FNUS74 KEPZ 101543 FWSEPZ FIRE WEATHER PLANNING FORECAST FOR THREE CIRCLES UNIT 5...GNF NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM 843 AM MST WED MAR 10 2010 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 MST ON MARCH 10. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MST THIS EVENING AREA-WIDE... .DISCUSSION... LIGHT AND VARIABLE WIND WILL BECOME WESTERLY AND INCREASE LATE THIS MORNING AS DAYTIME MIXING OCCURS. WINDS ALOFT REMAIN IN THE 30 TO 35 MPH RANGE...WHICH SHOULD RESULT IN 20FT WINDS OF 12 TO 20 MPH AND GUSTS TO AROUND 25 THIS AFTERNOON. A WEAKER UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA TOMORROW...BRINGING A SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN OR SNOW SHOWERS AND LIGHTER NORTHWEST BREEZES. LIGHTER WINDS AND INCREASING TEMPERATURES CAN BE EXPECTED FRIDAY AND SATURDAY... WITH TEMPS APPROACHING NORMAL BY SATURDAY. MIN RH VALUES WILL REMAIN TOO HIGH FOR RED FLAG CRITERIA OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF BREEZY DAYS. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (55-65 PERCENT). CWR.................0 PERCENT IN THE AFTERNOON. TEMPERATURE.........40 AT IGNITION...MAX 50. MIN HUMIDITY........43 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 29 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT AND VARIABLE THIS MORNING, THEN BECOMING WEST 12 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 25 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (50-60 PERCENT). CWR.................10 PERCENT. MIN TEMPERATURE.....25. MAX HUMIDITY........65 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........WEST 12 TO 21 MPH DECREASING TO 9 TO 10 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. .THURSDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (60-70 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY (50-60 PERCENT). CWR.................10 PERCENT. MAX TEMPERATURE.....45. MIN HUMIDITY........32 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST 10 TO 14 MPH. $$ FORECASTER...HARDIMAN REQUESTED BY...NICK BRUMMETT REASON FOR REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20100310.THREE.01/EPZ