FNUS74 KEPZ 192336
FWSEPZ

FIRE WEATHER PLANNING FORECAST FOR HATCHETT...NM-NPS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM
536 PM MDT SAT JUN 19 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1652 MDT ON JUNE 19.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE OVER THE INTER-MOUNTAIN WEST...WILL CONTINUE TO BRING
DRY SOUTH-SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT...WITH LIGHT 20-FT WINDS EARLY AND MID-DAY ON
SUNDAY.  WINDS WILL INCREASE AND SHIFT SOUTHEAST EARLY THIS EVENING AND AGAIN
EARLY SUNDAY EVENING...AS DRY LINE MAKES IS SURGE WESTWARD.  LOOK FOR ISOLATED
TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND STORMS SUNDAY AFTERNOON...WITH CHANCE FOR CONTINUED
ACTIVITY THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY EVENING.


.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (45-55 PERCENT). SLIGHT CHANCE OF
                    SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EARLY THIS EVENING.
CWR.................20 PERCENT DECREASING TO 0 PERCENT AFTER
                    MIDNIGHT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....58-63.
MAX HUMIDITY........84-89 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH-SOUTHWEST 4 TO 8 MPH...INCREASING AND SHIFTING
                    SOUTHEAST 6 TO 12 MPH AFT 8 PM.


.SUNDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (50-60 PERCENT). SCATTERED
                    SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................0 PERCENT INCREASING TO 30 PERCENT IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....81-85.
MIN HUMIDITY........18-23 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH 6 TO 10 MPH.

.SUNDAY NIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (45-55 PERCENT). SLIGHT CHANCE OF
                    SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING.
CWR.................20 PERCENT DECREASING TO 10 PERCENT AFTER
                    MIDNIGHT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....59-65.
MAX HUMIDITY........86-92 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH-SOUTHWEST 4 TO 8 MPH...INCREASING AND SHIFTING
                    SOUTHEAST 7 TO 14 MPH AFT 7 PM.


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FORECASTER...TRIPOLI
REQUESTED BY...NM-ADC
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20100619.HATCH.01/EPZ