FNUS74 KEPZ 071322
FWSEPZ

FIRE WEATHER PLANNING FORECAST FOR SOLADO...LNF
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM
622 AM MST SAT FEB 7 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0542 MST ON FEBRUARY 07.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
ANOTHER WARM DAY ACROSS THE REGION WITH NEAR RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES
EXPECTED. WINDS A BIT LIGHTER BUT STILL NEAR BREEZY IN THE AFTERNOON.
THE UPPER RIDGE IS BREAKING DOWN AS A STRONG UPPER LEVEL PACIFIC STORM
SYSTEM APPROACHES FROM THE WEST. DEEP SOUTHWEST FLOW TODAY WILL BRING
A MIX OF SUN AND HIGH CLOUDS. INCREASING CLOUDS OVERNIGHT WILL KEEP
TEMPERATURES MILD TONIGHT AND WITH DRY AIR IN PLACE OVERNIGHT RH
RECOVERIES WILL BE POOR. AFTER MID DAY SUNDAY ISOLATED TO SCATTERED
SHOWERS WILL MOVE IN FROM THE WEST ALONG WITH INCREASED SOUTHWEST
WINDS...A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR THUNDER AND A SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDSHIFT
WITH A COLD FRONT LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY WITH HIGH CLOUDS (40-50 PERCENT).
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....62-66.
MIN HUMIDITY........5-10 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH 6 TO 9 MPH IN THE MORNING BECOMING
                    SOUTHWEST 10 TO 15 MPH WITH SOME GUSTS TO 20 MPH.


.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (40-50 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
                    MOSTLY CLOUDY (60-70 PERCENT) BY MORNING.
CWR.................0.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....42-47.
MAX HUMIDITY........22-27 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST 2 TO 5 MPH.


.SUNDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (85-95 PERCENT). SCATTERED RAIN
                    SHOWERS THROUGH THE DAY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. SNOW LEVELS STAYING
                    ABOVE 8000 FT.
CWR.................50 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....51-56.
MIN HUMIDITY........35% AT MIDDAY...RISING TO 48-53 PERCENT THROUGH THE
                    AFTERNOON.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST 5 TO 10 MPH EARLY...BECOMING SOUTHWEST 10 TO
                    15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 25 MPH.


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FORECASTER...BIRD
REQUESTED BY...SCOTT R
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20090207.SOLAD.01/EPZ