FNUS74 KEPZ 011524
FWSEPZ

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

FORECAST IS BASED ON INCIDENT TIME OF 0857 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...MAY HAVE WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TODAY
AND 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 IN THE MID TEENS TO LOWER 20S.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (15-25 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
                    PARTLY CLOUDY (35-45 PERCENT). SLIGHT CHANCE
                    OF AFTERNOON SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
CWR.................10 PERCENT AFTER 1200.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....84-89.
MIN HUMIDITY........14-19 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHEAST 2 TO 5 MPH BECOMING EAST TO SOUTHEAST
                    AT 4 TO 9 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (30-40 PERCENT).
CWR.................10 PERCENT BEFORE MIDNIGHT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....53-58.
MAX HUMIDITY........70-75 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........EAST TO SOUTHEAST 3 TO 7 MPH.

.SUNDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (40-50 PERCENT). SLIGHT CHANCE OF
                    AFTERNOON SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
CWR.................10 PERCENT IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....86-91.
MIN HUMIDITY........13-18 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT BECOMING SOUTH AROUND 5 MPH IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.

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