FNUS74 KEPZ 052115
FWSEPZ

FIRE WEATHER PLANNING FORECAST FOR MEASON FIRE...GNF
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM
315 PM MDT FRI JUN 5 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1456 MDT ON JUNE 05.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 9 PM MDT SATURDAY...
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
SUNDAY EVENING...


.DISCUSSION...
A FEW UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVING IN FROM THE SOUTHWEST HAS
ALLOWED SOME HIGH-BASED CONVECTIVE SHOWERS ALOFT TO DEVELOP OVER
WESTERN PARTS OF THE GILA THIS AFTERNOON.  WHILE NO RAINFALL IS
EXPECTED...THEY COULD PRODUCE BRIEF GUSTY WINDS...AND AN OUTSIDE
CHANCE FOR DRY LIGHTNING.  THIS THREAT WILL ABATE AFTER SUNDOWN.
OTHERWISE...PREVIOUS FORECAST UNCHANGED.  INCREASING DRY SW FLOW
WILL RESULT IN DRY AND BREEZY DAYS SATURDAY AND SUNDAY.  RED
FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR TOMORROW...AND A FIRE WEATHER
WATCH FOR SUNDAY AS RH DROPS AND 20-FOOT WINDS APPROACH 20 MPH.


.REST OF TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (65-75 PERCENT).
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....73-78.
MIN HUMIDITY........8-13 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST-SOUTHWEST 10 TO 15 MPH.  BRIEF HIGHER
                    GUSTS POSSIBLE WITH HIGH-BASED SHOWERS.


.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (65-75 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
                    PARTLY CLOUDY (45-55 PERCENT).
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....46-51.
MAX HUMIDITY........41-46 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH 10 TO 15 MPH.


.SATURDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (45-55 PERCENT).
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....71-76.
MIN HUMIDITY........9-14 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST 5 TO 10 MPH INCREASING TO SOUTHWEST
                    16 TO 23 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.



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FORECASTER...HARDIMAN
REQUESTED BY...IC
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20090605.MEASO.03/EPZ