FNUS74 KEPZ 140026
FWSEPZ

FIRE WEATHER PLANNING FORECAST FOR MEASON...WILDLAND FIRE TEAM
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM
626 PM MDT SAT JUN 13 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1756 MDT ON JUNE 13.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
UNSEASONABLY DEEP UPPER LEVEL TROUGH OFF THE WEST COAST...WILL SEND
A SERIES OF WEAK DISTURBANCES NORTHEAST OVER ARIZONA AND CENTRAL NEW
MEXICO THROUGH SUNDAY. THESE FEATURES WILL KEEP SOME SUBTROPICAL MOISTURE
OVER THE BURN AREA THROUGH SUNDAY.  THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED
TO END WITH THE LOSS OF DAYTIME HEATING THIS EVENING...BUT PICK UP
AGAIN IN THE LATE MORNING SUNDAY. THE MAIN DISTURBANCE AFFECTING
THE BURN AREA SUNDAY WILL BE MOVING OUT OF THE REGION AROUND
MID-AFTERNOON WITH SOME CLEARING EXPECTED FOR THE LATE AFTERNOON AND
EVENING HOURS SUNDAY. MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITIES SHOULD FALL TO
AROUND 30 PERCENT ON SUNDAY. HOT AND DRY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED
FOR MUCH OF THE UPCOMING WEEK WITH SOME OF THE WARMEST TEMPERATURES
OF THE YEAR POSSIBLE.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80 PERCENT). ISOLATED
                    SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS UNTIL 9 PM.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....52-57.
MAX HUMIDITY........47-52 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST-SOUTHWEST 4 TO 8 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 15 IN THE
                    EVENING BUT GUSTY NEAR THUNDERSTORMS BECOMING
                    LIGHT AND TERRAIN DRIVEN BY 10 PM.


.SUNDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (60-70 PERCENT). SLIGHT CHANCE OF
                    SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MAINLY BEFORE 4 PM.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....72-77.
MIN HUMIDITY........28-33 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST 4 TO 9 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 15 MPH BECOMING
                    WEST LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.


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FORECASTER...GRZYWACZ
REQUESTED BY...ASHLEY SITES
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20090613.MEASO.02/EPZ