FNUS74 KEPZ 181601
FWSEPZ

FIRE WEATHER PLANNING FORECAST FOR ASPEN...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM
1001 AM MDT FRI JUN 18 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0943 MDT ON JUNE 18.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
MOIST AIR FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO WILL BRING THE CHANCE OF
ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AS FAR WEST AS THE RIO
GRANDE TODAY AND SATURDAY...BUT AREAS FARTHER WEST WILL REMAIN
DRY AND VERY WARM. A SHALLOW LAYER OF MOIST AIR COULD REACH AS
FAR WEST AS THE EAST SLOPES OF THE BLACK RANGE SATURDAY NIGHT
INTO SUNDAY...BRINGING THE THREAT OF DRY LIGHTNING WITH ONLY
SPOTTY RAINFALL. MINIMUM HUMIDITY EACH AFTERNOON IN THE SINGLE
DIGITS WITH POOR RECOVERY AT NIGHT. AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES
IN THE UPPER 90S TO LOW 100S ACROSS THE LOWER DESERTS THROUGH
THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING EASTWARD INTO
TEXAS AND NEW MEXICO MAY BRING INCREASING MOISTURE WITH THE
CHANCE OF AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS BY EARLY NEXT WEEK.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (5-15 PERCENT).
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....75 TOP (9000) TO 90 BASE (7500).
MIN HUMIDITY........6-12 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT THIS MORNING THEN SOUTHWEST 6 TO 12 MPH
                    WITH A FEW GUSTS TO 21 MPH.


.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR (5-15 PERCENT).
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....43-48.
MAX HUMIDITY........21-26 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST TO WEST 5 TO 10 MPH THIS EVENING THEN
                    NORTHWEST TO NORTH 2 TO 5 MPH WITH DRAINAGE WINDS
                    AFTER MIDNIGHT.


.SATURDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (5-15 PERCENT).
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....75 TOP TO 90 BASE.
MIN HUMIDITY........5-10 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT EARLY BECOMING SOUTHWEST 5 TO 10 MPH
                    WITH A FEW GUSTS TO 17 MPH.


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FORECASTER...PARK
REQUESTED BY...IC
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20100618.ASPEN.01/EPZ