FNUS74 KEPZ 121410 FWSEPZ FIRE WEATHER PLANNING FORECAST FOR NORTH...USFS WILDERNESS RD NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM 810 AM MDT FRI JUN 12 2009 FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0742 MDT ON JUNE 12. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE OFF THE SOUTHERN CALIF COAST WILL KEEP DRY WEST SOUTHWEST FLOW OVER THE FIRE ZONES INTO THE WEEKEND. OCCASIONALLY BREEZY TO WINDY WEST AND SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL MIX DOWN AS LOW PRESSURE AT THE SURFACE CONTINUES OVER THE EASTERN PLAINS OF NEW MEXICO. WINDS WILL BE GUSTY AT TIMES MAINLY AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS AND WILL CONTINUE TO BRING VERY WARM DRY WEATHER TO SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO AND FAR WEST TEXAS THROUGH THE WEEKEND AND INTO THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (30-40 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY (40-50 PERCENT). CWR.................0 PERCENT. MAX TEMPERATURE.....68-73. MIN HUMIDITY........18-23 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 7 TO 12 MPH MORNING. SOUTHWEST 10 TO 15 MPH GUST 22 MPH AFTN. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (35-45 PERCENT). CWR.................0 PERCENT. MIN TEMPERATURE.....43-48. MAX HUMIDITY........45-50 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........WEST TO SOUTHWEST 7 TO 12 MPH. .SATURDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (40-50 PERCENT). CWR.................0 PERCENT. MAX TEMPERATURE.....68-73. MIN HUMIDITY........17-22 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST 12 TO 17 MPH GUST 25 MPH. $$ FORECASTER...NOVLAN REQUESTED BY...IC REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20090612.NORTH.01/EPZ