FNUS74 KEPZ 261310
FWSEPZ

FIRE WEATHER PLANNING FORECAST FOR COMPOUND SALADO...BLM
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM
710 AM MDT MON APR 26 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0900 MDT ON APRIL 26.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
NOTE...LOCATION OF ROSWELL PORTABLE-1 RAWS IS IN THE RIO BONITO
VALLEY AND MAY NOT BE REPRESENTATIVE OF BURN AREA...ESPECIALLY IN
EARLY MORNING.  PLEASE USE IGNITION-TIME FORECAST NUMBERS WITH
CAUTION AND PROVIDE FEEDBACK IF CONDITIONS DEVIATE FROM FORECAST.

EXPECT GENERALLY LIGHT AND VARIABLE WINDS THIS MORNING WITH LOCALIZED
DRAINAGE FLOWS...GENERALLY WESTERLY.  A BACKDOOR COLD FRONT WAS LOCATED
JUST EAST OF THE AREA THIS MORNING...AND WILL SEEP INTO THE BURN AREA
BY LATE MORNING.  EXPECT EAST TO SOUTHEAST WINDS 6-12 MPH BEHIND THE
FRONT.  WINDS MAY BECOME LIGHT AND VARIABLE THIS AFTERNOON AS THE
SHALLOW FRONT MIXES OUT...AND WESTERLY FLOW ALOFT TRIES TO COME BACK
IN.

COLD FRONT WILL PUSH THROUGH OVERNIGHT...WITH GENERALLY LIGHT SOUTH
TO SOUTHEAST FLOW EXPECTED TOMORROW.  ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL FIRE
UP OVER THE SACS TOMORROW AFTERNOON DUE TO UPSLOPE FLOW AND INCREASE IN
MOISTURE.  STRONG WEST WINDS AND CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS STILL
ON THE HORIZON FOR WEDNESDAY.  FIRE WX WATCH MAY BE ISSUED LATER TODAY.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (5-15 PERCENT).
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
                    TEMPERATURE.........50 AT IGNITION...MAX 78.
                    MIN HUMIDITY........30 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 9 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........VARIABLE WEST TO SOUTHWEST DRAINAGE FLOWS 4-8 MPH
                    THIS MORNING...BECOMING EAST TO SOUTHEAST 6-12
                    MPH LATE THIS MORNING.  WINDS MAY VARY TO THE WEST
                    THIS AFTERNOON.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR (20-30 PERCENT).
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....40.
MAX HUMIDITY........73 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST 5 TO 7 MPH.

.TUESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (35-45 PERCENT). ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS
                    LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................0 PERCENT INCREASING TO 10 PERCENT IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....71.
MIN HUMIDITY........20 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST TO SOUTH 6 TO 10 MPH.

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FORECASTER...HARDIMAN
REQUESTED BY...ALLAN WYNGAERT
REASON FOR REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20100426.COMPO.01/EPZ