FNUS74 KEPZ 211541
FWSEPZ

FIRE WEATHER PLANNING FORECAST FOR ALLIE...NM-SDC
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM
941 AM MDT FRI AUG 21 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON INCIDENT TIME OF 0926 MDT ON AUGUST 21.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT OVER THE WESTERN U.S. WILL SLOWLY DRIFT EASTWARD
TO EASTERN NMEX AND WEST TEXAS BY SUNDAY. ISOLATED  THUNDERSTORM
ACTIVITY WILL CONTINUE ALTHOUGH SOMEWHAT INHIBITED AND BE MORE NUMEROUS
OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN. AS THE UPPER RIDGE POSITIONS ITSELF MORE EAST...
CHANCES FOR CONVECTION WILL BE GREATER WEST OF THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE
THIS WEEKEND. A WEAK AND SHALLOW BACKDOOR COOL FRONT PUSHED IN FROM
EASTERN NMEX LAST NIGHT TO ABOUT THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE THIS MORNING
WITH HIGH TEMPERATURES STILL ABOVE NORMAL...BUT A FEW DEGREES COOLER
THAN THE PAST COUPLE OF DAYS. MINIMUM HUMIDITY VALUES WILL GENERALLY
BE IN THE 20S TODAY AND SATURDAY.


.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (20-40 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
                    PARTLY CLOUDY (55-65 PERCENT). SLIGHT CHANCE OF
                    SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
CWR.................20 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....75-80.
MIN HUMIDITY........26-31 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST 2 TO 7 MPH MORNING THEN 5-10 MPH AFTN.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (45-55 PERCENT). ISOLATED SHOWERS
                    AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING.
CWR.................20 PERCENT DECREASING TO 5-10 PERCENT AFTER
                    MIDNIGHT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....48-53.
MAX HUMIDITY........69-74 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST 5 TO 10 MPH.

.SATURDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (30-40 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
                    PARTLY CLOUDY (45-55 PERCENT). ISOLATED
                    MAINLY AFTN/EVENING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
CWR.................20 TO 25 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....77-82.
MIN HUMIDITY........26-31 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........EAST 5 TO 9 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTH 10
                    TO 15 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.

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FORECASTER...NOVLAN
REQUESTED BY...IC
REASON FOR REQUEST...WFU
.TAG 20090821.ALLIE.01/EPZ