FNUS74 KEPZ 300105
FWSEPZ

FIRE WEATHER PLANNING FORECAST FOR WATER 2...BLM
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM
705 PM MDT WED JUL 29 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1835 MDT ON JULY 29.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

...THUNDERSTORMS IMPLY GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS...

...VARIABLE AND GUSTY WINDS POSSIBLE NEAR VIRGA SHAFTS AND SIGNIFICANT
CLOUD BUILD-UPS...

.DISCUSSION...
WEAK HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT ELONGATED EAST-WEST OVER NORTHERN NEW MEXICO...WILL
STEER MORE DRY WESTERLY FLOW ALOFT OVER THE AREA...WHILE CONTINUING TO BRING
UNSEASONABLY WARM AND MOSTLY DRY CONDITIONS FOR THE BURN SITE THROUGH AT LEAST
WEEKS END.  AN ISOLATED SHOWER OR THUNDERSTORM IS POSSIBLE THURSDAY AFTERNOON
OR EARLY THURSDAY EVENING...AS A WEAK DISTURBANCE MOVING AROUND THE RIDGE
OVER WESTERN HIGH PLAINS...SENDS A LITTLE MOISTURE OVER BURN SITE FROM
THE EAST OVERNIGHT.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR (0-10 PERCENT).
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....66-71.
MAX HUMIDITY........53-58 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LOCAL DRAINAGES DEVELOPING AN HOUR OR TWO AFTER
                    SUNDOWN...OTHERWISE NORTH-NORTHWEST 2 TO 5 MPH.


.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (0-10 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
                    PARTLY CLOUDY (40-50 PERCENT) IN THE AFTERNOON...WITH
                    A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
CWR.................10 PERCENT INCREASING TO 20 PERCENT IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....79-84.
MIN HUMIDITY........24-29 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST 3 TO 6 MPH IN THE MORNING...INCREASING
                    AND SHIFTING SOUTHWEST 5 TO 10 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.


.THURSDAY NIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (30-40 PERCENT) EARLY...THEN MOSTLY
                    CLEAR (10 TO 20 PERCENT).
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....67-72.
MAX HUMIDITY........51-56 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LOCAL DRAINAGES DEVELOPING AN HOUR OR TWO AFTER
                    SUNDOWN...OTHERWISE NORTH-NORTHWEST 2 TO 5 MPH.


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FORECASTER...TRIPOLI
REQUESTED BY...IC
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20090729.WATER.01/EPZ