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FIRE WEATHER PLANNING FORECAST FOR L-T RX...US FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM
1031 AM MDT TUE APR 14 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1200 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 AND SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO...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 (15-25 PERCENT).
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....70-75.
MIN HUMIDITY........8-13 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT AND VARIABLE TIL 11 AM...INCREASING
                    SHIFTING SOUTHWEST 15 TO 23 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON
                    WITH GUSTS TO 28 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (40-50 PERCENT).
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....44-49.
MAX HUMIDITY........49-54 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH 14 TO 23 MPH DECREASING TO 10
                    TO 13 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (35-45 PERCENT).
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....65-70.
MIN HUMIDITY........11-16 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........BREEZY..SOUTH-WOUTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH IN THE
                    MORNING...INCREASING AND SHIFTING SOUTHWEST
                    20 TO 30 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON WITH OCCASIONAL
                    GUSTS TO 38 MPH.

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FORECASTER...TRIPOLI
REQUESTED BY...JUAN ORTIZ
REASON FOR REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
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