FNUS74 KEPZ 312256
FWSEPZ

FIRE WEATHER PLANNING FORECAST FOR COUGAR...GNF
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM
456 PM MDT FRI JUL 31 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON INCIDENT TIME OF 1638 MDT ON JULY 31.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE AREA...THEN PARTIAL CLEARING
OVERNIGHT WITH LIGHT WINDS. WINDS WILL REMAIN LIGHT AND TERRAIN DRIVEN
SATURDAY. A WEAK DISTURBANCE WILL TRACK NEARBY TO THE EAST SATURDAY
AND WILL LIKELY TRIGGER A FEW SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON
AND EVENING. HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT BUILDING IN FROM THE WEST WILL TAKE
TEMPERATURES UP A COUPLE OF DEGREES TOMORROW AND BRING HUMIDITY DOWN
A FEW POINTS...THEN MAINLY DRY WITH AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES WELL ABOVE
NORMAL SUNDAY AND MONDAY.

.REST OF TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (30-40 PERCENT). WIDELY SCATTERED
                    SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
CWR.................20 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....80-85.
MIN HUMIDITY........17-22 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT MAINLY UPSLOPE.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (30-40 PERCENT). WIDELY SCATTERED
                    EVENING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
CWR.................20 PERCENT BEFORE MIDNIGHT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....49-54.
MAX HUMIDITY........58-63 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WITH DRAINAGE WINDS.

.SATURDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (35-45 PERCENT). WIDELY SCATTERED
                    AFTERNOON SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
CWR.................20 PERCENT IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....82-87.
MIN HUMIDITY........16-21 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT...MAINLY UPSLOPE.

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FORECASTER...PARK
REQUESTED BY...EMILY CAMMACK
REASON FOR REQUEST...WFU
.TAG 20090731.COUGA.01/EPZ