FNUS74 KEPZ 291843
FWSEPZ

FIRE WEATHER PLANNING FORECAST FOR STIVER...USFS BLACK RANGE RD
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM
1243 PM MDT FRI MAY 29 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1202 MDT ON MAY 29.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE ON TAP THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY
EVENING...AS UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE TROUGH OFF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
BRINGS ADDITIONAL LIFT TO THE ATMOSPHERE AGAIN TODAY OVER FAR WESTERN
NEW MEXICO.  AND THE BURN SITE.  STORMS WILL BE NEARLY STATIONARY...OR MOVE
SOUTH TO NORTH.  HEAVY RAINFALL WITH LOCALIZED FLOODING...FREQUENT CLOUD
TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND SMALL HAIL AND OUTFLOW WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE
THE MAIN THREATS WITH STORMS TODAY AND AGAIN SATURDAY.


.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80 PERCENT). SCATTERED
                    SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
CWR.................30 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....67-73.
MIN HUMIDITY........34-39 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........EAST-NORTHEAST AROUND 3 TO 7 MPH...SHIFTING
                    SOUTHEAST EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON.


.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (45-55 PERCENT). SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS EARLY IN THE EVENING...ISOLATED SHOWERS
                    AND THUNDERSTORMS BEFORE MIDNIGHT.
CWR.................30 PERCENT DECREASING TO 10 PERCENT BEFORE
                    MIDNIGHT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....47-52.
MAX HUMIDITY........73-78 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST AROUND 5 MPH IN THE EVENING
                    BECOMING LIGHT.

.SATURDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (45-55 PERCENT). ISOLATED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................20 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....72-77.
MIN HUMIDITY........29-34 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH 5 TO 9 MPH IN THE MORNING...INCREASING AND
                    SHIFTING SOUTHWEST 8 TO 13 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON
                    WITH OCCASIONAL UP-VALLEY GUSTS TO 18 MPH.


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FORECASTER...TRIPOLI
REQUESTED BY...IC
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20090529.STIVE.01/EPZ