FNUS74 KLUB 051946 FWSLUB Fire Weather Planning Forecast for Swisher 1161...TX Forest Service National Weather Service Lubbock TX 246 PM CDT Fri Apr 5 2024 Forecast is based on forecast start time of 1500 CDT on April 05. 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 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING... ...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON SATURDAY TO MIDNIGHT CDT SATURDAY NIGHT... .DISCUSSION... Weather conditions will continue to be supportive of rapid wildfire spread through tonight. 20 foot winds are expected to remain out of the south around 20-30 mph with gusts to 40 mph through sunset, with winds only decreasing slightly after sunset to 15-25 mph with gusts to 35 mph while remaining out of the south. Winds will become west-southwesterly after sunrise tomorrow and increase to 30-35 with gusts to 50+ mph. .REST OF TODAY... Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (25-35 percent). CWR.................0 percent. LAL.................No Tstms. Max temperature.....Around 82. Min humidity........11 percent. Wind (20 ft)........South winds 23 to 24 mph. Haines Index........3 or very low potential for large plume dominated fire growth. TIME (CDT) 3 PM 5 PM Sky (%).........31 28 Weather cov..... Weather type....NONE NONE Tstm cov........ CWR.............0 0 LAL.............1 1 Temp............80 81 RH..............12 11 20 ft wind......S 23 S 24 20 ft wind gust.28 30 Haines index....3 3 .TONIGHT... Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (25-35 percent) then becoming clear (0-10 percent). CWR.................0 percent. LAL.................No Tstms. Min temperature.....Around 52. Max humidity........66 percent. Wind (20 ft)........South winds 15 to 22 mph. Haines Index........3 to 4 or very low to low potential for large plume dominated fire growth. TIME (CDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM Sky (%).........29 49 40 27 6 6 Weather cov..... Weather type....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE Tstm cov........ CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 LAL.............1 1 1 1 1 1 Temp............80 72 65 61 58 57 RH..............12 16 23 32 40 47 20 ft wind......S 22 S 17 S 16 S 17 S 20 S 21 20 ft wind gust.28 24 23 25 29 32 Haines index....3 4 4 4 4 4 .SATURDAY... Sky/weather.........Sunny (0-10 percent). Areas of blowing dust late in the morning. CWR.................0 percent. LAL.................No Tstms. Max temperature.....Around 65. Min humidity........11 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Windy. Southwest winds 20 to 25 mph with gusts to around 39 mph shifting to the west 30 to 32 mph with gusts to around 49 mph in the late morning and afternoon. Haines Index........3 to 4 or very low to low potential for large plume dominated fire growth. TIME (CDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM Sky (%).........4 7 3 3 3 5 Weather cov..... AREAS AREAS AREAS Weather type....NONE NONE NONE BLDUST BLDUST BLDUST Tstm cov........ CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 LAL.............1 1 1 1 1 1 Temp............54 52 61 64 65 65 RH..............58 60 33 21 16 13 20 ft wind......S 20 SW 20 W 30 W 32 W 32 W 31 20 ft wind gust.29 31 47 49 49 49 Haines index....4 4 4 4 3 3 $$ Forecaster...ALDRICH Requested by...Karen Mckenzee Type of request...WILDFIRE .TAG 2409650.0/LUB .DELDT 04/05/24 .FormatterVersion 2.0.0 .EMAIL csdispatch@tfs.tamu.edu