FNUS74 KEPZ 201720
FWSEPZ

FIRE WEATHER PLANNING FORECAST FOR TURKEY...GNF
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM
1120 AM MDT MON JUL 20 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1054 MDT ON JULY 20.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT OVER NEW MEXICO AND ARIZONA WILL TEND TO REDUCE
THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY TODAY AND TOMORROW...BUT DAYTIME HEATING AND
ALREADY AVAILABLE MOISTURE WILL ALLOW SCATTERED AFTERNOON AND EVENING
THUNDERSTORMS...MAINLY OVER HIGHER TERRAIN. THAT HIGH PRESSURE WILL
WEAKEN AND SHIFT WEST TOMORROW AND WEDNESDAY AS AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH
MOVES IN FROM THE NORTH. THE TROUGH AND AN ASSOCIATED BACKDOOR FRONT
WILL CAUSE AN INCREASE IN THUNDERSTORMS TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY
AND WILL TAKE TEMPERATURES DOWN BY AROUND 10 DEGREES FOR WEDNESDAY.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (45-55 PERCENT). SCATTERED
                    SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................30 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....85-90.
MIN HUMIDITY........18-23 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT THIS MORNING...NORTHWEST 4 TO 9 MPH
                    THIS AFTERNOON WITH A FEW GUSTS TO 16 MPH.


.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (45-55 PERCENT). SCATTERED
                    SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING.
CWR.................30 PERCENT DECREASING TO 10 PERCENT AFTER
                    MIDNIGHT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....54-59.
MAX HUMIDITY........64-69 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST 3 TO 7 MPH.


.TUESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (45-55 PERCENT). SCATTERED AFTERNOON
                    SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
CWR.................30 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....85-90.
MIN HUMIDITY........21-26 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTH 3 TO 8 MPH.


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FORECASTER...PARK
REQUESTED BY...SHELLI COMAN
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20090720.TURKE.01/EPZ