FNUS74 KEPZ 111617
FWSEPZ

FIRE WEATHER PLANNING FORECAST FOR COOLEY RX...LNF
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM
1017 AM MDT TUE AUG 11 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1030 MDT ON AUGUST 11.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
MID-LEVEL RIDGE IS SHIFTING WESTWARD...ALLOWING UPPER LEVEL
MOISTURE TO INCREASE OVER THE AREA.  ALTHOUGH WARMER TEMPERATURES
ALOFT ASSOCIATED WITH THE HIGH WILL ATTEMPT TO SUPPRESS THUNDER-
STORM ACTIVITY THIS AFTERNOON...SOUTHEASTERLY UPSLOPE FLOW ACROSS
THE SACS WILL RESULT IN ISOLATED TO SCATTERED AFTERNOON THUNDER-
STORMS. EXPECT INCREASING PRECIP CHANCES AND HUMIDITY THROUGH THE
WEEK AS MOISTURE CONTINUES TO INCREASE ACROSS THE AREA.  AN
APPROACHING PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM ALOFT WILL INTERACT WITH THE
RETURNING MONSOONAL MOISTURE PLUME TOWARDS THE WEEKEND...RESULTING
IN MORE WIDESPREAD RAINFALL.


.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (5-15 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
                    MOSTLY CLOUDY (60-70 PERCENT) WITH SCATTERED
                    SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................30 PERCENT.
TEMPERATURE.........75 AT IGNITION...MAX 83.
RH..................40 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 30 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST 5 TO 7 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (45-55 PERCENT).
CWR.................10 PERCENT DECREASING TO 0 PERCENT AFTER
                    MIDNIGHT.
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 53.
RH..................MAX 80 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST 5 TO 6 MPH BECOMING LIGHT.

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (45-55 PERCENT) WITH SCATTERED
                    AFTERNOON SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
CWR.................40 PERCENT.
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 79.
RH..................MIN 36 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT BECOMING SOUTH 5 TO 7 MPH EARLY IN
                    THE MORNING.

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FORECASTER...HARDIMAN
REQUESTED BY...NMADC
REASON FOR REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20090811.COOLE.01/EPZ