FNUS74 KEPZ 211554
FWSEPZ

FIRE WEATHER PLANNING FORECAST FOR MORAGA...GNF
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM
954 AM MDT FRI AUG 21 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON INCIDENT TIME OF 0830 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 (30-40 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
                    PARTLY CLOUDY (55-65 PERCENT). SLIGHT CHANCE OF
                    SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
CWR.................20 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....79-84.
MIN HUMIDITY........22-27 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH SOUTHEAST  2 TO 7 MPH THEN SOUTHEAST
                    5-10 MPH AFTERNOON.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (40-50 PERCENT). ISOLATED SHOWERS
                    AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING.
CWR.................20 PERCENT DECREASING TO 5-10 PERCENT AFTER
                    MIDNIGHT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....50-55.
MAX HUMIDITY........67-72 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST 5 TO 10 MPH.

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FORECASTER...NOVLAN
REQUESTED BY...DAYMON BUSH
REASON FOR REQUEST...WFU
.TAG 20090821.MORAG.01/EPZ