FNUS74 KEPZ 041512
FWSEPZ

FIRE WEATHER PLANNING FORECAST FOR WILLIE...GILA NATIONAL FOREST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM
912 AM MDT TUE AUG 4 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0855 MDT ON AUGUST 04.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT OVER NEW MEXICO AND WEST TEXAS WILL DECREASE
THE CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH
THE END OF THE WEEK. HOWEVER...DAYTIME HEATING AND RESIDUAL
MOISTURE WILL ALLOW WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE GILA
REGION THIS AFTERNOON AND AGAIN WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. TEMPERATURES
WELL ABOVE NORMAL TODAY THROUGH THURSDAY. AFTERNOON HUMIDITY
LOWERING TO THE UPPER TEENS AND LOW 20S THE NEXT FEW DAYS WITH
GENERALLY LIGHT WINDS.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (10-20 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
                    PARTLY CLOUDY (50-60 PERCENT). WIDELY SCATTERED
                    AFTERNOON SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
CWR.................20 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....80-85.
MIN HUMIDITY........20-25 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTH 2 TO 6 MPH THIS MORNING BECOMING LIGHT
                    UPSLOPE/UP CANYON THIS AFTERNOON.


.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR (20-30 PERCENT). SLIGHT CHANCE OF
                    EVENING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
CWR.................10 PERCENT BEFORE MIDNIGHT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....48-53.
MAX HUMIDITY........61-66 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WITH DRAINAGE WINDS AFTER MIDNIGHT.


.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (15-25 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
                    PARTLY CLOUDY (50-60 PERCENT). WIDELY SCATTERED
                    AFTERNOON SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
CWR.................20 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....81-86.
MIN HUMIDITY........18-23 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT EARLY...BECOMING SOUTH 5 TO 9 MPH.


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FORECASTER...PARK
REQUESTED BY...SHELLI COMAN
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20090804.WILLI.01/EPZ