FNUS74 KEPZ 031525
FWSEPZ

FIRE WEATHER PLANNING FORECAST FOR JORNADA CHEMICAL...BLM
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM
925 AM MDT FRI JUL 3 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0925 MDT ON JULY 04.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
SOUTHERLY FLOW IS BRINGING A DEEP LAYER OF MOISTURE ACROSS THE AREA.
THIS WILL BRING AN INCREASE IN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER MOST
OF THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT AND SATURDAY WITH LOCALLY
HEAVY RAIN LIKELY. WINDS GENERALLY LIGHT TONIGHT AND TOMORROW WITH
HUMIDITY CLIMBING TO NEAR 75 PERCENT TONIGHT AND FALLING TO AROUND
30 PERCENT SATURDAY AFTERNOON. AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES SLIGHTLY BELOW
NORMAL SATURDAY AFTERNOON DUE TO INCREASED CLOUD COVER AND MOISTURE.
DRIER AIR ALOFT WILL PUSH IN FROM THE WEST SUNDAY AND MONDAY AS AN
UPPER LEVEL HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS OVER THE SOUTHWEST.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (65-75 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
                    PARTLY CLOUDY (50-60 PERCENT). SCATTERED
                    SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING.
                    ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AFTER
                    MIDNIGHT.
CWR.................40 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....66-71.
MAX HUMIDITY........73-78 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 6 TO 11 MPH THIS EVENING.
                    NORTHWEST TO NORTH 3 TO 7 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.

.INDEPENDENCE DAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (50-60 PERCENT). SCATTERED
                    SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................30 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....86-91.
MIN HUMIDITY........30-35 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTH AROUND 5 MPH IN THE MORNING BECOMING
                    LIGHT.

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FORECASTER...PARK
REQUESTED BY...RYAN WHITEAKER
REASON FOR REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20090704.JORNA.01/EPZ