FNUS74 KEPZ 232053
FWSEPZ

FIRE WEATHER PLANNING FORECAST FOR DIAMOND...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM
253 PM MDT TUE JUN 23 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON INCIDENT TIME OF 1413 MDT ON JUNE 23.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

...THUNDERSTORMS IMPLY GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS...

.DISCUSSION...
SUFFICIENT CLOUD COVER HAS PREVENTED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS FROM DEVELOPING
OVER THE BURN SITE SO FAR THIS AFTERNOON. HOWEVER PORTION OF SUB-TROPICAL STREAM
WITH DEEPEST MOISTURE FEEDING LINE OF EAST OF THE RIO GRANDE...SHOULD SHIFT
SLOWLY WEST OVERNIGHT WHERE SCATTERED SHOWERS/STORMS MAY CONCENTRATE ALONG
NEARER TO THE BURN SITE THROUGH WEDNESDAY.  GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS...VERY
HEAVY RAIN WITH RAPID RUNOFF AND CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING ARE THE MAIN
THREATS WITH STORMS IN THIS ENVIRONMENT.


.REST OF TODAY..

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
                    MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80 PERCENT). ISOLATED SHOWERS
                    AND AND A THUNDERSTORM OR TWO POSSIBLE.
CWR.................30 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....67-72.
MIN HUMIDITY........37-42 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST 3 TO 6 MPH.


.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80 PERCENT).  ISOLATED SHOWERS
                    AND THUNDERSTORMS EARLY IN THE EVENING...THEN
                    SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AFTER MIDNIGHT.
CWR.................60 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....51-56.
MAX HUMIDITY........78-83 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST 5 TO 6 MPH IN THE EVENING
                    BECOMING LIGHT.

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (55-65 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
                    MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80 PERCENT). ISOLATED SHOWERS
                    AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MORNING...THEN
                    SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
CWR.................30 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....68-73.
MIN HUMIDITY........49-53 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST 2 TO 4 MPH IN THE MORNING...INCREASING AND
                    SHIFTING SOUTH-SOUTHWEST 3 TO 7 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.

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FORECASTER...TRIPOLI
REQUESTED BY...GILA DISPATCH
REASON FOR REQUEST...WFU
.TAG 20090623.DIAMO.01/EPZ