FNUS74 KEPZ 131510
FWSEPZ

FIRE WEATHER PLANNING FORECAST FOR PASCO FIRE...STATE OF NEW MEXICO FORESTRY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM
910 AM MDT SAT JUN 13 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0847 MDT ON JUNE 13.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

..THUNDERSTORMS IMPLY VARIABLE AND GUSTY WINDS...

...GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS ALSO POSSIBLE NEAR VIRGA SHAFTS AND SIGNIFICANT
CLOUD BUILD-UPS...


.DISCUSSION...
UNSEASONABLY DEEP UPPER LEVEL TROUGH OFF THE WEST COAST...WILL SEND
A PAIR OF DISTURBANCES NORTHEAST OVER ARIZONA AND CENTRAL NEW MEXICO
TODAY THIS WEEKEND. THE FIRST WILL MOVE THROUGH TODAY...WHILE SECOND FEATURE
THESE BRINGS CHANCES FOR CONVECTION AGAIN SUNDAY. FEATURES WILL ASSIST TROUGH
IN TAPPING ADDITIONAL SUB-TROPICAL MOISTURE...WHICH WILL BEGIN WORKING ITS WAY
PRIMARILY ACROSS BURN AREA LATER THIS MORNING.  EXPECT AFTERNOON CLOUD BUILD-UPS
OVER HIGHER NEARBY MOUNTAINS WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF ISOLATED DRY THUNDERSTORM
INTO EARLY THIS EVENING AND AGAIN SUNDAY.

MAXIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITIES SHOULD RECOVER TO THE LOW TO MID 30 PERCENT RANGE
THIS EVENING...WITH MIN RH ENDING UP A LITTLE HIGHER SUNDAY IN THE LOW
TO MID 20 PERCENT RANGE.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (85-95 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
                    PARTLY CLOUDY (55-65 PERCENT) WITH ISOLATED
                    SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................0 PERCENT INCREASING TO 10 PERCENT IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....88-92
MIN HUMIDITY........14-19 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH-SOUTHWEST 4 TO 9 MPH...INCREASING AND SHIFTING
                    SOUTHWEST 10 TO 17 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 23 MPH.


.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (45-55 PERCENT). SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS
                    AND THUNDERSTORMS EARLY.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....58-63.
MAX HUMIDITY........31-36 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST 8 TO 13 MPH EARLY...WEAKENING AND SHIFTING
                    SOUTH-SOUTHWEST 4 TO 9 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.


.SUNDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (55-65 PERCENT).  SLIGHT CHANCE OF
                    SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....86-90.
MIN HUMIDITY........20-25 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH-SOUTHWEST 4 TO 9 MPH...INCREASING AND SHIFTING SOUTHWEST
                    13 TO 22 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 28 MPH.


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FORECASTER...TRIPOLI
REQUESTED BY...IC
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20090613.PASCO.02/EPZ