Routine Fire Wx Fcst (With/Without 6-10 Day Outlook)
Issued by NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Issued by NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
962 FNUS54 KMAF 060843 FWFMAF Fire Weather Planning Forecast for West Texas/Southeast New Mexico National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX 343 AM CDT Sat Jul 6 2024 .DISCUSSION... Appreciable summertime moisture remains in place nearly each afternoon with Sunday being the hottest and driest day of the upcoming week. Humidity falls to 20 percent or lower generally along/west of the Pecos on Sunday afternoon, with every other day staying 20-30 percent or higher. Between this and light winds, fire concerns aren`t anticipated. While fuels generally remain near to below the 50th percentile, scattered thunderstorms remain possible nearly every afternoon, which could pose a risk for lightning starts in addition to gusty/erratic winds. && For point-specific forecasts please see the Point Fire Weather Matrix product issued by the Midland/Odessa National Weather Service Office. NMZ116-062200- Sacramento Foothills and Guadalupe Mountains- 243 AM MDT Sat Jul 6 2024 Today Tonight Sun Cloud Cover Pcldy Mclear Clear Precip Type Tstms Tstms None Chance Precip (%) 40 20 0 Temp (24h trend) 88 (+3) 63 (0) 99 RH % (24h trend) 32 (-6) 66 (-30) 6 Wind 20ft/early(mph) SE 5 S 8 W 9 Wind 20ft/late(mph) SE 8 SW 8 NW 10 LAL 3 2 1 Haines Index 3 5 6 Wind 10000 FT MSL 13 26 26 Mixing Hgt(ft-agl) 6020 14890 Transport Wnd (kts) S 15 W 20 Vent Rate (kt-ft) 90300 297800 Vent Category Good Excellent RFTI 0 0 0 RFTI Category Nil Nil Nil Remarks...None. .FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7... .MONDAY...Partly cloudy. A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 60s. Highs around 80. Minimum relative humidity above 15 percent. North winds 10 to 15 mph. .TUESDAY...Partly cloudy. A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 60s. Highs in the lower 80s. Minimum relative humidity above 15 percent. Northeast winds 5 to 10 mph. .WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy. A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 60s. Highs in the mid 80s. Minimum relative humidity above 15 percent. North winds around 5 mph. .THURSDAY...Partly cloudy. A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 60s. Highs in the upper 80s. Minimum relative humidity above 15 percent. North winds around 5 mph. .FRIDAY...Partly cloudy. A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the mid 60s. Highs in the upper 80s. Minimum relative humidity above 15 percent. East winds around 5 mph. $$ NMZ117-062200- Chaves Plains- 243 AM MDT Sat Jul 6 2024 Today Tonight Sun Cloud Cover Pcldy Mclear Clear Precip Type Tstms Tstms None Chance Precip (%) 20 20 0 Temp (24h trend) 92 (+2) 67 (+1) 104 RH % (24h trend) 31 (-7) 73 (-20) 6 Wind 20ft/early(mph) SE 6 S 12 SW 9 Wind 20ft/late(mph) S 9 S 11 NW 9 LAL 3 1 1 Haines Index 3 5 6 Wind 10000 FT MSL 13 25 27 Mixing Hgt(ft-agl) 6940 15700 Transport Wnd (kts) S 14 W 17 Vent Rate (kt-ft) 97160 266900 Vent Category Good Excellent RFTI 0 0 0 RFTI Category Nil Nil Nil Remarks...None. .FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7... .MONDAY...Partly cloudy. A chance of showers and a slight chance of thunderstorms. Lows in the mid 60s. Highs in the mid 80s. Minimum relative humidity above 15 percent. Chance of precipitation 40 percent. North winds 10 to 15 mph. .TUESDAY...Partly cloudy. A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the mid 60s. Highs in the upper 80s. Minimum relative humidity above 15 percent. Northeast winds 5 to 10 mph. .WEDNESDAY...Mostly clear. A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the mid 60s. Highs in the lower 90s. Minimum relative humidity above 15 percent. Southeast winds around 5 mph. .THURSDAY...Partly cloudy. A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the mid 60s. Highs in the mid 90s. Minimum relative humidity above 15 percent. Southeast winds around 5 mph. .FRIDAY...Mostly clear. A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 