FNUS74 KEPZ 141435 FWSEPZ FIRE WEATHER PLANNING FORECAST FOR SAWSET FIRE...NM-MEA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM 835 AM MDT FRI AUG 14 2009 FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0807 MDT ON AUGUST 14. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... A UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE ACROSS NEW MEXICO TODAY AND CONTINUE TO BRING A CONTINUED RISK OF LOCALLY MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINS IN ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS TODAY MAINLY EAST OF THE RIO GRANDE. WEAK HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT WILL REBUILD SOUTH OF NEW MEXICO SATURDAY WITH DRIER WEATHER EXPECTED FOR THE WEEKEND AND EARLY NEXT WEEK WITH ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS LIMITED TO THE MOUNTAINS. BY MIDWEEK ANOTHER UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL MOVE INTO THE SOUTHWESTERN U.S. BRINGING INCREASED CHANCES OF THUNDERSTORMS. TEMPERATURES WILL RUN FROM NEAR NORMAL TO FIVE DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80 PERCENT). SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOCALLY BRIEF HEAVY RAIN POSSIBLE IN A FEW SHOWERS. CWR.................40 PERCENT. MAX TEMPERATURE.....73-78. MIN HUMIDITY........39-44 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 2 TO 6 MPH MORNING THEN 5 TO 10 MPH AFTN. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (65-75 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY (55-65 PERCENT). CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING. CWR.................30 PERCENT DECREASING TO 10 PERCENT AFTER MIDNIGHT. MIN TEMPERATURE.....54-59. MAX HUMIDITY........83-88 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........WEST 5 TO 10 MPH. .SATURDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (35-45 PERCENT). SLIGHT RISK FOR AN ISOLATED AFTN TSTM MAINLY HIGHER TERRAIN. CWR.................10 PERCENT. MAX TEMPERATURE.....80-85. MIN HUMIDITY........26-31 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........WEST 6 TO 12 MPH. $$ FORECASTER...NOVLAN REQUESTED BY...TIFFANY REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20090814.SAWSE.01/EPZ