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FIRE WEATHER PLANNING FORECAST FOR NUMBER 3 FIRE...NM MEA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM
1234 PM MDT WED APR 22 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1219 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.

.THIS AFTERNOON...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (65-75 PERCENT).
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....80-85.
MIN HUMIDITY........2-7 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST 10 TO 20 MPH.


.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (40-50 PERCENT).
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....45-50.
MAX HUMIDITY........19-24 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST 10 TO 15 MPH.


.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (40-50 PERCENT).
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....77-82.
MIN HUMIDITY........2-7 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST 10-15 MPH...INCREASING TO
                    15 TO 25 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.


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FORECASTER...ROGASH
REQUESTED BY...NM ADC
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20090422.NUMBE.01/EPZ