60s. Highs in the mid 90s. Minimum relative humidity above 15 percent. Southeast winds around 10 mph. $$ NMZ118-062200- Eddy Plains- 243 AM MDT Sat Jul 6 2024 Today Tonight Sun Cloud Cover Pcldy Mclear Clear Precip Type Tstms Tstms None Chance Precip (%) 20 20 0 Temp (24h trend) 93 (0) 70 (+1) 104 RH % (24h trend) 34 (-3) 68 (-21) 9 Wind 20ft/early(mph) E 6 S 9 S 8 Wind 20ft/late(mph) SE 8 S 9 SW 8 LAL 2 2 1 Haines Index 3 3 5 Wind 10000 FT MSL 13 17 26 Mixing Hgt(ft-agl) 6820 14740 Transport Wnd (kts) SE 12 W 16 Vent Rate (kt-ft) 81840 235840 Vent Category Good Excellent RFTI 0 0 0 RFTI Category Nil Nil Nil Remarks...None. .FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7... .MONDAY...Partly cloudy. A chance of showers and a slight chance of thunderstorms. Lows around 70. Highs around 90. Minimum relative humidity above 15 percent. Chance of precipitation 40 percent. North winds around 10 mph. .TUESDAY...Partly cloudy. A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 60s. Highs in the upper 80s. Minimum relative humidity above 15 percent. Northeast winds 5 to 10 mph. .WEDNESDAY...Mostly clear. A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 60s. Highs in the lower 90s. Minimum relative humidity above 15 percent. East winds around 5 mph. .THURSDAY...Mostly clear. A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 60s. Highs in the mid 90s. Minimum relative humidity above 15 percent. North winds around 5 mph. .FRIDAY...Mostly clear. Lows around 70. Highs in the mid 90s. Minimum relative humidity above 15 percent. Southeast winds around 10 mph. $$ NMZ119-062200- Lea- 243 AM MDT Sat Jul 6 2024 Today Tonight Sun Cloud Cover Pcldy Mclear Clear Precip Type Tstms Tstms None Chance Precip (%) 20 20 0 Temp (24h trend) 91 (+1) 67 (+1) 101 RH % (24h trend) 32 (-10) 76 (-16) 10 Wind 20ft/early(mph) E 6 S 9 S 10 Wind 20ft/late(mph) S 7 S 10 SW 10 LAL 3 1 1 Haines Index 3 3 5 Wind 10000 FT MSL 13 23 28 Mixing Hgt(ft-agl) 7550 13150 Transport Wnd (kts) SE 11 SW 19 Vent Rate (kt-ft) 83050 249850 Vent Category Good Excellent RFTI 0 0 0 RFTI Category Nil Nil Nil Remarks...None. .FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7... .MONDAY...Partly cloudy. A chance of showers and a slight chance of thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 60s. Highs in the upper 80s. Minimum relative humidity above 15 percent. Chance of precipitation 50 percent. East winds 10 to 15 mph. .TUESDAY...Partly cloudy. A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the mid 60s. Highs in the upper 80s. Minimum relative humidity above 15 percent. Northeast winds 5 to 10 mph. .WEDNESDAY...Mostly clear. A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the mid 60s. Highs in the lower 90s. Minimum relative humidity above 15 percent. East winds around 5 mph. .THURSDAY...Mostly clear. A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the mid 60s. Highs in the lower 90s. Minimum relative humidity above 15 percent. East winds around 5 mph. .FRIDAY...Mostly clear. A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 60s. Highs in the lower 90s. Minimum relative humidity above 15 percent. Southeast winds around 10 mph. $$ TXZ270-271-062200- Guadalupe Mountains Above 7000 Feet- Guadalupe and Delaware Mountains- Including the cities of Guadalupe Mountains National Park and Pine Springs 343 AM CDT Sat Jul 6 2024 /243 AM MDT Sat Jul 6 2024/ Today Tonight Sun Cloud Cover Pcldy Mclear Mclear Precip Type Tstms Tstms None Chance Precip (%) 30 30 0 Temp (24h trend) 88 (+3) 65 (+1) 98 RH % (24h trend) 31 (-5) 62 (-28) 12 Wind 20ft/early(mph) E 8 E 8 SW 10 Wind 20ft/late(mph) E 9 S 9 W 9 LAL 2 2 1 Haines Index 3 3 5 Wind 10000 FT MSL 16 13 23 Mixing Hgt(ft-agl) 7080 11800 Transport Wnd (kts) E 11 W 16 Vent Rate (kt-ft) 77880 188800 Vent Category Good Excellent RFTI 0 0 0 RFTI Category Nil Nil Nil Remarks...None. .FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7... .MONDAY...Mostly clear. A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the mid 60s. Highs in the lower 80s. Minimum relative humidity