FNUS74 KEPZ 081819
FWSEPZ

FIRE WEATHER PLANNING FORECAST FOR JORNADA CHEMICAL...BLM
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM
1219 PM MDT WED JUL 8 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1205 MDT ON JULY 09.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
LIGHT WINDS AND A FEW CLOUDS ARE ON TAP THIS EVENING...AS HIGH PRESSURE
ALOFT CENTERED OVER THE AREA MAINTAINS UNSEASONABLY HOT AND DRY WEATHER OVER
SPRAY ZONE THROUGH THE PERIOD.  HIGH WILL MOVE FURTHER EAST OVER NORTHERN
TEXAS BEGINNING THURSDAY EVENING.  NEW POSITION WILL PLACE WESTERN NEW MEXICO
UNDER NORTHWARD RETURN FLOW OF SUB-TROPICAL MOISTURE...FOR SLIGHT CHANCES
AT A THUNDERSTORM OR TWO LATER THURSDAY AFTERNOON.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (40-50 PERCENT).
MIN TEMPERATURE.....69-74.
MAX HUMIDITY........40-45 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH 5 TO 9 MPH IN THE EVENING
                    BECOMING LIGHT.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (15-25 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
                    PARTLY CLOUDY (40-50 PERCENT). SLIGHT CHANCE
                    OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LATER IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....96-101.
MIN HUMIDITY........13-18 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH 5 TO 8 MPH.

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FORECASTER...TRIPOLI
REQUESTED BY...RYAN WHITEAKER
REASON FOR REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20090709.JORNA.01/EPZ