FNUS74 KEPZ 091651
FWSEPZ

FIRE WEATHER PLANNING FORECAST FOR NUMBER 5...BIA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM
951 AM MST MON NOV 9 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0914 MST ON NOVEMBER 09.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
WEAK BACK-DOOR COLD FRONT WILL MOVE IN FROM THE NORTHEAST TODAY...SHIFTING
WINDS TO THE EAST BEGINNING AT 11 AM. EXPECT ONLY A SLIGHT INCREASE
WIND SPEEDS WITH FRONTAL PASSAGE.  LOW CLOUDS MAY PUSH IN FROM THE EAST
OVERNIGHT...FOR MOSTLY CLOUDY CONDITIONS AT FIRE LOCATION LATE
TONIGHT/EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. IF CLOUDS MAKE IT TO THE BURN
SITE THIS EVENING...VERY LIGHT DRIZZLE IS POSSIBLE WITH CLOUD DISSIPATION
ANTICIPATED BETWEEN 9 AND 10 AM TUESDAY MORNING. HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE ALOFT
WILL TEMPORARILY FOLLOW OVER BURN SITE THROUGH MID WEEK. GOOD RH RECOVERIES
ARE EXPECTED THIS EVENING.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (5-15 PERCENT) IN THE MORNING...BECOMING
                    PARTLY CLOUDY (35-45 PERCENT) IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....70-74.
MIN HUMIDITY........19-23 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT AND VARIABLE IN THE MORNING...INCREASING
                    AND SHIFTING EAST-SOUTHEAST 5 TO 9 MPH MID-DAY..WITH
                    OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 14 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.


.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR (15-25 PERCENT) THROUGH MIDNIGHT
                    THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80 PERCENT)
                    BY EARLY MORNING.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....38-42.
MAX HUMIDITY........66-70 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST 5 TO 9 MPH EARLY...SHIFTING SOUTH-SOUTHEAST
                    AFTER MIDNIGHT.

.TUESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80 PERCENT) THROUGH MID MORNING
                    THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY (40-50 PERCENT) REST
                    OF THE DAY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....65-69.
MIN HUMIDITY........27-31 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST 4 TO 7 MPH IN THE MORNING...INCREASING
                    TO 7 TO 11 MPH BY MID DAY

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FORECASTER...TRIPOLI
REQUESTED BY...SCOTT R
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20091109.NUMBE.01/EPZ