FNUS74 KEPZ 171449
FWSEPZ

FIRE WEATHER PLANNING FORECAST FOR BIG PINE RX...STATE OF NEW MEXICO FORESTRY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM
849 AM MDT MON MAY 17 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0840 MDT ON MAY 17.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
MOSTLY CLEAR TODAY WITH LIGHT WINDS INTO MID MORNING...THEN SOUTH
TO SOUTHWEST AT 6 TO 12 MPH WITH AFTERNOON GUSTS TO 22 MPH. RH WILL
DROP TO THE MID AND UPPER TEENS THIS AFTERNOON. HOWEVER...ISOLATED
THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP OVER HIGHER ELEVATIONS EAST OF THE BURN
AREA THIS AFTERNOON. ANY STORMS THAT DO DEVELOP WILL GENERATE
OUTFLOW WINDS FROM THE EAST THAT COULD GUST AS HIGH AS 40 MPH AND
MAY TEMPORARILY BRING IN MORE HUMID AIR. SOUTHWEST TO WEST FLOW
ALOFT WILL CONTINUE THE NEXT FEW DAYS...KEEPING THE MOIST AIR
MAINLY EAST OF THE MOUNTAINS...AND THE BURN SITE. WINDS WILL PICK
UP SLIGHTLY TOMORROW AFTERNOON TO AROUND 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS
TO AROUND 25 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (15-25 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
                    PARTLY CLOUDY (30-40 PERCENT).
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....77-82.
MIN HUMIDITY........15-20 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT THIS MORNING THEN SOUTH 6 TO 12 MPH.
                    AFTERNOON GUSTS TO 22 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR (25-35 PERCENT).
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....51-56.
MAX HUMIDITY........50-55 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH 5 TO 9 MPH.

.TUESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (35-45 PERCENT).
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....75-80.
MIN HUMIDITY........10-15 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH 10 TO 15 MPH. AFTERNOON GUSTS TO 25 MPH.

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FORECASTER...PARK
REQUESTED BY...NM ADC
REASON FOR REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20100517.BIGPI.01/EPZ