above 15 percent. Northeast winds 10 to 15 mph. .TUESDAY...Partly cloudy. A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 60s. Highs in the lower 80s. Minimum relative humidity above 15 percent. Northeast winds 10 to 15 mph. .WEDNESDAY...Mostly clear. A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the mid 60s. Highs in the lower 80s. Minimum relative humidity above 15 percent. East winds 5 to 10 mph. .THURSDAY...Mostly clear. A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the mid 60s. Highs in the mid 80s. Minimum relative humidity above 15 percent. East winds around 10 mph. .FRIDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 60s. Highs in the mid 80s. Minimum relative humidity above 15 percent. East winds around 10 mph. $$ TXZ272-273-275>282-062200- Van Horn and Highway 54 Corridor-Eastern Culberson County- Chinati Mountains-Marfa Plateau-Davis Mountains- Davis Mountains Foothills-Central Brewster County-Chisos Basin- Presidio Valley-Lower Brewster County- Including the cities of Van Horn, Marfa, Fort Davis, Alpine, Big Bend National Park, Panther Junction, Marathon, Chisos Basin, Presidio, Lajitas, and Castolon 343 AM CDT Sat Jul 6 2024 Today Tonight Sun Cloud Cover Pcldy Mclear Mclear Precip Type Tstms Tstms None Chance Precip (%) 30 30 0 Temp (24h trend) 96 (+1) 67 (-2) 103 RH % (24h trend) 25 (-5) 69 (-11) 13 Wind 20ft/early(mph) E 6 E 8 S 5 Wind 20ft/late(mph) E 8 SE 6 S 6 LAL 3 3 2 Haines Index 3 3 3 Wind 10000 FT MSL 16 19 16 Mixing Hgt(ft-agl) 7980 12090 Transport Wnd (kts) E 10 W 13 Vent Rate (kt-ft) 79800 157170 Vent Category Good Excellent RFTI 0 0 0 RFTI Category Nil Nil Nil Remarks...None. .FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7... .MONDAY...Mostly clear. A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 70s. Highs in the mid 90s. Minimum relative humidity above 15 percent. Northeast winds 5 to 10 mph. .TUESDAY...Mostly clear. A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 60s. Highs around 90. Minimum relative humidity above 15 percent. Northeast winds around 10 mph. .WEDNESDAY...Mostly clear. A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 60s. Highs in the lower 90s. Minimum relative humidity above 15 percent. North winds 5 to 10 mph. .THURSDAY...Mostly clear. A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 60s. Highs in the lower 90s. Minimum relative humidity above 15 percent. Northeast winds 5 to 10 mph. .FRIDAY...Mostly clear. A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 60s. Highs in the lower 90s. Minimum relative humidity above 15 percent. Northeast winds 5 to 10 mph. $$ TXZ045>048-050>053-059>063-067>070-075-082-274-062200- 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 343 AM CDT Sat Jul 6 2024 Today Tonight Sun Cloud Cover Pcldy Mclear Clear Precip Type Tstms None None Chance Precip (%) 20 0 0 Temp (24h trend) 95 (0) 71 (0) 103 RH % (24h trend) 33 (-8) 79 (-6) 18 Wind 20ft/early(mph) E 5 SE 7 S 7 Wind 20ft/late(mph) SE 6 S 7 S 9 LAL 3 1 1 Haines Index 3 3 3 Wind 10000 FT MSL 12 12 16 Mixing Hgt(ft-agl) 7570 11070 Transport Wnd (kts) SE 12 S 15 Vent Rate (kt-ft) 90840 166050 Vent Category Good Excellent RFTI 0 0 0 RFTI Category Nil Nil Nil Remarks...None. .FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7... .MONDAY...Mostly clear. A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 70s. Highs in the lower 90s. Minimum relative humidity above 15 percent. East winds around 10 mph. .TUESDAY...Partly cloudy. A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 60s. Highs in the lower 90s. Minimum relative humidity above 15 percent. North winds 5 to 10 mph. .WEDNESDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 60s. Highs in the mid 90s. Minimum relative humidity above 15 percent. North winds around 5 mph. .THURSDAY...Mostly clear. Lows around 70. Highs in the mid 90s. Minimum relative humidity above 15 percent. East winds around 5 mph. .FRIDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 70s. Highs in the mid 90s. Minimum relative humidity above 15 percent. East winds 5 to 10 mph. $$