FNUS74 KEPZ 301620
FWSEPZ

FIRE WEATHER PLANNING FORECAST FOR TOMMY JONES...NM-MEA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM
1020 AM MDT SUN MAY 30 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1004 MDT ON MAY 30.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
EXPECT WARM CONDITIONS WITH GENERALLY LIGHT WINDS MUCH OF THE DAY.
SURFACE HEAT LOW DEVELOPING OVER THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY WILL RESULT IN
A SHIFT TO UPSLOPE EASTERLY WINDS ACROSS THE SACRAMENTOS IN THE
AFTERNOON.  THE UPSLOPE WINDS...COMBINED WITH A WEAK UPPER DISTURBANCE
MOVING OVER NORTHERN NM...AND MARGINAL LOW LEVEL MOISTURE...WILL
SPARK OFF AN ISOLATED SHOWER OR THUNDERSTORM ALONG THE EAST SLOPES
THIS AFTERNOON.  THIS THREAT WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY.  WINDS
WILL BECOME WEST TO SOUTHWEST AND INCREASE SLIGHTLY ON TUESDAY...
WITH BREEZY WEST WINDS EXPECTED WEDNESDAY.


.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (50-60 PERCENT). SLIGHT CHANCE OF
                    SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................10 PERCENT INCREASING TO 20 PERCENT IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....79-84.
MIN HUMIDITY........11-16 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT AND VARIABLE BECOMING EAST 5 TO 8 MPH IN
                    THE AFTERNOON.


.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (45-55 PERCENT).
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....49-54.
MAX HUMIDITY........75-80 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHEAST 5 TO 8 MPH.


.MEMORIAL DAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (40-50 PERCENT).
CWR.................10 PERCENT INCREASING TO 20 PERCENT IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....76-81.
MIN HUMIDITY........16-21 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........EAST 5 TO 6 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHEAST
                    7 TO 9 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.


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FORECASTER...HARDIMAN
REQUESTED BY...NMADC
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20100530.TOMMY.01/EPZ