FNUS74 KEPZ 201654
FWSEPZ

FIRE WEATHER PLANNING FORECAST FOR LOWER ELK...NM-MEA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM
954 AM MST FRI NOV 20 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0955 MST ON NOVEMBER 20.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT WILL BRING CLEAR SKIES WITH LIGHT WINDS AND
AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES NEAR TO SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL TODAY. AN
UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE PASSING BY TO THE NORTH WILL CAUSE WINDS
TO PICK UP A BIT FOR SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT. CONTINUED DRY
AND MAINLY CLEAR SATURDAY THROUGH MONDAY WITH TEMPERATURES ABOVE
NORMAL. MINIMUM RELTIVE HUMIDITY RANGING FROM THE MID TEENS TO THE
LOWER TWENTIES THROUGH THE WEEKEND. A COLD FRONT WILL BRING
TEMPERATURES DOWN TO NEAR NORMAL TUESDAY.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (0-5 PERCENT).
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....52-57.
MIN HUMIDITY........18-23 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT...MAINLY EAST (UPSLOPE) 2-5 MPH
                    IN THE AFTERNOON.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR (0-5 PERCENT).
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....27-32.
MAX HUMIDITY........51-56 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT...DOWNSLOPE AFTER MIDNIGHT.

.SATURDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (20-30 PERCENT).
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....56-61.
MIN HUMIDITY........16-21 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST 6 TO 12 MPH WITH AFTERNOON GUSTS
                    TO 22 MPH.

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FORECASTER...PARK
REQUESTED BY...SCOTT R
REASON FOR REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20091120.LOWER.01/EPZ