FNUS74 KEPZ 112240
FWSEPZ

FIRE WEATHER PLANNING FORECAST FOR EAGLE PEAK...GILA NATIONAL FOREST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM
440 PM MDT TUE AUG 11 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON INCIDENT TIME OF 1520 MDT ON AUGUST 11.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
UPPER LEVEL HIGH PRESSURE OVER TEXAS IS IS SHIFTING WESTWARD INTO
NEW MEXICO...AND UPPER LEVEL MOISTURE IS INCREASING ACROSS THE AREA.
BUT EASTERLY UPSLOPE FLOW HAS RESULTED IN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS
ALONG THE BLACKS RANGE AND HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE GILA.  MOISTURE
AND PRECIP CHANCES WILL INCREASE THROUGH THE WEEK...WITH THE MOST
WIDESPREAD PRECIP COVERAGE EXPECTED TOWARDS THE WEEKEND.
HOWEVER...ISOLATED NATURE OF THUNDERSTORMS TODAY AND WEDNESDAY WILL
INCREASE THREAT OF LIGHTNING-BASED FIRE STARTS.


.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (40-70 PERCENT). ISOLATED SHOWERS
                    AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING.
CWR.................10 PERCENT
MIN TEMPERATURE.....45-50.
MAX HUMIDITY........72-77 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 5 TO 10 MPH.

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (50-60 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
                    MOSTLY CLOUDY (60-70 PERCENT). WIDELY SCATTERED
                    SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................30 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....73-78.
MIN HUMIDITY........30-35 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST  5 TO 10 MPH MORNING THEN
                    SOUTHWEST TO WEST 5 TO 10 MPH ISOLATED GUST 15
                    MPH AFTN.


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FORECASTER...NOVLAN
REQUESTED BY...EMILY CAMMACK
REASON FOR REQUEST...WFU
.TAG 20090811.EAGLE.01/EPZ