FNUS74 KEPZ 050110
FWSEPZ

FIRE WEATHER PLANNING FORECAST FOR IRISHMAN...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM
710 PM MDT MON MAY 4 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1824 MDT ON MAY 04.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM NOON THROUGH 9 PM TUESDAY FOR THE
BURN SITE...

.DISCUSSION...CONTINUED VERY DRY AND AND UNSEASONABLY WARM FOR THE NEXT
FEW DAYS...AS WEST-NORTHWEST WINDS ALOFT OVER BROAD RATHER FLAT PACIFIC
HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT...CONTINUES ACROSS THE REGION.  THESE WINDS WILL CARRY
VERY WEAK SHORTWAVE DISTURBANCES THROUGH TUESDAY AND AGAIN THURSDAY...WHICH
WILL BRING INCREASING AFTERNOON BREEZES BOTH DAYS DAYS.



.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (30-40 PERCENT) THROUGH
                    MIDNIGHT...THEN MOSTLY CLOUDY (60-70 PERCENT).
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....53-58.
MAX HUMIDITY........26-31 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST 5 TO 10 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 15 MPH
                    TIL 2000L...BECOMING WEST-NORTHWEST 4 TO 8 MPH GENERALLY
                    ACROSS BURN SITE.  LOCAL DRAINAGES SHOULD DEVELOP NEAR
                    UPPER EASTERN REACHES OF FIRE AFTER 2200L.


.TUESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (60-70 PERCENT) IN THE MORNING...BECOMING
                    PARTLY CLOUDY (20-30 PERCENT) TOWARDS EARLY AFTERNOON.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....88-93.
MIN HUMIDITY........10-15 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST 4 TO 8 MPH IN THE MORNING...INCREASING
                    AND BECOMING WEST 19 TO 24 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON
                    WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 29 MPH.  UP-VALLEY
                    BREEZES MAY COMBINE WITH WINDS FOR EVEN HIGHER
                    GUSTS LOCALLY NEAR UPPER EASTERN REACHES OF FIRE.



.TUESDAY EVENING...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR (10-20 PERCENT).
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....54-59.
MAX HUMIDITY........24-29 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST 15 TO 20 MPH EARLY...DECREASING AND BECOMING
                    WEST-SOUTHWEST 4 TO 8 MPH GENERALLY ACROSS BURN SITE
                    BEFORE MIDNIGHT.  LOCAL DRAINAGES DEVELOPING NEAR
                    UPPER EASTERN REACHES OF BURN SITE OF FIRE BEFORE
                    MIDNIGHT.


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FORECASTER...TRIPOLI
REQUESTED BY...OVESON
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20090504.IRISH.01/EPZ