FNUS74 KEPZ 092023
FWSEPZ

FIRE WEATHER PLANNING FORECAST FOR DARK...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM
223 PM MDT FRI JUL 9 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1412 MDT ON JULY 09.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
LITTLE CHANGE IN CONDITIONS EXPECTED NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS AS EASTERLY
FLOW CONTINUES TO BRING MOISTURE INTO THE REGION. SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM
COVERAGE WILL CONTINUE TO BE SCATTERED THROUGH THE WEEKEND. LIGHTNING
ACTIVITY WITH THUNDERSTORMS WILL NOT BE VERY HIGH DUE TO THE TROPICAL
AIRMASS IN PLACE. OVERNIGHT RECOVERIES WILL BE EXCELLENT AS RELATIVE
HUMIDITIES GO ABOVE 80 PERCENT. DRIER AIR WILL START TO MOVE INTO THE
REGION EARLY NEXT WEEK.


.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (75-85 PERCENT). SCATTERED
                    SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
CWR.................30 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....77-81.
MIN HUMIDITY........34-38 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........UPSLOPE 3 TO 6 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC NEAR
                    THUNDERSTORMS.


.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (75-85 PERCENT). SCATTERED
                    SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING...THEN
                    ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AFTER
                    MIDNIGHT.
CWR.................30 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....53-57.
MAX HUMIDITY........80-85 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........VARIABLE 2 TO 5 MPH.  GUSTY AND ERRATIC NEAR
                    THUNDERSTORMS.

.SATURDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (80-90 PERCENT). SCATTERED
                    SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................40 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....77-81.
MIN HUMIDITY........36-41 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........UPSLOPE 3 TO 7 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC NEAR
                    THUNDERSTORMS.



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FORECASTER...GRZYWACZ
REQUESTED BY...IC
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20100709.DARK_.01/EPZ