FNUS74 KEPZ 020108
FWSEPZ

FIRE WEATHER PLANNING FORECAST FOR MILLS...LNF
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM
708 PM MDT SAT AUG 1 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1847 MDT ON AUGUST 01.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
MID-LEVEL HIGH PRESSURE WILL SHIFT TO SOUTHWESTERN NEW MEXICO FOR SUNDAY
AND MONDAY...RESULTING IN NORTHEASTERLY FLOW ALOFT.  MEANWHILE...SOUTH
TO SOUTHEAST LOW-LEVEL FLOW WILL CONTINUE TO SUPPLY A MODEST TAP OF
LOW-LEVEL MOISTURE TO THE REGION...PRIMARILY EAST OF THE RIO GRANDE...
WITH THE BEST MOISTURE REMAINING ALONG AND EAST OF THE EAST-FACING
SLOPES OF THE SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS.  THIS SHOULD BE ENOUGH FOR AFTERNOON
CONVECTION...BUT PROXIMITY OF THE UPPER HIGH AND RELATIVELY WARM AIR
ALOFT SHOULD LIMIT COVERAGE TO JUST ISOLATED STORMS.  WINDS WILL
GENERALLY BE LIGHT SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST...BUT FAVORING DRAINAGE FLOWS
LATE NIGHT AND EARLY MORNING.


...PUT DISCUSSION TEXT HERE...

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (40-50 PERCENT). ISOLATED SHOWERS
                    IN THE EVENING.
CWR.................20 PERCENT DECREASING TO 10 PERCENT AFTER
                    MIDNIGHT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....55-60.
MAX HUMIDITY........67-72 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST 5 TO 8 MPH.


.SUNDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (45-55 PERCENT). ISOLATED AFTERNOON
                    SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
CWR.................20 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....79-84.
MIN HUMIDITY........26-31 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT AND VARIABLE BECOMING SOUTHWEST AROUND 5 MPH IN
                    THE AFTERNOON.


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FORECASTER...HARDIMAN
REQUESTED BY...NM ADC
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20090801.MILLS.01/EPZ