FNUS74 KEPZ 021639
FWSEPZ

FIRE WEATHER PLANNING FORECAST FOR RESERVE WUI...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM
939 AM MST TUE MAR 2 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0855 MST ON MARCH 02.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT RIDGING IN FROM THE WEST WILL BRING DRY WEATHER
WITH LIGHTER WINDS AND SEASONABLY WARM AFTERNOONS THROUGH THE END OF
THE WEEK. AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES NEAR NORMAL TODAY THEN A FEW DEGREES
WARMER WEDNESDAY. MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY IN THE MID TO UPPER 20S
THIS AFTERNOON WITH GOOD RECOVERY TONIGHT...THEN A FEW POINTS LOWER
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. WINDS GENERALLY LIGHT THROUGH THE PERIOD. LIGHT
WINDS AND CLEAR SKIES WILL ALLOW RADIATION INVERSIONS TO DEVELOP
LATE TONIGHT INTO TOMORROW MORNING.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (10-20 PERCENT).
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....51-56.
MIN HUMIDITY........24-29 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST 3 TO 6 THIS MORNING THEN SOUTH TO
                    SOUTHWEST 5 TO 9 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR (15-25 PERCENT).
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....25-30.
MAX HUMIDITY........67-72 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH 3 TO 7 MPH BECOMING LIGHT
                    AFTER MIDNIGHT.

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (10-20 PERCENT).
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....58-63.
MIN HUMIDITY........21-26 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 4 TO 8 MPH.

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FORECASTER...PARK
REQUESTED BY...JEFF CAMPBELL
REASON FOR REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20100302.RESER.01/EPZ