FNUS74 KEPZ 201612
FWSEPZ

FIRE WEATHER PLANNING FORECAST FOR LUCAS RX...STATE OF NEW MEXICO FORESTRY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM
1012 AM MDT TUE OCT 20 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1020 MDT ON OCTOBER 20.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
AN APPROACHING UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM AND PACIFIC COLD FRONT
WILL CROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THIS SYSTEM WILL
PRODUCE SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON INTO
TONIGHT WITH THE CHANCE FOR LINGERING SHOWERS WEDNESDAY MORNING.
SOME STORMS MAY BE SEVERE LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING.
SLIGHTLY BREEZY SOUTHWEST WINDS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...THEN
NORTHWEST WINDS LATER TONIGHT AND TOMORROW. TEMPERATURES A LITTLE
ABOVE NORMAL THIS AFTERNOON...THN DROPPING TO NEAR OR BELOW NORMAL
FOR TOMORROW AND THURSDAY.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (50-60 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
                    MOSTLY CLOUDY (60-70 PERCENT). SCATTERED
                    SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................10 PERCENT INCREASING TO 50 PERCENT IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....67-72.
MIN HUMIDITY........36-41 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST 8 TO 14 MPH. AFTERNOON GUSTS TO 24 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (50-60 PERCENT). NUMEROUS SHOWERS
                    AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING.
CWR.................70 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....38-43.
MAX HUMIDITY........60-65 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST 8 TO 14 MPH.

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (25-35 PERCENT). SLIGHT CHANCE OF
                    MORNING SHOWERS.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....58-63.
MIN HUMIDITY........33-38 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST 4 TO 9 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
                    NORTH IN THE AFTERNOON.

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FORECASTER...PARK
REQUESTED BY...NM ADC
REASON FOR REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20091020.LUCAS.02/EPZ