FNUS74 KEPZ 021535
FWSEPZ

FIRE WEATHER PLANNING FORECAST FOR PORCUPINE...USFS WILDERNESS RD
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM
935 AM MDT THU JUL 2 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0854 MDT ON JULY 02.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT OVER NORTHERN NEW MEXICO WILL WEAKEN AND SHIFT
SOUTHEAST TODAY AND TONIGHT. THIS WILL ALLOW A DEEP LAYER OF MOISTURE
NOW OVER EASTERN ARIZONA TO DRIFT EASTWARD INTO THE GILA REGION AND
THE BOOTHEEL THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...CAUSING AN INCREASE IN
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT WITH LOCALLY
HEAVY RAIN LIKELY. EXPECT SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AGAIN
FRIDAY AFTERNOON WITH THE CHANCE FOR LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN. WINDS WILL
GENERALLY BE LIGHT THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS WITH AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES
NEAR NORMAL. MINIMUM HUMIDITY RANGING FROM THE UPPER 20S TO THE MID
30S THIS AFTERNOON...BUT WILL INCREASE BY AROUND 15 PERCENT FOR FRIDAY
AFTERNOON. DRIER AIR ALOFT WILL BEGIN TO PUSH IN FROM THE WEST SATURDAY
AS A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT BUILDS OVER THE SOUTHWEST. THIS WILL
LEAD TO DECREASED SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY SUNDAY AND MONDAY.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (45-55 PERCENT). SCATTERED SHOWERS
                    AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................30 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....78-83.
MIN HUMIDITY........29-34 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT THIS MORNING...THEN SOUTHEAST TO SOUTH
                    4 TO 9 MPH.


.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80 PERCENT). SCATTERED EVENING
                    SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
                    ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS AFTER MIDNIGHT.
CWR.................40 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....55-60.
MAX HUMIDITY........82-87 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH 3 TO 7 MPH BECOMING LIGHT AFTER MIDNIGHT.


.FRIDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (55-65 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
                    MOSTLY CLOUDY (65-75 PERCENT). SCATTERED
                    SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................40 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....75-80.
MIN HUMIDITY........42-47 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT EARLY THEN SOUTHEAST TO SOUTH 5 TO 10 MPH.


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FORECASTER...PARK
REQUESTED BY...IC
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20090702.PORCU.05/EPZ