FNUS75 KEPZ 231350 FWSEPZ SPOT FORECAST FOR PELONA RX NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX 750 AM MDT TUE JUN 23 2009 IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. FIRE WEATHER PLANNING FORECAST FOR PELONA RX...SOCORRO BLM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM 743 AM MDT TUE JUN 23 2009 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0740 MDT ON JUNE 23. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. ...THUNDERSTORMS IMPLY GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS... .DISCUSSION... SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY TODAY AND INTO THIS EVENING AS DEEPER MOISTURE ASSOCIATED WITH SUB-TROPICAL STREAM...MOVES OVER THE AREA. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WITH RAPID RUN OFF AND CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING ARE THE MAIN THREATS WITH THESE STORMS. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY (90-100 PERCENT) IN THE MORNING...BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY (80-90 PERCENT) IN THE AFTERNOON SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE DAY. CWR.................40 PERCENT. MAX TEMPERATURE.....74-79. MIN HUMIDITY........38-43 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT AND VARIABLE IN THE MORNING...INCREASING AND SHIFTING SOUTH 3 TO 8 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80 PERCENT). SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. CWR.................30 PERCENT. MIN TEMPERATURE.....49-54. MAX HUMIDITY........89-94 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH-SOUTHWEST 2 TO 6 EARLY IN THE EVENING...BECOMING LIGHT AN VARIABLE MID EVENING. WINDS NORTH 1 TO 4 MPH TOWARDS MORNING. .WEDNESDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (50-60 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY (80-90 PERCENT). SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. CWR.................30 PERCENT. MAX TEMPERATURE.....77-82. MIN HUMIDITY........31-37 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT AND VARIABLE EARLY IN THE MORNING...BECOMING SOUTH-SOUTHEAST 3 TO 6 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. $$ REQUESTED BY...MARK REASON FOR REQUEST...UNDER THE INTERAGENCY AGREEMENT FOR METEOROLOGICAL SERVICES (USFS, BLM, NPS, U