FNUS74 KEPZ 231641
FWSEPZ

FIRE WEATHER PLANNING FORECAST FOR BOUNTY...LNF
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM
1041 AM MDT FRI JUL 23 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1003 MDT ON JULY 23.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
REMNANT CLOUDS FROM LAST NIGHTS STORMS...WILL PROVIDE CONTINUED CLOUD COVER
THROUGH MID DAY FOR OUR AREA.  SUB-TROPICAL MOISTURE STREAM WILL DRIFT BACK
FROM THE WEST OVER OUR AREA OVERNIGHT AND SATURDAY...BRINGING MORE SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS TO THE BURN SITE AGAIN SATURDAY. GIVEN TROPICAL NATURE TO THE
STORMS...LOCALIZED TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS ARE THE MAIN THREATS ANTICIPATED FOR THIS EVENT.



.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY (90-100 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
                    MOSTLY CLOUDY (65-75 PERCENT) MID DAY.
                    SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
CWR.................40 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....73-78.
MIN HUMIDITY........49-54 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH 2 TO 5 MPH IN THE MORNING...INCREASING
                    AND SHIFTING SOUTH-SOUTHWEST 4 TO 7 MPH IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.


.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (65-75 PERCENT). SCATTERED
                    SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
CWR.................30 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....51-56.
MAX HUMIDITY........88-93 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST 2 TO 5 MPH.


.SATURDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (65-75 PERCENT). SCATTERED
                    SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
CWR.................50 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....74-79.
MIN HUMIDITY........46-51 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST 2 TO 5 MPH INCREASING TO 4 TO 7 MPH
                    IN THE AFTERNOON.


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FORECASTER...TRIPOLI
REQUESTED BY...NM-ADC
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20100723.BOUNT.01/EPZ