FNUS74 KEPZ 081548 FWSEPZ FIRE WEATHER PLANNING FORECAST FOR PINE TREE RX...BIA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM 948 AM MDT SAT AUG 8 2009 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0945 MDT ON AUGUST 08. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. ...THUNDERSTORMS IMPLY VARIABLE AND GUSTY WINDS... ...GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS ALSO POSSIBLE WITH VIRGA SHAFTS AND NEAR SIGNIFICANT CLOUD BUILD-UPS... .DISCUSSION... WEAK DISTURBANCE MOVING THROUGH NORTHERN AZ AND NM TODAY...IS EXPECTED TO BRIEFLY TAP SUB-TROPICAL MOISTURE STREAM CURRENTLY FLOWING NORTHEAST OVER EASTERN NEW MEXICO. AS A RESULT...ISOLATED AFTERNOON SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE ANTICIPATED FOR THE BURN SITE. FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...WIND GUSTS APPROACHING OR EVEN EXCEEDING 50 MPH WITH RAPID RUNOFF ARE THE MAIN THREATS WITH ANY STORMS. TROUGH OVER WESTERN U.S.A. WILL LIFT OUT OF THE REGION LATER SUNDAY...ALLOWING SUB-TROPICAL MOISTURE TO SLOWLY MIGRATE NORTHWARD TOWARDS THE BURN SITE LATE IN THE DAY SUNDAY. THUS LOOK FOR A REPEAT IN ISOLATED ACTIVITY FOR SUNDAY AFTERNOON. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (10-20 PERCENT) IN THE MORNING...BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY (40-50 PERCENT) IN THE AFTERNOON WITH ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. CWR.................10 PERCENT. MAX TEMPERATURE.....79-84. MIN HUMIDITY........21-26 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........WEST-SOUTHWEST 2 TO 5 MPH IN THE MORNING...INCREASING AND SHIFTING SOUTHWEST 6 TO 11 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 17 MPH. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (30-40 PERCENT) WITH ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EARLY...THEN CLEAR (0-10 PERCENT). CWR.................10 PERCENT DECREASING TO 0 PERCENT AFTER MIDNIGHT. MIN TEMPERATURE.....54-59. MAX HUMIDITY........61-66 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........WEST-SOUTHWEST 4 TO 7 MPH EARLY...DECREASING AND SHIFTING NORTHWEST 2 TO 5 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. .SUNDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (15-25 PERCENT) IN THE MORNING...BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80 PERCENT) IN THE AFTERNOON WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. CWR.................30 PERCENT. MAX TEMPERATURE.....77-82. MIN HUMIDITY........28-33 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT AND VARIABLE IN THE MORNING...BECOMING NORTHWEST 3 TO 7 MPH MID-DAY..THEN SOUTHWEST 5 TO 9 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. $$ FORECASTER...TRIPOLI REQUESTED BY...NM ADC REASON FOR REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20090808.PINET.01/EPZ