FNUS74 KEPZ 171200
FWSEPZ

FIRE WEATHER PLANNING FORECAST FOR MOORE...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM
600 AM MDT FRI JUL 17 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON INCIDENT TIME OF 0537 MDT ON JULY 17.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
UPPER LEVEL HIGH PRESSURE WILL BRING CONTINUED VERY WARM
TEMPERATURES TO BURN SITE THROUGH SATURDAY. A WEAK DISTURBANCE
ALOFT IS BRINGING SOME VIRGA AND A FEW LIGHT SPINKLES NEAR THE
BURN AREA ATTM AND WILL DO SO FOR ANOTHER HOUR OR TWO. SPOTTY
THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS LIKELY THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

EXPECT SIMILAR WEATHER TOMORROW.


.TODAY...
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (45-55 PERCENT). A BRIEF SPRINKLE
                    POSSIBLE BEFORE 0800 THEN A SLIGHT CHANCE OF
                    SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AFTER 1300.
CWR.................20 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....84-89.
MIN HUMIDITY........20-25 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........EAST 4 TO 8 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHEAST
                    6 TO 10 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. WINDS GUSTING TO
                    20-25 MPH NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.

.TONIGHT...
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (45-55 PERCENT). SLIGHT CHANCE OF
                    SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS BEFORE 2100.
CWR.................20 PERCENT DECREASING TO 5 PERCENT AFTER
                    MIDNIGHT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....50-55.
MAX HUMIDITY........60-65 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH 4 TO 8 MPH. WINDS GUSTING TO 20 MPH NEAR
                    ANY THUNDERSTORMS EARLY THIS EVENING.

.SATURDAY...
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (45-55 PERCENT). SLIGHT CHANCE OF
                    THUNDERSTORMS AFTER 1300.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....84-89.
MIN HUMIDITY........19-24 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH 4 TO 8 MPH.

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FORECASTER...MACBLAIN
REQUESTED BY...TOBY RICHARDS
REASON FOR REQUEST...WFU
.TAG 20090717.MOORE.01/EPZ