FNUS74 KEPZ 221737
FWSEPZ

FIRE WEATHER PLANNING FORECAST FOR DIAMOND...NM-SDC
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM
1137 AM MDT SAT AUG 22 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON INCIDENT TIME OF 1121 MDT ON AUGUST 22.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
UPPER LEVEL HIGH PRESSURE EXTENDS FROM CENTRAL TX NORTHWEST TO
NORTHERN UTAH THIS MORNING. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED
THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING.  TOMORROW THE ORIENTATION OF THE
UPPER HIGH BECOMES NE-SW AS AN UPPER TROUGH APPROACHES FROM THE WEST.
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE ONCE AGAIN EXPECTED

THIS PATTERN WILL LIKELY PERSIST THROUGH TUESDAY. BEYOND TUESDAY
COMPUTER MODELS INDICATE SOME DRYING...HOWEVER FORECAST CONFIDENCE IS
LOW.

HUMIDITIES SHOULD REMAIN WELL ABOVE CRITICAL THRESHOLDS THROUGH
THE FORECAST PERIOD.


.TODAY...
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (30-40 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
                    PARTLY CLOUDY (50-60 PERCENT). SCATTERED
                    SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................30 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....77-82.
MIN HUMIDITY........33-38 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST TO SOUTHWEST 4 TO 8 MPH. GUSTS TO 20 MPH
                    NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.

.TONIGHT...
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (50-60 PERCENT). SCATTERED
                    SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING.
CWR.................30 PERCENT DECREASING TO 10 PERCENT AFTER
                    9 PM.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....48-53.
MAX HUMIDITY........79-84 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST 4 TO 8 MPH BECOMING DOWNSLOPE/
                    DOWNVALLEY 3 TO 7 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.

.SUNDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (50-60 PERCENT). SCATTERED
                    SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................30 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....78-83.
MIN HUMIDITY........28-33 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH 6 TO 11 MPH.

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FORECASTER...MACBLAIN
REQUESTED BY...IC
REASON FOR REQUEST...WFU
.TAG 20090822.DIAMO.01/EPZ