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Spot Forecast for Dunken...NM-N5S
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
112 PM CDT Tue Apr 21 2026

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 1200 MDT on April 21.
If conditions become unrepresentative, contact the National Weather
Service.

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
WEDNESDAY EVENING...

.DISCUSSION...

Partly cloudy skies with southerly/southwesterly winds (10-15 mph)
throughout the afternoon. A pop-up rain shower near the area may
occur during the afternoon (1-4 PM MDT) which could cause brief
erratic wind shifts. Winds shift westerly late this afternoon (4-5
PM MDT) before returning back southwesterly during the early
evening with winds becoming lighter. MinRHs will remain above 15
percent.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (40-50 percent).
Max temperature.....Around 76.
Min humidity........17 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds 10 to 13 mph.
Mixing height.......12400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West 15 to 16 mph.
Chance of pcpn......10 percent.

TIME (MDT)      NOON         4 PM
Sky cover.......PCLDY        MCLDY
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE         NONE
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).10           0
Temp............73           75
RH..............26           18
20 FT wind dir..SW           W
20 FT wind spd..10           13
20 FT wind gust.13           14
Mix hgt (ft)....11200        12200
Transp wind dir.W            W
Transp wind spd.15           15

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (60-70 percent) then becoming
                    mostly clear (15-25 percent).
Min temperature.....Around 51.
Max humidity........33 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds 9 to 13 mph.
Mixing height.......3900 ft AGL decreasing to 700 ft AGL in the
                    late evening and overnight.
Transport winds.....West 12 to 17 mph.
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.

TIME (MDT)      5 PM   7 PM   9 PM   11 PM  1 AM   3 AM
Sky cover.......MCLDY  PCLDY  PCLDY  MCLEAR MCLEAR CLEAR
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0      0      0      0      0      0
Temp............75     72     61     57     54     54
RH..............17     19     28     30     31     30
20 FT wind dir..W      W      SW     SW     SW     SW
20 FT wind spd..13     9      9      9      9      9
20 FT wind gust.14     13     11     11     11     12
Mix hgt (ft)....11700  3900   700    700    700    700
Transp wind dir.W      W      W      W      W      W
Transp wind spd.15     15     13     16     17     17

.WEDNESDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (20-30 percent).
Max temperature.....Around 80.
Min humidity........10 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds 10 to 18 mph increasing to 20
                    to 21 mph with gusts to around 24 mph late in
                    the afternoon.
Mixing height.......9400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West 14 to 23 mph shifting to the southwest 25
                    to 26 mph in the afternoon.
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.

TIME (MDT)      5 AM   7 AM   9 AM   11 AM  1 PM   3 PM
Sky cover.......MCLEAR PCLDY  PCLDY  MCLEAR CLEAR  CLEAR
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0      0      0      0      0      0
Temp............52     52     70     76     78     79
RH..............32     33     18     14     12     10
20 FT wind dir..SW     W      W      SW     SW     SW
20 FT wind spd..10     10     12     15     18     20
20 FT wind gust.12     12     13     17     21     23
Mix hgt (ft)....700    700    5400   8600   9400   9400
Transp wind dir.W      W      W      W      SW     W
Transp wind spd.17     16     20     23     25     25

$$
Forecaster...Lamberson
Requested by...NM-ADC
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2611196.0/MAF
.DELDT 04/21/26
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL NMADC@firenet.gov,Mitchell.Manford@usda.gov,Franklin.Hooper@usda.gov