FNUS74 KEPZ 241510 FWSEPZ FIRE WEATHER PLANNING FORECAST FOR TURKEY PEN...NMMEA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM 910 AM MDT MON AUG 24 2009 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0925 MDT ON AUGUST 24. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING... .DISCUSSION... HIGH PRESSURE OVER TEXAS AND LOW PRESSURE TO THE WEST ARE PULLING VERY MOIST AIR UP FROM THE SOUTH. THE HIGH MOISTURE LEVELS AND A SERIES OF WEAK DISTURBANCES WILL BRING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE AREA TODAY AND TUESDAY WITH THE CHANCE OF LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN. AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES NEAR NORMAL TODAY AND TOMORROW WITH RATHER HIGH HUMIDITY. HIMIDITY GENERALLY IN THE HIGH 30S TO HIGH 40S EACH AFTERNOON AND IN THE 90 PERCENT RANGE AT NIGHT. THAT HIGH PRESSURE WILL SHIFT WESTWARD INTO ARIZONA AND UTAH THE SECOND HALF OF THE WEEK. THIS WILL PUSH THE PLUME OF TROPICAL MOISTURE TO OUR EAST AND REDUCE THE CHANCE FOR SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY. HOWEVER...RESIDUAL MOISTURE AND DAYTIME HEATING COULD STILL TRIGGER AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS EACH DAY. LESS HUMID WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY WITH AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES A FEW DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (80-90 PERCENT). ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MORNING...THEN SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. CWR.................30 PERCENT IN THE AFTERNOON. MAX TEMPERATURE.....68-73. MIN HUMIDITY........42-47 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT INTO MIDDAY...THEN SOUTH 5 TO 10 MPH. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY (50-60 PERCENT). SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING. CWR.................20 PERCENT. MIN TEMPERATURE.....46-51. MAX HUMIDITY........91-96 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH 4 TO 9 MPH IN THE EVENING BECOMING LIGHT. .TUESDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (50-60 PERCENT). SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. CWR.................30 PERCENT. MAX TEMPERATURE.....67-72. MIN HUMIDITY........52-57 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT EARLY...SOUTH 3 TO 7 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. $$ FORECASTER...PARK REQUESTED BY...NM ADC REASON FOR REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20090824.TURKE.01/EPZ