FNUS74 KEPZ 181512
FWSEPZ

FIRE WEATHER PLANNING FORECAST FOR CHIMNEY...NM LNF
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM
912 AM MDT MON MAY 18 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0846 MDT ON MAY 18.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
RECYCLING OF MOISTURE IN THE FORM OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL
CONTINUE OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN THE NEXT TWO AFTERNOONS. STORMS
WILL TEND TO MOVE FROM SOUTHEAST TO NORTHWEST TODAY BUT SWITCH
TO MOVING FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST ON TUESDAY AS THE UPPER
HIGH OVER NEW MEXICO MOVES TO THE EAST. TEMPERATURES WILL BE WARM
ESPECIALLY DURING PERIODS OF LESS CLOUD COVER ALTHOUGH THERE WILL
BE VARIABLE CLOUD COVER DURING THE AFTERNOON. THIS WILL ALSO CREATE
FLUCTUATIONS IN THE HUMIDITY READINGS. WINDS WILL BE BREEZY AT
TIMES DURING THE PEAK HEATING PERIOD BOTH DAYS.

NOTE...ABQ NWS OFFICES IS PERFORMING SERVICE BACK UP AT THIS TIME
SO FORECAST DONE BY ABQ OFFICE.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY IN THE MORNING (10-20 PERCENT)
                    BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY (35-45 PERCENT) DURING THE
                    AFTERNOON. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS DURING THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................20 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....78-83.
MIN HUMIDITY........15-20 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST 7 TO 12 MPH. GUSTS IN THE MID
                    TEENS TO AROUND 20 MPH DURING THE AFTERNOON.
                    STRONGER GUSTS AND VARIABLE WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH
                    SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (35-45 PERCENT) DURING THE EVENING
                    BECOMING MOSTLY CLEAR (5-15 PERCENT) AFTER
                    MIDNIGHT. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                    EARLY TO MID EVENING.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....51-55.
MAX HUMIDITY........52-56 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH/SOUTHEAST 6 TO 10 MPH BECOMING LIGHTER
                    DOWNSLOPE OR REMAINING SOUTHEAST 1 TO 5 MPH
                    IN THE MID TO LATE EVENING. MORE VARIABLE
                    WINDS AND GUSTY NEAR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.


.TUESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY IN THE MORNING (10-20 PERCENT)
                    BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY (35-45 PERCENT) DURING
                    THE AFTERNOON. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS DURING THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................20 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....77-82.
MIN HUMIDITY........14-19 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........INCREASING SOUTHEAST WIND 5 TO 9 MPH IN THE
                    MORNING...REMAINING SOUTHEAST WINDS
                    AND INCREASING TO 10 TO 13 MPH IN THE
                    AFTERNOON. GUSTS IN THE MID TEENS TO AROUND
                    20 MPH DURING THE AFTERNOON.

$$
FORECASTER...OTHER
REQUESTED BY...NM ADC
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20090518.CHIMN.01/EPZ