Routine Fire Wx Fcst (With/Without 6-10 Day Outlook)
Issued by NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Issued by NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
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FWFMAF
Fire Weather Planning Forecast for West Texas/Southeast New Mexico
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
142 PM CST Sat Feb 22 2025
.DISCUSSION...
Temperatures remain cool across the area today before a warming
trend commences late this weekend into early next week. Critically
low minRH values (as low as 5% in some spots) are expected across
much of our region each day Sunday through Tuesday, especially over
locations along and west of the Pecos. 20-ft winds will generally
remain under critical criteria, and ERCs will remain low. While fire
weather concerns will be elevated due to low relative humidity late
this weekend and early next week, fuels continue to remain sparse.
Recoveries will be moderate to excellent tonight. Overnight recovery
will generally be poor along and west of the Pecos late this weekend
into early next week.
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For point-specific forecasts please see the Point Fire Weather
Matrix product issued by the Midland/Odessa National Weather
Service Office.
NMZ116-231015-
Sacramento Foothills and Guadalupe Mountains-
1242 PM MST Sat Feb 22 2025
Tonight Sun Sun Night Mon
Cloud Cover Mclear Mclear Mclear Mclear
Precip Type None None None None
Chance Precip (%) 0 0 0 0
Temp (24h trend) 30 (+8) 70 (+17) 37 76
RH % (24h trend) 41 (-15) 7 (-14) 28 8
Wind 20ft/early(mph) SW 6 W 12 W 8 W 11
Wind 20ft/late(mph) W 9 NW 13 W 9 W 13
Wind 10000 FT MSL 42 41 37 38
Mixing Hgt(ft-agl) 6700 5600
Transport Wnd (kts) NW 24 W 24
Vent Rate (kt-ft) 160800 134400
Vent Category Excellent Very good
RFTI 0 2 1 2
RFTI Category Nil Elevated Elevated Elevated
Remarks...None.
.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.TUESDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 40s. Highs in the mid
70s. Minimum relative humidity at or below 15 percent. West winds
around 10 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly clear. Cooler. Lows in the mid 40s. Highs in
the lower 60s. Minimum relative humidity above 15 percent. West
winds 10 to 15 mph.
.THURSDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 30s. Highs in the
lower 60s. Minimum relative humidity at or below 15 percent.
North winds around 10 mph.
.FRIDAY...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 30s. Highs in the
lower 70s. Minimum relative humidity at or below 15 percent.
Southwest winds 10 to 15 mph.
.SATURDAY...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 40s. Highs in the
upper 60s. Minimum relative humidity at or below 15 percent. West
winds around 15 mph.
$$
NMZ117-231015-
Chaves Plains-
1242 PM MST Sat Feb 22 2025
Tonight Sun Sun Night Mon
Cloud Cover Mclear Clear Mclear Clear
Precip Type None None None None
Chance Precip (%) 0 0 0 0
Temp (24h trend) 24 (+4) 72 (+20) 32 80
RH % (24h trend) 71 (+4) 10 (-16) 48 11
Wind 20ft/early(mph) S 6 NW 6 S 5 W 6
Wind 20ft/late(mph) SW 5 N 9 Lgt/Var NW 11
Wind 10000 FT MSL 42 42 40 44
Mixing Hgt(ft-agl) 5560 6450
Transport Wnd (kts) NW 18 W 23
Vent Rate (kt-ft) 100080 148350
Vent Category Very good Very good
RFTI 0 1 0 2
RFTI Category Nil Elevated Nil Elevated
Remarks...None.
.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.TUESDAY...Mostly clear. Lows around 40. Highs in the mid 70s.
Minimum relative humidity at or below 15 percent. North winds
around 5 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly clear. Cooler. Lows in the lower 40s. Highs
in the mid 60s. Minimum relative humidity above 15 percent. North
winds around 10 mph.
.THURSDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 30s. Highs in the mid
60s. Minimum relative humidity above 15 percent. East winds 5 to
10 mph.
.FRIDAY...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 30s. Highs in the mid
70s. Minimum relative humidity at or below 15 percent. South
winds around 10 mph.
