FNUS74 KEPZ 191748
FWSEPZ

FIRE WEATHER PLANNING FORECAST FOR SILVER PILES RX...LNF
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM
1148 AM MDT TUE OCT 19 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1140 MDT ON OCTOBER 19.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT WILL KEEP THE AREA DRY THIS AFTERNOON WITH
TTEMPERATURES NEAR OR A LITTLE ABOVE NORMAL. HOWEVER...A WEAK FRONT
MOVING IN FROM THE EAST MAY TRIGGER ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS NOT FAR
EAST OF THE BURN SITE IN THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. INCREASING
MOISTURE BEHIND THE FRONT AND AN UPPER LEVEL LOW APPROACHING FROM
THE WEST WILL LEAD TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TOMORROW.
SOME STORMS TOMORROW COULD BE SEVERE WITH STRONG WINDS...LARGE HAIL
AND HEAVY RAIN. TURNING COOLER THURSDAY WITH ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS AS THAT UPPER LEVEL LOW AND AN ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT
MOVE THROUGH...THEN DRY WITH NEAR NORMAL TEMPERATURES THIS WEEKEND.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (30-40 PERCENT).
CWR.................10 PERCENT LATE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....64-69.
MIN HUMIDITY........24-29 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST TO NORTHWEST UPSLOPE WINDS 3 TO 7 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (40-50 PERCENT) BECOMING MOSTLY
                    CLOUDY (60-70 PERCENT) AFTER MIDNIGHT.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....42-47.
MAX HUMIDITY........77-82 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT...MAINLY DOWNSLOPE.
                 .

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (75-85 PERCENT). SCATTERED
                    SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
CWR.................40 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....59-64.
MIN HUMIDITY........43-48 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........EAST 5 TO 10 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
                    SOUTHEAST 7 TO 13 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.

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FORECASTER...PARK
REQUESTED BY...NM ADC
REASON FOR REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20101019.SILVE.01/EPZ