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SPOT FORECAST FOR JOSHUA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX
1024 AM MDT SUN JUN 14 2009

IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

FIRE WEATHER PLANNING FORECAST FOR JOSHUA...GNF
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM
1006 AM MDT SUN JUN 14 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0923 MDT ON JUNE 14.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
SHORTWAVE DISTURBANCE MOVING UP OVER THE AREA AHEAD OF WEST COAST
TROUGH...WILL BRING SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO THE BURN
SITE
TODAY AND POSSIBLY INTO EARLY THIS EVENING. SLIGHTLY DRIER AIR WILL
BEGIN
SLOWLY WORKING ITS WAY OVER THE BURN SITE FROM THE WEST MONDAY...AS
DISTURBANCE EXITS THE AREA.  HOWEVER RECYCLED MOISTURE AND STRONG
DAYTIME
HEATING WILL LIKELY GENERATE AT LEAST ISOLATED AFTERNOON SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS MONDAY AS WELL.

BURN SITE VALLEY LOCATION WITH SOME DRYING ALOFT EXPECTED THIS
EVENING WILL
ALLOW FOR MIN TEMPS A FEW DEGREES BELOW SATURDAY NIGHTS VALUES...AS
EFFECTS
RADIATIONAL COOLING BEGIN TO TAKE HOLD. PRESENCE OF DRIER AIR WILL
ALSO MEAN
TEMPS WARMING BY A FEW DEGREES MONDAY.



.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (20-30 PERCENT) WITH ISOLATED
                    SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MORNING...THEN
                    SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
LAL.................4
CWR.................20 PERCENT...THEN 40 PERCENT IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....71-76.
MIN HUMIDITY........29-35 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH-SOUTHEAST 2 TO 5 MPH...INCREASING AND
SHIFTING
                    SOUTHWEST 5 TO 11 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON WITH
OCCASIONAL
                    GUSTS TO 16 MPH.


.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (35-45 PERCENT)...THEN MOSTLY CLEAR
                    (10-20 PERCENT) AFTER MIDNIGHT.
CWR.................10 PERCENT DECREASING TO 0 PERCENT AFTER
                    MIDNIGHT.
LAL.................2.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....42-47.
MAX HUMIDITY........62-67 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST 4 TO 8 MPH EARLY...DECREASING AND
SHIFTING
                    WEST-NORTHWEST 2 TO 5 MPH TOWARDS MIDNIGHT.
                    LOCAL DRAINAGES DEVELOPING TOWARDS MORNING.


.MONDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (0-20 PERCENT) IN THE MORNING...THEN
                    PARTLY CLOUDY (40-50 PERCENT) IN THE AFTERNOON
                    WITH AN ISOLATED SHOWER OR THUNDERSTORM.
CWR.................0 PERCENT IN THE MORNING...THE 10 PERCENT IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
LAL.................1 IN THE MORNING...THEN 2 IN THE AFTERNOON
MAX TEMPERATURE.....74-79.
MIN HUMIDITY........21-26 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH-SOUTHEAST 2 TO 5 MPH...INCREASING AND
SHIFTING
                    SOUTHWEST 6 TO 12 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON WITH
OCCASIONAL
                    GUSTS TO 18 MPH.

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REQUESTED BY...INCIDENT IC TRAINEE
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE