FNUS74 KEPZ 091542
FWSEPZ

FIRE WEATHER PLANNING FORECAST FOR PICACHO...NM LNF
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM
942 AM MDT MON MAR 9 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0914 MDT ON MARCH 09.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE AND A MOIST SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW WILL
GENERATE SCATTERED LIGHT RAIN SHOWERS THROUGH MID AFTERNOON. SKIES
WILL START TO CLEAR WITH OCCASIONAL BREEZY WINDS INTO THE AFTERNOON.
DRY AND BREEZY CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL ON TUESDAY. A BACKDOOR COLD
FRONT WILL PUSH INTO THE AREAS FROM THE EAST WED AFTN/EVENING
AND REMAIN IN  THE AREA THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK WITH SLIGHTLY
COOLER TEMPERATURES AND A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR SHOWERS THURSDAY THROUGH
SATURDAY.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (65-75 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
                    PARTLY CLOUDY (55-65 PERCENT). CHANCE OF RAIN.
CWR.................20-30 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....62-67.
MIN HUMIDITY........32-37 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 10 TO 15 MPH GUST 22 TO 27 MPH.


.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (45-55 PERCENT). SLIGHT CHANCE FOR
                    AND EVENING SHOWER
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....38-43.
MAX HUMIDITY........62-67 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 12 TO 22 MPH.


.TUESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (30-40 PERCENT).
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....68 TO 73.
MIN HUMIDITY........17-22 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST 15 TO 25 MPH.


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FORECASTER...NOVLAN
REQUESTED BY...NM ADC
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20090309.PICAC.01/EPZ