FNUS74 KEPZ 231652
FWSEPZ

FIRE WEATHER PLANNING FORECAST FOR UPPER INDIAN...NM-MEA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM
1052 AM MDT SUN AUG 23 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1105 MDT ON AUGUST 23.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
UPPER LEVEL HIGH PRESSURE CENTERED OVER THE TEXAS PANHANDLE
WILL COMBINE WITH AN UPPER TROUGH OVER THE WEST COAST TO
CHANNEL MIDLEVEL MOISTURE INTO AREAS FROM THE RIO GRANDE
WEST. THIS WILL OVERLAY SURFACE MOISTURE ALREADY PRESENT
TO BRING SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WEST OF THE RIO GRANDE AND
ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ELSEWHERE EACH DAY THROUGH TUESDAY.


.TODAY...
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (45-55 PERCENT). ISOLATED SHOWERS
                    AND THUNDERSTORMS.
CWR.................20 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....77-82.
MIN HUMIDITY........30-35 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH 5 TO 10 MPH. GUSTY NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.

.TONIGHT...
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (50-60 PERCENT). ISOLATED SHOWERS
                    AND THUNDERSTORMS ENDING BY 2000L.
CWR.................20 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....51-56.
MAX HUMIDITY........75-80 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH 4 TO 8 MPH BECOMING DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY
                    AFTER MIDNIGHT.

.MONDAY...
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (50-60 PERCENT). ISOLATED SHOWERS
                    AND THUNDERSTORMS AFTER NOON.
CWR.................20 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....76-81.
MIN HUMIDITY........34-39 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH 5 TO 10 MPH.

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FORECASTER...MACBLAIN
REQUESTED BY...SCOTT
REASON FOR REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20090823.UPPER.02/EPZ