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FIRE WEATHER PLANNING FORECAST FOR LITTLE MCKNIGHT...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM
134 PM MDT SAT APR 18 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1340 MDT ON APRIL 18.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
SLOW MOVING UPPER LOW OVER NORTHEAST NMEX WILL LEAVE THE STATE TODAY.
DRIER AIR WILL WORK IN FROM THE WEST WITH MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES/FEW
CLOUDS OVER MTNS. TEMPERATURES WILL FINALLY BEGIN A SLOW WARM UP TODAY WITH
AFTERNOON HIGHS BACK UP TO SEASONAL NORMALS BY MONDAY. A WEAK BACKDOOR
FRONT WILL PUSH THROUGH THE REGION TONIGHT WITH LIGHT EAST BREEZES.
FOR THE WEEK AHEAD...HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD OVER THE WESTERN  U.S.
THIS WILL KEEP THE WEATHER DRY...ALLOWING FOR TEMPERATURES TO WARM TO
ABOVE NORMAL...AND WILL KEEP WINDS LIGHTER REDUCING VENTILATION RATES.


.THIS AFTN...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (15-25 PERCENT). CU O MTNS
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....62-67.
MIN HUMIDITY........12-17 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST TO NORTHWEST 5 TO 10 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR (5-15 PERCENT).
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....30-35.
MAX HUMIDITY........59-64 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTH 5 TO 10 MPH.

.SUNDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (0-10 PERCENT).
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....60-65.
MIN HUMIDITY........10-15 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHEAST AROUND 5 TO 10 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
                    SOUTHEAST IN THE AFTERNOON.

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FORECASTER...NOVLAN
REQUESTED BY...WILDERNESS RD
REASON FOR REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20090418.LITTL.01/EPZ