.SATURDAY...Partly cloudy. Lows around 40. Highs in the lower
70s. Minimum relative humidity at or below 15 percent. West winds
around 10 mph.
$$
NMZ118-231015-
Eddy Plains-
1242 PM MST Sat Feb 22 2025
Tonight Sun Sun Night Mon
Cloud Cover Mclear Clear Clear Clear
Precip Type None None None None
Chance Precip (%) 0 0 0 0
Temp (24h trend) 25 (+3) 73 (+22) 33 81
RH % (24h trend) 70 (+6) 10 (-18) 43 8
Wind 20ft/early(mph) S 5 Lgt/Var NW 5 W 5
Wind 20ft/late(mph) Lgt/Var N 7 W 5 W 7
Wind 10000 FT MSL 24 33 28 27
Mixing Hgt(ft-agl) 5500 5670
Transport Wnd (kts) NW 16 W 13
Vent Rate (kt-ft) 88000 73710
Vent Category Good Good
RFTI 0 0 0 0
RFTI Category Nil Nil Nil Nil
Remarks...None.
.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.TUESDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 40s. Highs in the
upper 70s. Minimum relative humidity at or below 15 percent.
North winds around 5 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly clear. Cooler. Lows in the mid 40s. Highs in
the upper 60s. Minimum relative humidity above 15 percent. North
winds 10 to 15 mph.
.THURSDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 30s. Highs in the mid
60s. Minimum relative humidity above 15 percent. Northeast winds
5 to 10 mph.
.FRIDAY...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 30s. Highs in the mid
70s. Minimum relative humidity at or below 15 percent. South
winds around 10 mph.
.SATURDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 40s. Highs in the mid
70s. Minimum relative humidity at or below 15 percent. West winds
10 to 15 mph.
$$
NMZ119-231015-
Lea-
1242 PM MST Sat Feb 22 2025
Tonight Sun Sun Night Mon
Cloud Cover Mclear Clear Clear Clear
Precip Type None None None None
Chance Precip (%) 0 0 0 0
Temp (24h trend) 27 (+6) 70 (+19) 35 78
RH % (24h trend) 71 (+2) 12 (-16) 43 9
Wind 20ft/early(mph) S 5 W 8 NW 5 W 9
Wind 20ft/late(mph) Lgt/Var NW 10 Lgt/Var W 12
Wind 10000 FT MSL 32 37 36 44
Mixing Hgt(ft-agl) 5420 5390
Transport Wnd (kts) NW 18 W 23
Vent Rate (kt-ft) 97560 123970
Vent Category Good Very good
RFTI 0 1 0 2
RFTI Category Nil Elevated Nil Elevated
Remarks...None.
.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.TUESDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 40s. Highs in the mid
70s. Minimum relative humidity at or below 15 percent. North
winds around 5 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly clear. Cooler. Lows in the mid 40s. Highs in
the mid 60s. Minimum relative humidity above 15 percent. North
winds 5 to 15 mph.
.THURSDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 30s. Highs in the mid
60s. Minimum relative humidity above 15 percent. Northeast winds
around 10 mph.
.FRIDAY...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 30s. Highs in the
lower 70s. Minimum relative humidity at or below 15 percent.
South winds 10 to 15 mph.
.SATURDAY...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 40s. Highs in the
lower 70s. Minimum relative humidity at or below 15 percent. West
winds 10 to 15 mph.
$$
TXZ270-271-231015-
Guadalupe Mountains Above 7000 Feet-
Guadalupe and Delaware Mountains-
Including the cities of Guadalupe Mountains National Park and
Pine Springs
142 PM CST Sat Feb 22 2025 /1242 PM MST Sat Feb 22 2025/
Tonight Sun Sun Night Mon
Cloud Cover Mclear Mclear Mclear Clear
Precip Type None None None None
Chance Precip (%) 0 0 0 0
Temp (24h trend) 34 (+8) 67 (+15) 38 73
RH % (24h trend) 38 (-21) 8 (-15) 24 8
Wind 20ft/early(mph) W 5 W 10 W 10 W 10
Wind 20ft/late(mph) W 7 W 14 W 8 W 14
Wind 10000 FT MSL 30 32 22 32
Mixing Hgt(ft-agl) 3900 2880
Transport Wnd (kts) W 19 W 22
Vent Rate (kt-ft) 74100 63360
Vent Category Good Good
RFTI 0 3 3 3
RFTI Category Nil Near Crit Near Crit Near Crit
Remarks...None.
