FNUS74 KEPZ 011655
FWSEPZ

FIRE WEATHER PLANNING FORECAST FOR ALLIE...GNF
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM
1055 AM MDT SAT AUG 1 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON INCIDENT TIME OF 1035 MDT ON AUGUST 01.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
A WEAK UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVING INTO SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO
AND A WEAK FRONT FROM THE NORTHEAST WILL TRIGGER SOME SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS EAST OF THE RIO GRANDE THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING. LOCATIONS WEST OF THE RIO GRANDE...INCLUDING THE BURN
SITE...WILL HAVE WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THIS
AFTERNOON AND POSSIBLY SUNDAY. THE CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL
DIMINISH MONDAY INTO THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK AS HIGH PRESSURE
BUILDS IN FROM THE WEST. TEMPERATURES CLIMBING TO WELL ABOVE
NORMAL THE NEXT FEW DAYS WITH HUMIDITY FALLING TO THE LOW AND
MIDDLE TEENS.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (15-25 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
                    PARTLY CLOUDY (35-45 PERCENT). WIDELY SCATTERED
                    AFTERNOON SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
CWR.................20 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....83-87.
MIN HUMIDITY........14-19 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTH TO NORTHEAST 2 TO 5 MPH THIS MORNING.
                    EAST TO SOUTHEAST 4 TO 9 MPH THIS AFTERNOON.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (45-55 PERCENT). SLIGHT CHANCE
                    OF EVENING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
CWR.................10 PERCENT BEFORE MIDNIGHT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....54-59.
MAX HUMIDITY........56-61 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........EAST TO SOUTHEAST 5 TO 10 MPH.

.SUNDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (35-45 PERCENT). WIDELY SCATTERED
                    AFTERNOON SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
CWR.................20 PERCENT IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....85-90.
MIN HUMIDITY........12-17 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........EAST TO SOUTHEAST 5 TO 10 MPH.

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FORECASTER...PARK
REQUESTED BY...EMILY CAMMACK
REASON FOR REQUEST...WFU
.TAG 20090801.ALLIE.01/EPZ