FNUS74 KEPZ 171630
FWSEPZ

FIRE WEATHER PLANNING FORECAST FOR ASPEN...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM
1030 AM MDT THU JUN 17 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0954 MDT ON JUNE 17.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
DRY AND VERY WARM CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE TODAY AND FRIDAY WITH
AFTERNOON HUMIDITY IN THE SINGLE DIGITS AND POOR HUMIDITY
RECOVERY AT NIGHT. WINDS WILL REMAIN BELOW CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER
THRESHOLDS. SUFFICIENT MOISTURE FOR ISOLATED SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN EAST OF THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY THE NEXT
COUPLE OF DAYS...BUT COULD REACH AS FAR WEST AS THE EASTERN
SLOPES OF THE BLACK RANGE SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY. THIS WOULD
POSE A THREAT OF DRY LIGHTNING WITH ONLY LIMITED AND SPOTTY
RAINFALL.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (20-30 PERCENT).
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....75 TOP (9000) TO 88 BASE (7500).
MIN HUMIDITY........4-9 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST TO WEST 6 TO 12 MPH WITH
                    A FEW AFTERNOON GUSTS TO 18 MPH.


.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR (15-25 PERCENT).
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....45-50.
MAX HUMIDITY........24-29 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST TO WEST 5 TO 10 MPH IN THE EVENING
                    BECOMING NORTH 2 TO 5 MPH BY MIDNIGHT WITH
                    DRAINAGE WINDS DEVELOPING.


.FRIDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (15-25 PERCENT).
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....77 TOP TO 90 BASE.
MIN HUMIDITY........4-9 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT EARLY THEN SOUTHWEST 6 TO 12 MPH
                    IN THE AFTERNOON.


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FORECASTER...PARK
REQUESTED BY...IC
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20100617.ASPEN.01/EPZ