Suppression Forecast
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Spot Forecast for BATTERY...TFS
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
133 PM CDT Sat Mar 29 2025

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 1400 CDT on March 29.
If conditions become unrepresentative, contact the National Weather
Service.

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

.DISCUSSION...Southwest winds will begin to increase within the
next hour or two, aided in part by a temporary clearing in cloud
coverage. Meanwhile, the dryline will continue to push eastward,
allowing minimum RHs to bottom out around 9% this afternoon. Winds
will decrease tonight (especially after 7pm), though RH recoveries
will be poor.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (20-30 percent).
Max temperature.....Around 89.
Min humidity........9 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds 10 to 16 mph.
Mixing height.......12400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest 18 to 26 mph.
Chance of pcpn......10 percent.

TIME (CDT)      2 PM   4 PM
Sky cover.......CLEAR  PCLDY
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE   NONE
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).10     10
Temp............87     88
RH..............12     11
20 FT wind dir..SW     SW
20 FT wind spd..10     16
20 FT wind gust.       18
Mix hgt (ft)....9300   12200
Transp wind dir.SW     SW
Transp wind spd.18     25

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (60-70 percent) then becoming
                    partly cloudy (45-55 percent) then becoming
                    mostly cloudy (50-60 percent) then becoming
                    partly cloudy (25-35 percent).
Min temperature.....Around 57.
Max humidity........29 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........West winds 5 to 8 mph in the evening becoming
                    light, then becoming northwest 5 to 6 mph
                    overnight.
Mixing height.......4100 ft AGL decreasing to 500 ft AGL early in
                    the evening.
Transport winds.....West 21 to 25 mph decreasing to 8 to 13 mph
                    early in the evening, then shifting to the
                    south around 7 mph late in the evening shifting
                    to the west 7 to 9 mph overnight shifting to
                    the northwest 9 to 18 mph.
Chance of pcpn......10 percent.

TIME (CDT)      6 PM   8 PM   10 PM  MIDNGT 2 AM   4 AM
Sky cover.......MCLDY  PCLDY  PCLDY  PCLDY  MCLEAR PCLDY
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).10     0      0      0      0      0
Temp............87     80     70     66     63     60
RH..............9      13     20     25     26     28
20 FT wind dir..W      SW     W      NW     NW     W
20 FT wind spd..8      6      5      3      5      6
20 FT wind gust.       12     7      6      6      10
Mix hgt (ft)....11100  600    600    500    600    600
Transp wind dir.W      W      W      W      N      W
Transp wind spd.25     13     8      7      9      13

.SUNDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (15-25 percent).
Max temperature.....Around 85.
Min humidity........9 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........West winds 7 to 14 mph. Gusts up to 24 mph
                    early in the morning.
Mixing height.......10000 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northwest 21 to 29 mph.
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.

TIME (CDT)      6 AM   8 AM   10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM
Sky cover.......PCLDY  PCLDY  MCLEAR CLEAR  CLEAR  CLEAR
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0      0      0      0      0      0
Temp............59     58     71     77     82     84
RH..............26     27     17     15     11     10
20 FT wind dir..NW     W      NW     W      W      W
20 FT wind spd..7      10     14     14     14     13
20 FT wind gust.12     16     19     19     18     17
Mix hgt (ft)....600    700    2600   5100   8000   9800
Transp wind dir.NW     NW     NW     NW     W      W
Transp wind spd.21     23     29     28     24     22

$$
Forecaster...Sprang
Requested by...TAMI SCHWARTZ
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2508404.0/MAF
.DELDT 03/29/25
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL CSDISPATCH@TFS.TAMU.EDU