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SPOT FORECAST FOR ECKLEBERGER RX
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX
1148 AM MDT SUN APR 5 2009

IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

FIRE WEATHER PLANNING FORECAST FOR ECKLEBERGER RX...BLM
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM
1127 AM MDT SUN APR 5 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1125 MDT ON APRIL 05.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...COOL DRY NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT WILL CONTINUE OVER THE
BURN SITE THROUGH EARLY MONDAY...BEFORE UPPER LEVEL RIDGE BEGINS TO
BUILD OVER THE AREA BEGINNING EARLY MONDAY EVENING.  STORM EXITING
EAST OF THE AREA...WILL SEND A WEAK BACK-DOOR COLD FRONT IN FROM THE
EAST-NORTHEAST EARLY THIS EVENING.  THIS WILL RESULT IN A SHIFT TO
LIGHT NORTHEAST WINDS NEAR OR AFTER MIDNIGHT.  WINDS WILL SHIFT
SOUTHEAST MONDAY MORNING...FLOWING OUT OF SOUTHWARD BUILDING SURFACE
HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE PLAINS.  TEMPERATURES WILL RUN 4 TO 8 DEGREES
BELOW NORMAL TODAY AND MONDAY...WITH POOR TO FAIR RELATIVE HUMIDITY
RECOVERIES EXPECTED OVERNIGHT.


.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (5-15 PERCENT).
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....51-56.
MIN HUMIDITY........12-16 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST 5 TO 10 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR (5-15 PERCENT).
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....23-28.
MAX HUMIDITY........29-34 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTH 3 TO 7 MPH EARLY...INCREASING AND SHIFTING
                    NORTHEAST 5 TO 9 MPH TOWARDS MIDNIGHT.

.MONDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (0-10 PERCENT).
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....57-62.
MIN HUMIDITY........9-12 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........EAST AROUND 6 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
                    SOUTHEAST 7 TO 9 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.

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