FNUS74 KEPZ 310224
FWSEPZ

FIRE WEATHER PLANNING FORECAST FOR HOLDEN...GILA NATIONAL FOREST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM
824 PM MDT THU JUL 30 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 2020 MDT ON JULY 30.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
WEST WINDS ALOFT ARE PUSHING DRY MID LEVEL AIR INTO THE REGION AS HIGH
PRESSURE BUILDS OVER ARIZONA. THIS WILL DIMINISH THE CHANCE FOR SHOWER
AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. TEMPERATURES FRIDAY
SIMILAR TO OR SLIGHTLY WARMER THAN TODAY...THEN WARMING UP AGAIN FOR
THE WEEKEND. HUMIDITY TOMORROW IN THE LOW TO MID 20S THEN SEVERAL POINTS
LOWER OVER THE WEEKEND. WINDS WILL REMAIN GENERALLY LIGHT TONIGHT AND
FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS.

.REST OF TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (35-45 PERCENT). SLIGHT CHANCE OF
                    A SHOWER THIS EVENING.
CWR.................10 PERCENT DECREASING TO 0 PERCENT BY MIDNIGHT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....52-57.
MAX HUMIDITY........64-69 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT.

.FRIDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (35-45 PERCENT). SLIGHT CHANCE OF
                    SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................10 PERCENT IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....79-84.
MIN HUMIDITY........21-26 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT.

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FORECASTER...PARK
REQUESTED BY...SHELLI COMAN
REASON FOR REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
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