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FIRE WEATHER PLANNING FORECAST FOR CENTENNIAL RX...BLM
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM
415 PM MST THU MAR 11 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0930 MST ON MARCH 12.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
WINDS WILL GRADUALLY BE DECREASING AS AN UPPER RIDGE STARTS TO
BUILD INTO THE REGION FROM THE WEST. TEMPERATURES WILL ALSO BE
WARMING AS THIS OCCURS WITH HIGHS ABOUT 5 TO 10 DEGREES WARMER
TOMORROW. MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL BE GETTING VERY DRY
AND APPROACHING SINGLE DIGITS THE NEXT COUPLE OF AFTERNOONS.
ANOTHER STORM SYSTEM WILL BE APPROACHING SUNDAY AND AFFECTING
THE REGION SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY WITH POSSIBLE SIGNIFICANT
PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS POSSIBLE OVER THE BURN AREA.


.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........BECOMING MOSTLY CLEAR (15-25 PERCENT).
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....28-33.
MAX HUMIDITY........54-59 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST DECREASING TO 6 TO 12 MPH BY 9 PM.

.FRIDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (5-15 PERCENT).
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 57-61.
MIN HUMIDITY........11-15 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST 6 TO 12 MPH BECOMING WEST BY AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 9 KNOTS.
VENT CATEGORY.......FAIR (40500 KNOT-FT)

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FORECASTER...GRZYWACZ
REQUESTED BY...RICKY COX
REASON FOR REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20100312.CENTE.01/EPZ