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SPOT FORECAST FOR NOSKER
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX
1047 AM MDT THU MAR 12 2009

IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

FIRE WEATHER PLANNING FORECAST FOR NOSKER...LNF
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM
1020 AM MDT THU MAR 12 2009

...CORRECTED TO ADD POTENTIAL DROP IN SNOW LEVELS
AND ACCUMULATIONS...


FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 MDT ON MARCH 12.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...LOW PRESSURE TROUGH ALOFT SLOWLY TRAVELING EAST ACROSS
THE SOUTHWEST STATES...WILL SEND ANOTHER WAVE EARLY THIS EVENING AND
A SECOND IMPULSE FRIDAY OVER OUR AREA.  LOOK FOR ANOTHER ROUND OF
ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS OVERNIGHT AS A RESULT.  TEMPERATURES
WILL CONTINUE TO RUN 9 TO 12 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL THROUGH FRIDAY.
SNOW LEVELS MAY FALL AS LOW AS 6500 FEET EARLY FRIDAY MORNING.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (10-20 PERCENT) IN THE MORNING
                    THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY (65-75 PERCENT)
                    IN THE AFTERNOON...WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF
                    RAIN SHOWERS.
CWR.................0 PERCENT IN THE MORNING.  20 PERCENT IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....45-49.
MIN HUMIDITY........37-42 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT AND VARIABLE IN THE MORNING...INCREASING
                    FROM THE SOUTHEAST 8 TO 13 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
VENT CATEGORY.......GOOD (78000 KNOT-FT).

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (80-90 PERCENT). SCATTERED
                    SHOWERS WITH ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS.
                    RAIN MAY TURN OVER TO SNOW LATER IN THE
                    EVENING.
CWR.................30 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....25-30.
MAX HUMIDITY........81-86 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST 8 TO 13 MPH EARLY...WEAKENING
                    AND SHIFTING SOUTH-SOUTHEAST 4 TO 9 MPH
                    BEFORE MIDNIGHT.

.FRIDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80 PERCENT) WITH SCATTERED
                    RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS EARLY...TURNING OVER
                    TO RAIN LATER IN THE MORNING.
CWR.................50 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....47-52.
MIN HUMIDITY........32-39 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST 7 TO 12 MPH EARLY...SHIFTING
                    EAST-NORTHEAST IN THE AFTERNOON.
VENT CATEGORY.......GOOD (86000 KNOT-FT).

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REQUESTED BY...NM ADC
REASON FOR REQUEST...UNDER THE INTERAGENCY AGREEMENT FOR METEOROLOGICAL SERVICES (USFS, BLM, NPS, U