FNUS74 KEPZ 200135
FWSEPZ

FIRE WEATHER PLANNING FORECAST FOR BARBER...NM LNF
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM
735 PM MDT SUN JUL 19 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1916 MDT ON JULY 19.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOVING THROUGH THE
BURN AREA OVER THE NEXT HOUR OR TWO WITH WINDS SHIFTING AROUND TO
THE NORTHWEST AND INCREASING TO 10 TO 20 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS.
AT THIS TIME IT LOOKS LIKE THE HEAVIEST RAIN MAY MISS THE BURN
AREA JUST TO THE WEST BUT THERE COULD STILL BE SOME WETTING RAINS
IN THE AREA. AS THE STORMS MOVE OUT OF THE AREA...WINDS WILL BE
SHIFTING AROUND MORE TO THE WEST FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE
OVERNIGHT HOURS. TOMORROW WILL BE SIMILAR TO TODAY WITH AFTERNOON
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING AGAIN WITH HIGH TEMPERATURES
APPROACHING 80 DEGREES...BUT THERE WILL BE SOME STRONGER
NORTHWEST WINDS AS AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVES THROUGH
EASTERN NEW MEXICO THROUGH THE NORTHERLY FLOW.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (65-75 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
                    PARTLY CLOUDY (55-65 PERCENT). SCATTERED
                    SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH 9 PM...THEN
                    ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
CWR.................30 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....50-54.
MAX HUMIDITY........85-90 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........BECOMING NORTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH BY 8 PM...THEN
                    BECOMING WEST AND DECREASING TO 6 TO 12 MPH AFTER
                    10 PM.

.MONDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (45-55 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
                    MOSTLY CLOUDY (65-75 PERCENT). ISOLATED SHOWERS
                    AND THUNDERSTORMS.
CWR.................20 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....78-81.
MIN HUMIDITY........25-30 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 25 MPH.


$$
FORECASTER...GRZYWACZ
REQUESTED BY...NM ADC
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20090719.BARBE.01/EPZ