FNUS74 KEPZ 120118
FWSEPZ

FIRE WEATHER PLANNING FORECAST FOR ASPEN...STATE OF NEW MEXICO FORESTRY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM
718 PM MDT FRI JUN 11 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1854 MDT ON JUNE 11.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING...
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
SATURDAY EVENING...

.DISCUSSION...
A DEEP UPPER LEVEL LOW OVER NEVADA WILL MOVE INTO THE FOUR CORNERS
REGION BY SATURDAY...THEN WEAKEN AS IT MOVES SLOWLY EAST ON MONDAY.
A TIGHTENING PRESSURE GRADIENT ACROSS NEW MEXICO WILL RESULT IN
STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS THIS WEEKEND...ESPECIALLY THROUGH THIS
EVENING ACROSS SOUTHWESTERN NEW MEXICO...AND A BROADER AREA ON
SATURDAY.  WINDS MAY STILL FLIRT WITH CRITICAL VALUES ON SUNDAY.
AS THE LOW MOVES OUT EARLY NEXT WEEK...THE SUBTROPICAL RIDGE WILL
SLOWLY BUILD ACROSS EAST TEXAS AND THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY...
RESULTING IN A SLOW INCREASE IN TEMPERATURES THROUGH THE WEEK.
LOW LEVEL MOISTURE WILL BEGIN TO SEEP IN FROM THE EAST AGAIN MONDAY
NIGHT...WITH INCREASING CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS BY MID-WEEK.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR (15-25 PERCENT).
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....42-47.
MAX HUMIDITY........60-65 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH 11 TO 21 MPH DECREASING TO 7 TO
                    9 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.

.SATURDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (10-20 PERCENT).
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....72-77.
MIN HUMIDITY........13-18 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST 12 TO 22 MPH.

.SATURDAY NIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR (15-25 PERCENT).
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....39-44.
MAX HUMIDITY........50-55 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST 10 TO 20 MPH BECOMING NORTHWEST 7 TO
                    9 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.

$$
FORECASTER...FAUSETT
REQUESTED BY...IC
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20100610.ASPEN.01/EPZ