FNUS74 KEPZ 101525
FWSEPZ

FIRE WEATHER PLANNING FORECAST FOR WILLIE...BLM
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM
925 AM MDT MON AUG 10 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0859 MDT ON AUGUST 10.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
UPPER-LEVEL MOISTURE REMAINS SCARCE ACROSS THE NORTHWESTERN HALF OF
NM THIS MORNING... AS DRY SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT CONTINUES.  AN ISOLATED
THUNDERSTORM OVER THE HIGHEST TERRAIN CANNOT BE COMPLETELY OUTRULED...
AS RESIDUAL MOISTURE OVER MEXICO IS STREAMING NORTHEAST.  PRECIP
CHANCES WILL INCREASE LATER IN THE WEEK AS MID-LEVEL RIDGE SHIFTS BACK
TO THE WEST...ALLOWING FOR INCREASING MOISTURE ACROSS THE AREA...BUT
ALSO INCREASING LIGHTNING POTENTIAL.  OTHERWISE EXPECT LIGHT WESTERLY
WINDS THIS AFTERNOON WITH MIN RH VALUES DROPPING BELOW 15%.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (20-30 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
                    PARTLY CLOUDY (40-50 PERCENT). SLIGHT CHANCE OF
                    SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....78-82.
MIN HUMIDITY........13-18 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST 5 TO 6 MPH.


.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (35-45 PERCENT). SLIGHT CHANCE OF
                    SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....41-46.
MAX HUMIDITY........77-82 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST 5 TO 6 MPH.


.TUESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (30-40 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
                    MOSTLY CLOUDY (60-70 PERCENT).
CWR.................10 PERCENT INCREASING TO 20 PERCENT IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....78-83.
MIN HUMIDITY........16-21 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....LIGHT.

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FORECASTER...HARDIMAN
REQUESTED BY...IC
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20090810.WILLI.01/EPZ