879 FNUS74 KMAF 281243 FWSMAF Spot Forecast for SUNSET NORTH...USFS National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX 743 AM CDT Wed Jun 28 2023 Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0700 MDT on June 28. If conditions become unrepresentative, contact the National Weather Service. ...RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING FOR ALL OF SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND MUCH OF WEST TEXAS FOR RELATIVE HUMIDITIES IN THE SINGLE DIGITS, 20 FOOT WIND GREATER THAN 20 MPH AND HIGH TO VERY HIGH FIRE DANGER... .DISCUSSION... Red Flag Warning in effect this afternoon and evening. Another unseasonably hot day today with temperatures over 100 degrees. RH starting out low will fall through the day into the single digits. Overnight RH recovery will be fair. 20ft wind will pick up in the afternoon out of the south. High ERC as well as RFTI in the 4 to 6 range. High Haines Index. Afternoon thunderstorms possible Thursday... gusty and errattic wind near any storm. Temperatures slowly cool over next few days. .REST OF TODAY... Sky/weather.........Sunny (20-30 percent). LAL.................No Tstms. Max temperature.....Around 101. Min humidity........9 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds 9 to 12 mph shifting to the south 9 to 17 mph late in the morning. Mixing height.......6200 ft AGL increasing to 16200 ft AGL in the afternoon. Transport winds.....South 9 to 18 mph. Haines Index........6 or high potential for large plume dominated fire growth. Chance of pcpn......10 percent. TIME (MDT) 7 AM 10 AM 1 PM 4 PM Sky cover.......MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR PCLDY Weather cov..... Weather type....NONE NONE NONE NONE Tstm cov........ Chc of pcpn (%).0 0 10 10 LAL.............1 1 1 1 Temp............74 91 97 98 RH..............27 18 13 11 20 FT wind dir..SW S SE S 20 FT wind spd..12 9 17 16 20 FT wind gust. 10 18 Mix hgt (ft)....600 6200 15100 15900 Transp wind dir.SW S S S Transp wind spd.14 9 17 16 Haines index....6 6 6 6 .TONIGHT... Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (45-55 percent) then becoming mostly cloudy (45-55 percent) then becoming partly cloudy (35-45 percent). LAL.................No Tstms. Min temperature.....Around 70. Max humidity........37 percent. Wind (20 ft)........South winds 14 to 20 mph shifting to the southwest 8 to 10 mph after 3 am. Gusts up to 28 mph increasing to 33 mph late in the evening. Mixing height.......9400 ft AGL decreasing to 500 ft AGL in the late evening and overnight. Transport winds.....South 14 to 21 mph decreasing to around 10 mph early in the morning. Haines Index........5 to 6 or moderate to high potential for large plume dominated fire growth. Chance of pcpn......0 percent. TIME (MDT) 5 PM 8 PM 11 PM 2 AM Sky cover.......PCLDY MCLDY PCLDY PCLDY Weather cov..... Weather type....NONE NONE NONE NONE Tstm cov........ Chc of pcpn (%).0 0 0 0 LAL.............1 1 1 1 Temp............99 90 81 73 RH..............10 13 18 27 20 FT wind dir..S S S S 20 FT wind spd..15 16 18 14 20 FT wind gust.18 21 25 18 Mix hgt (ft)....14800 600 600 500 Transp wind dir.S SE S S Transp wind spd.16 16 18 15 Haines index....6 6 6 5 .THURSDAY... Sky/weather.........Partly sunny (50-60 percent). Slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. LAL.................No Tstms until 1300, then 1-8 strikes. Max temperature.....Around 95. Min humidity........18 percent. Wind (20 ft)........West winds 6 to 8 mph shifting to the southeast 7 to 13 mph in the late morning and early afternoon, then shifting to the southwest 9 to 17 mph late in the afternoon. Gusty and erratic winds expected near thunderstorms in the afternoon. Mixing height.......7400 ft AGL. Transport winds.....West 7 to 8 mph shifting to the northwest around 8 mph late in the morning, then shifting to the south 8 to 15 mph late in the morning shifting to the southwest around 14 mph late in the afternoon. Haines Index........3 to 5 or very low to moderate potential for large plume dominated fire growth. Chance of pcpn......20 percent. TIME (MDT) 5 AM 8 AM 11 AM 2 PM Sky cover.......MCLDY PCLDY PCLDY MCLDY Weather cov..... S CHC Weather type....NONE NONE NONE RNSHWR Tstm cov........ S CHC Chc of pcpn (%).0 0 0 20 LAL.............1 1 1 2 Temp............70 78 90 93 RH..............35 31 20 20 20 FT wind dir..SW W SE SW 20 FT wind spd..8 6 13 9 20 FT wind gust.10 10 16 Mix hgt (ft)....500 900 5500 6300 Transp wind dir.SW W S SW Transp wind spd.8 8 9 15 Haines index....5 5 5 4 $$ Forecaster...Cain Requested by...D. Bell Type of request...WILDFIRE .TAG 2316012.0/MAF .DELDT 06/28/23 .FormatterVersion 2.0.0