FNUS74 KEPZ 021527
FWSEPZ

FIRE WEATHER PLANNING FORECAST FOR BIG HATCHET RX...BLM
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM
927 AM MDT SAT MAY 2 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0935 MDT ON MAY 02.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM
MDT THIS EVENING...

.DISCUSSION...
AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON
BRINGING WINDY CONDITIONS TO THE AREA.  WIND DIRECTION WILL BE WNW
THIS MORNING...BLOWING THROUGH THE GAP BETWEEN THE BIG AND LITTLE
HATCHET MOUNTAINS.  WIND WILL TRY TO SHIFT INTO THE SW THIS AFTERNOON...
BUT LOCAL ORIENTATION OF TERRAIN WILL GIVE IT A MORE WESTERLY BENT.
ALSO...DOWNSLOPE WINDS OFF THE BIG HATCHETS WILL RESULT IN GUSTY AND
TURBULENT WINDS THIS AFTERNOON...AND COULD RESULT IN LEE-SIDE EDDIES
THAT MAY MESS AROUND WITH THE WIND DIRECTION AT TIMES.  EXPECT LIGHTER
WESTERLY WINDS TOMORROW AND INTO MID-WEEK.


.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (45-55 PERCENT).
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
TEMPERATURE.........76 AT IGNITION...MAX 91.
RH..................12 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 6 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WNW 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 25 MPH AT IGNITION...
                    BECOMING WSW 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH BY
                    EARLY AFTERNOON.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR (25-35 PERCENT).
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 57.
RH..................MAX 34 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST 17 TO 24 MPH DECREASING TO 8 TO 13
                    MPH IN THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.

.SUNDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (15-25 PERCENT).
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 87.
RH..................MIN 8 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST 6 TO 11 MPH.

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FORECASTER...HARDIMAN
REQUESTED BY...RXB2 TRAINEE
REASON FOR REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20090502.BIGHA.01/EPZ