Suppression Forecast
Issued by NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

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Spot Forecast for Brush Pile burn...Davis Mtns VFD
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
1251 AM CDT Fri Jul 25 2025

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0600 CDT on July 25.
If conditions become unrepresentative, contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...

Fire weather concerns will remain low today as winds will be light
and minimum humidity values remain above critical levels. We do
expect scattered showers and thunderstorms to develop again this
afternoon into this evening. Storms that develop will be capable
of producing brief strong, gusty, and erratic winds in addition to
frequent lightning strikes and locally heavy downpours.

.TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (30-40 percent). Scattered showers
                    and thunderstorms in the afternoon.
Max temperature.....Around 85.
Min humidity........40 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........West winds around 5 mph early in the morning
                    becoming light, then becoming west around 5 mph
                    late in the morning shifting to the northeast
                    around 6 mph. Gusty and erratic winds expected
                    near thunderstorms in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......7300 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West 6 to 7 mph shifting to the northeast 7 to
                    9 mph late in the afternoon.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (3900 knot-ft) early in the morning
                    increasing to good (37300 knot-ft) in the
                    afternoon.

TIME (CDT)      6 AM         10 AM        2 PM
Sky cover.......PCLDY        MCLEAR       PCLDY
Weather cov.....                          SCTTRD
Weather type....NONE         NONE         RNSHWR
Tstm cov........                          SCTTRD
Temp............65           78           82
RH..............65           47           40
20 FT wind dir..SE           W            NNE
20 FT wind spd..5            5            6
20 FT wind gust.6            7            10
Mix hgt (ft)....700          2300         6200
Transp wind dir.W            W            N
Transp wind spd.7            6            7


.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (45-55 percent) then becoming
                    partly cloudy (30-40 percent). Scattered
                    showers and thunderstorms early in the evening,
                    then isolated showers and thunderstorms in the
                    evening.
Min temperature.....Around 63.
Max humidity........65 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southeast winds around 6 mph shifting to the
                    northwest early in the evening, then shifting
                    to the northeast 5 to 6 mph early in the
                    evening shifting to the southwest in the late
                    evening and overnight. Gusty and erratic winds
                    expected near thunderstorms in the evening.
Mixing height.......600 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....East around 7 mph shifting to the north around
                    9 mph early in the evening, then shifting to
                    the southeast 6 to 8 mph early in the evening
                    shifting to the south 7 to 10 mph overnight.
Smoke dispersal.....Fair (20700 knot-ft) early in the evening
                    decreasing to poor (3500 knot-ft) late in the
                    night.

TIME (CDT)      6 PM         10 PM        2 AM
Sky cover.......MCLDY        PCLDY        PCLDY
Weather cov.....SCTTRD       ISOLTD
Weather type....RNSHWR       RNSHWR       NONE
Tstm cov........SCTTRD       ISOLTD
Temp............78           70           68
RH..............47           61           59
20 FT wind dir..SE           S            S
20 FT wind spd..6            5            5
20 FT wind gust.12           7            7
Mix hgt (ft)....3500         700          700
Transp wind dir.E            SE           S
Transp wind spd.7            7            7


$$
Forecaster...Lindsey
Requested by...FIRE CHIEF Edna Queen
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2518543.0/MAF
.DELDT 07/24/25
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL e-queen@sbcglobal.net