FNUS74 KEPZ 061800
FWSEPZ

FIRE WEATHER PLANNING FORECAST FOR HOG...US FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM
1100 AM MST FRI MAR 6 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1039 MST ON MARCH 06.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM MST THIS EVENING...

.DISCUSSION...
A STRONG SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW ALOFT WILL RESULT IN WINDY CONDITIONS
THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. SKY COVER WILL CONTINUE BE OVERCAST
FROM MAINLY HIGH CLOUDS.  A FEW LIGHT SHOWERS WILL BE POSSIBLE
TONIGHT...BUT RAIN AMOUNTS WILL VERY LOW. MUCH STRONGER WINDS WILL
BE OCCUR SATURDAY AS AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH PASSES NORTH OF THE AREA.
RELATIVE HUMIDITY IS EXPECTED TO BE MUCH LOWER ON SATURDAY AS DRIER
AIR MOVES INTO THE REGION. BREEZY AND DRY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED
SUNDAY AND THE FIRST PART OF NEXT WEEK.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80 PERCENT).
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....68-73.
MIN HUMIDITY........13-18 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH 8 TO 13 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
                    WEST 16 TO 24 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.

                    WEST 16 TO 24 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80 PERCENT).
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....40-45.
MAX HUMIDITY........34-39 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH 14 TO 24 MPH.


.SATURDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (40-50 PERCENT).
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....63-68.
MIN HUMIDITY........10-15 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........BREEZY..SOUTH 15 TO 25 MPH.


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FORECASTER...LUNDEEN
REQUESTED BY...SEAN HENRY
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20090306.HOG__.01/EPZ