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Spot Forecast for DMR brush pile...Davis mt resort VFD
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
700 PM CDT Thu Mar 27 2025

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0600 CDT on March 28.
If conditions become unrepresentative, contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...

Much drier conditions are expected Friday as winds return to the
west. After fair recovery in the morning with RHs near 60%, drier
air will mix to the surface by afternoon with min RHs around 15
percent. Winds will stay generally from the west around 10 mph
through the day with higher gusts during the afternoon. A morning
inversion will erode by afternoon allowing poor smoke dispersal to
increase to excellent after noon. Winds will increase overnight
Friday into Saturday with gusts over 30 mph likely by afternoon.

.FRIDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (5-15 percent).
Max temperature.....Around 77.
Min humidity........15 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........West winds 7 to 16 mph.
Mixing height.......10300 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West 15 to 18 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (8800 knot-ft) early in the morning
                    increasing to excellent (72500 knot-ft) in the
                    afternoon increasing to excellent (114400
                    knot-ft) in the afternoon.

TIME (CDT)      6 AM         10 AM        2 PM
Sky cover.......MCLEAR       CLEAR        CLEAR
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE         NONE         NONE
Tstm cov........
Temp............53           63           76
RH..............59           39           17
20 FT wind dir..W            W            W
20 FT wind spd..9            8            10
20 FT wind gust.10 West winds 9 to 16 mph. Gusts up to 31 mph.
Mix hgt (ft)....700 1200 9300 Transp wind dir.W W W Transp wind
spd.16 16 17 Vrate kt-ft/1K..10 17 140 Ventrate Cat....POOR POOR
VYGD

.FRIDAY NIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (15-25 percent).
Min temperature.....Around 53.
Max humidity........23 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........West winds 6 to 15 mph.
Mixing height.......600 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West 10 to 18 mph shifting to the northwest 21
                    to 22 mph after 3 am.
Smoke dispersal.....Excellent (120800 knot-ft) decreasing to fair
                    (13300 knot-ft) early in the evening decreasing
                    to poor (6100 knot-ft) late in the night early
                    in the evening.

TIME (CDT)      6 PM         10 PM        2 AM
Sky cover.......MCLEAR       PCLDY        MCLEAR
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE         NONE         NONE
Tstm cov........
Temp............77           64           59
RH..............12           17           23
20 FT wind dir..W            SW           W
20 FT wind spd..15           6            10
20 FT wind gust.17
Mix hgt (ft)....9700         700          700
Transp wind dir.W            SW           W
Transp wind spd.16           10           18
Vrate kt-ft/1K..135          6            11
Ventrate Cat....VYGD         POOR         POOR

.SATURDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (5-15 percent).
Max temperature.....Around 76.
Min humidity........10 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........West winds 9 to 16 mph. Gusts up to 31 mph.
Mixing height.......9900 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West 22 to 28 mph shifting to the southwest
                    around 28 mph late in the afternoon.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (10800 knot-ft) early in the morning
                    increasing to excellent (81400 knot-ft) in the
                    afternoon increasing to excellent (236600
                    knot-ft).

TIME (CDT)      6 AM         10 AM        2 PM
Sky cover.......CLEAR        MCLEAR       MCLEAR
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE         NONE         NONE
Tstm cov........
Temp............55           65           75
RH..............22           18           11
20 FT wind dir..W            W            W
20 FT wind spd..14           13           16
20 FT wind gust.             22           25
Mix hgt (ft)....600          2200         7500
Transp wind dir.NW           W            W
Transp wind spd.22           25           28
Vrate kt-ft/1K..11           48           182
Ventrate Cat....POOR         FAIR         EXNT

$$
Forecaster...RHluchan
Requested by...Edna Queen Fire Chief
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2508288.0/MAF
.DELDT 03/28/25
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL e-queen@sbcglobal.net