FNUS74 KEPZ 131659
FWSEPZ

FIRE WEATHER PLANNING FORECAST FOR MOGOLLON PILE...GNF
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM
1059 AM MDT MON SEP 13 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1105 MDT ON SEPTEMBER 13.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
CLOUD COVER ASSOCIATED WITH DEPARTING UPPER DISTURBANCE WILL HANG
ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH THE EARLY AFTERNOON.  HOWEVER...AFTERNOON
HEATING WILL RESULT IN SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ACROSS
THE AREA BY MID-AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY AS ANOTHER UPPER LEVEL
DISTURBANCE CURRENTLY OVER NORTHWEST MEXICO MOVES INTO THE AREA
FROM THE SOUTH.  GENERALLY LIGHT SOUTHEAST FLOW WILL LIMIT VENT
RATES...ESPECIALLY TUESDAY.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (60-70 PERCENT). SLIGHT CHANCE OF
                    SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MORNING...THEN
                    SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
CWR.................40 PERCENT.
TEMPERATURE.........73 AT IGNITION...MAX 80.
RH..................45 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 32 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST 5 TO 7 MPH.
VENT CATEGORY.......FAIR.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (60-70 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
                    PARTLY CLOUDY (45-55 PERCENT). CHANCE OF
                    SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING...THEN
                    SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
                    AFTER MIDNIGHT.
CWR.................40 PERCENT.
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 52.
RH..................MAX 77 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........EAST AROUND 5 MPH BECOMING LIGHT.

.TUESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (50-60 PERCENT). CHANCE OF
                    SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................30 PERCENT.
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 77.
RH..................MIN 33 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT BECOMING SOUTH 5 TO 8 MPH EARLY IN
                    THE AFTERNOON.
VENT CATEGORY.......POOR.

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FORECASTER...HARDIMAN
REQUESTED BY...IC
REASON FOR REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20100913.MOGOL.01/EPZ