221 FNUS74 KMAF 281906 FWSMAF Spot Forecast for Cottonwood Springs Rx...BLM National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX 106 PM CST Sat Feb 28 2026 Forecast is based on ignition time of 1300 CST on March 01. If conditions become unrepresentative, contact the National Weather Service. .DISCUSSION... Light (5-10 mph), easterly winds will gradually turn out of the southwest Sunday afternoon. Temperatures reach near 90 degrees. Relative humidity is expected to bottom out at 10% during the afternoon, then rebound to near 45% Sunday night. Monday, highs again warm to near 90 degrees, with relative humidity values dropping to near 10%. Winds generally remain light and variable through much of the day Monday, but increase to 10-15 mph out of the southwest late afternoon. .SUNDAY... Sky/weather.........Sunny (0-10 percent). Max temperature.....Around 90. Min humidity........12 percent. Wind (20 ft)........East winds 5 to 6 mph shifting to the southwest around 9 mph late in the afternoon. Mixing height.......6000 ft AGL. Transport winds.....West 9 to 16 mph. Smoke dispersal.....Fair (29300 knot-ft) early in the morning increasing to excellent (81500 knot-ft) in the afternoon. TIME (CST) 1 PM 5 PM Sky cover.......CLEAR MCLEAR Weather cov..... Weather type....NONE NONE Tstm cov........ Temp............80 89 RH..............19 12 20 FT wind dir..E SW 20 FT wind spd..5 9 20 FT wind gust.7 12 Mix hgt (ft)....3300 5800 Transp wind dir.W W Transp wind spd.10 16 Vrate kt-ft/1K..29 82 Ventrate Cat....POOR GOOD .SUNDAY NIGHT... Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (20-30 percent). Min temperature.....Around 52. Max humidity........46 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds 5 to 9 mph. Mixing height.......400 ft AGL. Transport winds.....Southwest 12 to 14 mph shifting to the southeast 8 to 9 mph overnight, then shifting to the northeast around 8 mph early in the morning. Smoke dispersal.....Good (48800 knot-ft) early in the evening decreasing to poor (3500 knot-ft) late in the night. TIME (CST) 6 PM 10 PM 2 AM Sky cover.......MCLEAR MCLEAR PCLDY Weather cov..... Weather type....NONE NONE NONE Tstm cov........ Temp............90 69 59 RH..............12 21 33 20 FT wind dir..SW SW S 20 FT wind spd..9 6 5 20 FT wind gust.12 10 6 Mix hgt (ft)....4100 400 500 Transp wind dir.SW SW S Transp wind spd.14 12 9 Vrate kt-ft/1K..49 5 4 Ventrate Cat....FAIR POOR POOR .MONDAY... Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (25-35 percent). Max temperature.....Around 92. Min humidity........10 percent. Wind (20 ft)........West winds around 5 mph shifting to the southwest 8 to 13 mph late in the afternoon. Mixing height.......8200 ft AGL. Transport winds.....North 6 to 8 mph shifting to the northwest around 6 mph late in the morning, then shifting to the southwest 6 to 14 mph late in the morning increasing to 16 to 17 mph late in the afternoon. Smoke dispersal.....Poor (2400 knot-ft) early in the morning increasing to excellent (77900 knot-ft) in the afternoon increasing to excellent (112800 knot-ft) late in the afternoon. TIME (CST) 6 AM 10 AM 2 PM Sky cover.......PCLDY MCLEAR MCLEAR Weather cov..... Weather type....NONE NONE NONE Tstm cov........ Temp............53 65 85 RH..............46 31 14 20 FT wind dir..W N S 20 FT wind spd..5 5 8 20 FT wind gust.6 6 12 Mix hgt (ft)....600 900 6300 Transp wind dir.NE NW SW Transp wind spd.8 6 14 Vrate kt-ft/1K..4 5 78 Ventrate Cat....POOR POOR GOOD $$ Forecaster...Lopez Requested by...J Faust Type of request...PRESCRIBED .TAG 2604332.0/MAF .DELDT 02/28/26 .FormatterVersion 2.0.0 .EMAIL jfaust@blm.gov