.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.TUESDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 40s. Highs in the lower
70s. Minimum relative humidity at or below 15 percent. West winds
around 10 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 40s. Highs in the
mid 60s. Minimum relative humidity at or below 15 percent. West
winds 10 to 15 mph.
.THURSDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 30s. Highs around 60.
Minimum relative humidity above 15 percent. Northeast winds 10 to
15 mph.
.FRIDAY...Partly cloudy. Lows around 40. Highs in the upper 60s.
Minimum relative humidity at or below 15 percent. Southwest winds
10 to 15 mph.
.SATURDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 40s. Highs in the upper
60s. Minimum relative humidity at or below 15 percent. West winds
around 15 mph.
$$
TXZ272-273-275>282-231015-
Van Horn and Highway 54 Corridor-Eastern Culberson-
Chinati Mountains-Marfa Plateau-Davis Mountains-
Davis Mountains Foothills-Central Brewster-Chisos Basin-
Presidio Valley-Lower Brewster County-
Including the cities of Van Horn, Marfa, Fort Davis, Alpine,
Big Bend National Park, Panther Junction, Marathon, Chisos Basin,
Presidio, Lajitas, and Castolon
142 PM CST Sat Feb 22 2025
Tonight Sun Sun Night Mon
Cloud Cover Mclear Clear Clear Clear
Precip Type None None None None
Chance Precip (%) 0 0 0 0
Temp (24h trend) 30 (+4) 77 (+18) 36 82
RH % (24h trend) 64 (-4) 7 (-16) 25 5
Wind 20ft/early(mph) NE 5 W 6 W 7 W 6
Wind 20ft/late(mph) Lgt/Var W 11 W 5 W 10
Wind 10000 FT MSL 31 33 27 25
Mixing Hgt(ft-agl) 6290 5370
Transport Wnd (kts) W 19 W 17
Vent Rate (kt-ft) 119510 91290
Vent Category Very good Good
RFTI 0 2 2 2
RFTI Category Nil Elevated Elevated Elevated
Remarks...None.
.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.TUESDAY...Clear. Lows in the mid 40s. Highs in the lower 80s.
Minimum relative humidity at or below 15 percent. North winds
around 5 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 40s. Highs in the
mid 70s. Minimum relative humidity at or below 15 percent. West
winds 5 to 10 mph.
.THURSDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 40s. Highs in the
upper 60s. Minimum relative humidity at or below 15 percent.
North winds around 10 mph.
.FRIDAY...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 40s. Highs in the mid
70s. Minimum relative humidity at or below 15 percent. East winds
5 to 10 mph.
.SATURDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 40s. Highs in the
upper 70s. Minimum relative humidity at or below 15 percent.
North winds 10 to 15 mph.
$$
TXZ045>048-050>053-059>063-067>070-075-082-274-231015-
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
142 PM CST Sat Feb 22 2025
Tonight Sun Sun Night Mon
Cloud Cover Mclear Clear Clear Clear
Precip Type None None None None
Chance Precip (%) 0 0 0 0
Temp (24h trend) 27 (+3) 75 (+22) 34 82
RH % (24h trend) 93 (+19) 8 (-26) 55 6
Wind 20ft/early(mph) Lgt/Var W 5 Lgt/Var W 6
Wind 20ft/late(mph) Lgt/Var W 7 Lgt/Var W 9
Wind 10000 FT MSL 29 27 29 30
Mixing Hgt(ft-agl) 5460 5890
Transport Wnd (kts) W 17 W 18
Vent Rate (kt-ft) 92820 106020
Vent Category Good Very good
RFTI 0 0 0 2
RFTI Category Nil Nil Nil Elevated
Remarks...None.
.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.TUESDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 40s. Highs in the
lower 80s. Minimum relative humidity at or below 15 percent.
North winds around 5 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 40s. Highs in the
lower 70s. Minimum relative humidity above 15 percent. Northwest
winds 5 to 15 mph.
.THURSDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 30s. Highs in the
upper 60s. Minimum relative humidity above 15 percent. North
winds around 5 mph.
.FRIDAY...Partly cloudy. Lows around 40. Highs in the mid 70s.
Minimum relative humidity at or below 15 percent. South winds
5 to 15 mph.
.SATURDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 40s. Highs in the upper
70s. Minimum relative humidity above 15 percent. South winds
10 to 15 mph.
$$