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SPOT FORECAST FOR LADRONE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX
740 AM MDT WED APR 29 2009

IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

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.

...UP-VALLEY WINDS MAY FURTHER ENHANCE SOUTHWEST WINDS PREDICTED FOR
THIS AFTERNOON AND AGAIN THURSDAY AFTERNOON...

.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 NORTHWARD 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. LOCAL ENHANCEMENT DUE TO
                    UP-VALLEY WINDS THIS AFTERNOON MAY CAUSE SOME
                    GUSTS TO APPROACH 30 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)........LIGHT AND VARIABLE EARLY IN THE MORNING...THEN
                    INCREASING AND SHIFTING SOUTHWEST 5 TO 10 MPH.
                    WINDS INCREASING AND SHIFTING WEST-SOUTHWEST
                    15 TO 20 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON...WITH OCCASIONAL
                    GUSTS TO 25 MPH. LOCAL ENHANCEMENT DUE TO
                    UP-VALLEY WINDS THIS AFTERNOON MAY CAUSE SOME
                    GUSTS TO APPROACH 30 MPH.

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REQUESTED BY...IC
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE