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FIRE WEATHER PLANNING FORECAST FOR LADRONE...US FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM
718 AM MDT WED APR 29 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0646 MDT ON APRIL 29.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...DRY WESTERLY FLOW ALOFT OVER THE REGION WILL
SUSTAIN MORE WARM DRY WEATHER ACROSS THE BURN AREA...WITH FAIR
TO POOR NIGH-TIME RELATIVE HUMIDITY RECOVERIES EXPECTED. TEMPERATURES
THIS AFTERNOON AND THURSDAY WILL RUN 3 TO 6 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL.
FLOW WILL SHIFT SLIGHTLY NORTH THURSDAY...AS VERY BROAD...RATHER
FLAT RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS SLIGHTLY ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST.
THIS WILL NUDGE THURSDAYS HIGHS UP 2 TO 3 DEGREES FROM TODAYS HIGHS.




.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (15-25 PERCENT).
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....69-74.
MIN HUMIDITY........9-14 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT AND VARIABLE TIL 0900L...THEN
                    INCREASING AND SHIFTING SOUTHWEST 4 TO 8 MPH.
                    WINDS INCREASING AND SHIFTING WEST-SOUTHWEST
                    15 TO 20 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON...WITH OCCASIONAL
                    GUSTS TO 25 MPH.


.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR (0-10 PERCENT).
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....41-46.
MAX HUMIDITY........27-32 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LOCAL DRAINAGES DEVELOPING AFTER MIDNIGHT...OTHERWISE
                    WEST 13 TO 18 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING...DECREASING
                    AND SHIFTING WEST-NORTHWEST 5 TO 10 MPH TOWARDS MIDNIGHT.


.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (5-15 PERCENT).
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....71-76.
MIN HUMIDITY........7-12 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST 12 TO 17 MPH.


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FORECASTER...TRIPOLI
REQUESTED BY...IC
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20090429.LADRO.01/EPZ