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FIRE WEATHER PLANNING FORECAST FOR LITTLE MCKNIGHT EAST...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM
1223 PM MDT WED APR 22 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1230 MDT ON APRIL 22.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
WEAK SHORT WAVE TROUGH WILL MOVE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN ROCKY MOUNTAINS
LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING RESULTING IN NEAR
BREEZY WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS ALONG WITH HIGH CLOUDS. THE WARM DRY
AIR MASS WILL SUSTAIN VERY HIGH TO EXTREME FIRE DANGERS ACROSS THE
REGION AND WIND SPEEDS WILL APPROACH RED FLAG CRITERIA THIS
AFTERNOON AND AGAIN THURSDAY AFTERNOON. HIGH MIXING HEIGHTS
AND INCREASING WINDS WILL SUPPORT GENERALLY EXCELLENT
VENTILATION CATEGORIES. SLIGHT CHANCE OF LIGHT RAIN SHOWERS ON
THURSDAY BUT MOST AREAS REMAINING DRY.


.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (70 PERCENT).
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....77-81.
MIN HUMIDITY........4-9 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST 10 TO 20 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY THIS EVENING (70 PERCENT)
                    BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY TOWARD MIDNIGHT (30 PERCENT).
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....38-43.
MAX HUMIDITY........28-33 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST 7 TO 12 MPH.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (40-50 PERCENT).
                    VERY ISOLATED RAIN SHOWERS.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....70-75.
MIN HUMIDITY........6-11 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST 5 TO 10 MPH INCREASING TO
                    14 TO 24 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.

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FORECASTER...ROGASH
REQUESTED BY...GILA NF
REASON FOR REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20090422.LITTL.02/EPZ