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

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0900 MDT ON MAY 05.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...DRY WEST-NORTHWEST FLOW OVER BROAD RATHER FLAT HIGH PRESSURE
ALOFT OVER THE PACIFIC...WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH THE REMAINDER
OF THE WEEK.  THIS WILL BRING CONTINUED DRY...VERY WARM...AND OCCASIONALLY
BREEZY WESTERLY WINDS FOR THE BURN SITE FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS.  FLOW WILL
CARRY VERY WEAK SHORTWAVE DISTURBANCES THROUGH TUESDAY AND THURSDAY
WHICH WILL BRING INCREASES IN AFTERNOON WINDS.




.TUESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (10-20 PERCENT).
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....74-79.
MIN HUMIDITY........15-20 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST 5 TO 9 MPH IN THE MORNING...INCREASING
                    AND SHIFTING SOUTHWEST TO 12 TO 21 MPH IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.  OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 27 MPH.

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (10-20 PERCENT).
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....74-81.
MAX HUMIDITY........12-19 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST-NORTHWEST 10 TO 15 MPH...OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO


.THURSDAY....

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (5-15 PERCENT).
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....76-83.
MIN HUMIDITY........10-18 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST 4 TO 9 MPH IN THE MORNING...INCREASING
                    AND SHIFTING WEST 15 TO 20 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
                    OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 25 MPH

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FORECASTER...TRIPOLI
REQUESTED BY...GILA NF
REASON FOR REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20090505.INDIA.01/EPZ