FNUS74 KEPZ 262020
FWSEPZ

FIRE WEATHER PLANNING FORECAST FOR SU SLASH PIT RESERVE WUI...GNF
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM
220 PM MDT MON JUL 26 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0800 MDT ON JULY 27.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER GRANT COUNTY WILL SPREAD INTO CATRON
COUNTY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...RESULTING IN MORE RAINFALL AND
A BOOST IN RH FOR THE OVERNIGHT HOURS.  OVERALL EXPECT COVERAGE OF
CONVECTION TO DECREASE TOMORROW...BUT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL
LIKELY BE FOCUSED OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN ALONG AND WEST OF THE
CONTINENTAL DIVIDE.  OTHERWISE...EXPECT AN UPTICK IN PRECIP COVERAGE
BY THURSDAY AS AN INVERTED TROUGH MOVES INTO THE REGION FROM THE
EAST...CARRYING ENHANCED SUBTROPICAL MOISTURE WITH IT.


.TUESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (50-60 PERCENT). SCATTERED
                    SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
CWR.................30 PERCENT.
                    TEMPERATURE.........58 AT IGNITION...MAX 79.
                    MIN HUMIDITY........80 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 40 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT BECOMING SOUTHWEST 5 TO 7 MPH LATE
                    IN THE MORNING.

.TUESDAY NIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (45-55 PERCENT). SCATTERED
                    SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING.
CWR.................40 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....53.
MAX HUMIDITY........88 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH 5 TO 7 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING
                    BECOMING LIGHT.

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (35-45 PERCENT). SCATTERED
                    SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................30 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....80.
MIN HUMIDITY........35 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT.

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FORECASTER...HARDIMAN
REQUESTED BY...PETE DELGADO
REASON FOR REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20100727.SUSLA.01/EPZ