FNUS74 KEPZ 201440
FWSEPZ

FIRE WEATHER PLANNING FORECAST FOR FRIEBORN...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM
840 AM MDT TUE JUL 20 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0817 MDT ON JULY 20.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT OVER NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO WILL SHIFT
EASTWARD INTO THE GULF COAST STATES THE NEXT COUPLE OF
DAYS. SOUTHEAST FLOW AROUND THAT HIGH WILL BRING MOIST
AND UNSTABLE SUBTROPICAL AIR TO THE REGION WITH SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EACH AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
MINIMUM HUMIDITY IN THE UPPER 20S TO MID 30S RECOVERING
TO NEAR 70 PERCENT AT NIGHT. WINDS GENERALLY LIGHT WITH
AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (30-40 PERCENT) THEN MOSTLY CLOUDY
                    (70-80 PERCENT). SCATTERED AFTERNOON SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS.
CWR.................30 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....84-89.
MIN HUMIDITY........28-33 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT AND VARIABLE...UPSLOPE WITH DAYTIME HEATING.


.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (60-70 PERCENT). SCATTERED
                    SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING...THEN
                    ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AFTER
                    MIDNIGHT.
CWR.................30 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....57-62.
MAX HUMIDITY........63-68 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST AROUND 5 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
                    NORTHEAST AFTER MIDNIGHT.

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (45-555 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
                    MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80 PERCENT). SCATTERED
                    SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................40 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....81-86.
MIN HUMIDITY........30-35 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT EARLY THEN SOUTHWEST 3 TO 7 MPH.

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FORECASTER...PARK
REQUESTED BY...IC
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20100720.FRIEB.01/EPZ