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Fire Weather Planning Forecast for Hale 1491...TFS
National Weather Service Lubbock TX
926 PM CDT Tue Mar 18 2025

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 2200 CDT on March 18.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

If you have questions or concerns with this forecast,
please contact our office at (806) 745-4926.

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT WEDNESDAY...
...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CDT WEDNESDAY...

.DISCUSSION...
A cold front will move across Plainview about midnight. Ahead of this
front very strong winds and very low relative humidity can be expected.
Behind the front winds will veer slightly toward west-northwest while
also decreasing modestly in speed. Conditions will still be very windy
with relative humidity recovering slightly into the lower 20s where they
will likely remain for much of the night. Further veering of the winds
will occur about 7 AM and toward north around noon while remaining fairly
strong around 25-30 mph.

.REST OF TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (0-10 percent). Blowing dust late
                    in the evening, then areas of blowing dust
                    overnight. Patchy blowing dust after 3 am.
CWR.................0 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 37.
Max humidity........39 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Windy. West winds 28 to 33 mph. Gusts up to 56
                    mph decreasing to 45 mph after 3 am.

TIME (CDT)      10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........5   4   5   7   7   7   6   6
Weather cov.....DEF DEF DEF ARS ARS ARS PTY PTY
Weather type....BDT BDT BDT BDT BDT BDT BDT BDT
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............58  55  53  50  48  47  44  42
RH..............10  10  18  23  24  23  22  24
20 FT wind dir..W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W
20 FT wind spd..33  32  31  30  29  29  29  28
20 FT wind gust.56  55  54  49  48  45  45  41

.WEDNESDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (5-15 percent). Patchy blowing dust.
CWR.................0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 53.
Min humidity........19 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Breezy. Northwest winds 21 to 29 mph with gusts
                    to around 44 mph.

TIME (CDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........6   10  11  11  8   5   5   5   7   9   15  17
Weather cov.....PTY PTY PTY PTY PTY PTY PTY PTY PTY PTY PTY PTY
Weather type....BDT BDT BDT BDT BDT BDT BDT BDT BDT BDT BDT BDT
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............40  39  37  39  42  45  47  48  50  51  51  53
RH..............26  30  34  39  38  32  30  27  24  23  21  19
20 FT wind dir..W   NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  N   N   N   N   N   N
20 FT wind spd..26  23  24  25  26  28  29  29  29  28  25  21
20 FT wind gust.40  36  37  38  40  43  44  44  44  41  38  32

.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (5-15 percent). Patchy blowing
                    dust early in the evening.
CWR.................0 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 25.
Max humidity........56 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........North winds 10 to 17 mph decreasing to 5 to 7
                    mph late in the evening, then becoming light
                    overnight.

TIME (CDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........15  18  10  11  15  14  13  12  10  7   5   5
Weather cov.....PTY
Weather type....BDT
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............52  51  46  41  39  37  35  34  32  30  29  27
RH..............19  19  24  28  31  34  37  42  45  46  49  53
20 FT wind dir..N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N   NW  NW  W   W
20 FT wind spd..17  15  10  7   6   5   3   3   3   3   3   3
20 FT wind gust.25  23  16  13  9   7   6   5   5   5   5   5

.THURSDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (5-15 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 62.
Min humidity........12 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming southwest 5 to 14 mph in
                    the morning and early afternoon, then
                    increasing to 15 to 16 mph late in the
                    afternoon.

TIME (CDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........5   5   4   3   3   6   9   13  13  13  14  15
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............25  26  29  35  41  46  51  55  57  59  61  62
RH..............56  55  48  40  32  26  22  18  15  14  13  12
20 FT wind dir..W   W   W   SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW
20 FT wind spd..3   5   6   6   7   9   10  13  14  15  16  16
20 FT wind gust.5   6   7   8   10  14  17  20  22  23  23  23

$$
Forecaster...BARRITT
Requested by...Dispatcher
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2507012.0/LUB
.DELDT 03/18/25
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL csdispatch@tfs.tamu.edu