$
Forecaster...Lindsey
Requested by...Zachary NOLTING
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2622150.0/MAF
.DELDT 09/19/26
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