FNUS74 KEPZ 221450
FWSEPZ

FIRE WEATHER PLANNING FORECAST FOR MORAGA...GILA NATIONAL FOREST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM
850 AM MDT SAT AUG 22 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON INCIDENT TIME OF 0803 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).
CWR.................30 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....7500 FT 77-82. 9000 FT 70-75.
MIN HUMIDITY........7500 FT 28-33 PERCENT. 9000 FT 38-43 PERCENT
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH 6 TO 10 MPH. GUSTS TO 25 MPH NEAR THUNDERSTORMS

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (60-70 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
                    PARTLY CLOUDY (50-60 PERCENT). SCATTERED
                    SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING.
CWR.................30 PERCENT DECREASING TO 10 PERCENT AFTER
                    MIDNIGHT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....49-55.
MAX HUMIDITY........78-83 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST 6 TO 11 MPH EARLY BECOMING DOWNSLOPE
                    DOWNVALLEY 4 TO 7 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.

.SUNDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (50-60 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
                    MOSTLY CLOUDY (60-70 PERCENT). SCATTERED
                    SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................30 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....7500 FT 77-82. 9000 FT 70-75.
MIN HUMIDITY........7500 FT 28-33 PERCENT. 9000 FT 38-43 PERCENT
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST 5 TO 8 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
                    SOUTH 7 TO 10 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. GUSTS TO
                    25 MPH IN THUNDERSTORMS.

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FORECASTER...MACBLAIN
REQUESTED BY...JARED FISHER
REASON FOR REQUEST...WFU
.TAG 20090822.MORAG.01/EPZ