FNUS74 KEPZ 131549
FWSEPZ

FIRE WEATHER PLANNING FORECAST FOR NOSKER...LNF
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM
949 AM MDT FRI MAR 13 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0930 MDT ON MARCH 13.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...LOW PRESSURE TROUGH TO OUR WEST WILL SEND ANOTHER
DISTURBANCE ACROSS NORTHERN AND CENTRAL NM TODAY.  SUFFICIENT LIFT
AND INSTABILITY WILL BE PRESENT FOR ISOLATED SHOWERS LATER THIS AFTERNOON
AND OVERNIGHT.  COOL MOIST EAST FLOW WILL OCCUR AGAIN THIS EVENING.
PARENT TROUGH WILL HANG BACK UNTIL LATER SATURDAY...WHEN ITS PASSAGE
WILL LIKELY RETURN THE THREAT OF ISOLATED SHOWERS SATURDAY AFTERNOON.
TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN ROUGHLY 10 TO 12 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL
THROUGH SATURDAY.


.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80 PERCENT). SCATTERED RAIN
                    SHOWERS.
CWR.................40 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....57-62.
MIN HUMIDITY........26-31 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........EAST 4 TO 8 MPH IN THE MORNING
                    INCREASING TO 6 TO 10 MPH BY MID AFTERNOON.
VENT CATEGORY.......GOOD (94300 KNOT-FT)

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (80-90 PERCENT). SCATTERED RAIN
                    SHOWERS IN THE EVENING...THEN SLIGHT CHANCE OF
                    RAIN SHOWERS AFTER MIDNIGHT.
CWR.................40 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....28-33.
MAX HUMIDITY........70-75 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........EAST 3 TO 6 MPH EARLY...SHIFTING SOUTHEAST
                    AFTER MIDNIGHT.

.SATURDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (75-85 PERCENT). SCATTERED RAIN
                    SHOWERS.
CWR.................30 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....55-60.
MIN HUMIDITY........35-40 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST 5 TO 8 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST
                    6 TO 10 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
VENT CATEGORY.......GOOD (76200 KNOT-FT)

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FORECASTER...TRIPOLI
REQUESTED BY...NM ADC
REASON FOR REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20090313.NOSKE.01/EPZ