FNUS74 KEPZ 141553
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FIRE WEATHER PLANNING FORECAST FOR FLYING V...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM
953 AM MDT TUE APR 14 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0910 MDT ON APRIL 14.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
WEDNESDAY EVENING...

.DISCUSSION...CONTINUED DRY WITH INCREASING AFTERNOON WINDS...ARE
IN STORE TODAY AND ESPECIALLY WEDNESDAY IN ADVANCE OF ANOTHER LATE
PACIFIC WINTER STORM SYSTEM DIGGING INTO THE ROCKIES.  SATELLITE
IMAGERY SHOWING AREA WITH FEWER HIGH AND MID CLOUDS MOVING OVER THE
BURN SITE...THUS EXPECT MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES THIS AFTERNOON.

CONDITIONS MAY APPROACH AND EVEN REACH RED FLAG CRITERIA IN ISOLATED
LOCATIONS THIS AFTERNOON...WHERE EXPOSURE FAVORS FURTHER STRENGTHENING
OF LOCAL WINDS.  RIDGE-LINES...GAPS AND SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST ASPECT
SLOPES...STAND THE BEST CHANCES AT REALIZING THIS ENHANCEMENT OF
LOCAL WINDS.  FAIR TO POOR RH RECOVERIES ARE IN STORE THIS EVENING
AND LOCATIONS MENTIONED ABOVE WILL ALSO EXPERIENCE THE LEAST AMOUNT
OF RH RECOVERY THIS EVENING.

RH WILL BE FACTOR DETERMINING WIDE-SPREAD RED FLAG CRITERIA FOR
BURN SITE AND GILA ZONE IN GENERAL.  THUS...AMOUNT OF CLOUD COVER
WILL BE FACTOR DETERMINING WHETHER MINIMUM RH WILL ULTIMATELY FALL
NEAR OR BELOW 15 PERCENT WEDNESDAY.




.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (20-30 PERCENT).
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....67-72.
MIN HUMIDITY........9-14 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........CALM TO SOUTH AROUND 4 MPH...INCREASING AND
                    SHIFTING SOUTHWEST 13 TO 20 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON
                    OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 27 MPH.


.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (60-70 PERCENT).
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....50-55.
MAX HUMIDITY........56-61 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH-SOUTHWEST 12 TO 20 MPH.


.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (40-50 PERCENT).
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....61-66.
MIN HUMIDITY........11-16 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........BREEZY..SOUTH-SOUTHWEST 12 TO 18 MPH INCREASING
                    TO 22 TO 30 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON WITH GUSTS
                    TO 40 MPH


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FORECASTER...TRIPOLI
REQUESTED BY...GILA NF
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20090414.FLYIN.01/EPZ