FNUS74 KEPZ 080053
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FIRE WEATHER PLANNING FORECAST FOR QUAIL RIDGE...SILVER CITY DISPATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM
553 PM MST MON MAR 7 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1729 MST ON MARCH 07.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

...RED FLAG WARNING AND WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MST THIS
EVENING...
...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 5 PM MST TUESDAY...

.DISCUSSION...
20-FT WINDS WILL REMAIN WEST-NORTHWEST THROUGH THE NIGHT...STARTING
IN THE 20 TO 25 MPH RANGE WITH GUSTS 40 TO 50...DECREASING STEADILY
AFTER SUNSET.  WINDS WILL LIKELY BACK AROUND TO THE WEST BY MIDNIGHT
AND STAY IN THE 10-15 MPH RANGE.  WINDS WILL AGAIN BECOME NORTHWEST
AND INCREASE LATE TOMORROW MORNING AND AFTERNOON... WITH 20-FOOT
WINDS GENERALLY 12 TO 17 MPH...BUT GUSTS UP AROUND 25 MPH.  RH WILL
RECOVER UP TO AROUND 50 PERCENT OVERNIGHT...BUT WILL AGAIN DROP INTO
THE MID-TEENS TOMORROW.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR (20-30 PERCENT).
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....31-36.
MAX HUMIDITY........40-50 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST-NORTHWEST 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS 40-50 MPH
                    THROUGH 7 PM...THEN DECREASING WEST-NORTHWEST
                    10 TO 15 MPH BY MIDNIGHT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......6300 FT AGL DECREASING TO 400-2000 FT AGL IN
                    THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST AROUND 24 KNOTS.
VENTILATION.........EXCELLENT EARLY EVENING...BECOMING FAIR BY DAWN.



.TUESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (10-20 PERCENT).
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....55-60.
MIN HUMIDITY........13-18 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST 7 TO 12 MPH EARLY MORNING...BECOMING
                    NORTHWEST 12 TO 17 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON... GUSTS
                    AROUND 25 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......300-1400 FT AGL INCREASING TO 4500-5600 FT AGL
                    IN THE AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST AROUND 22 KNOTS.
VENTILATION.........FAIR IN THE MORNING...VERY GOOD BY AFTERNOON.

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FORECASTER...HARDIMAN
REQUESTED BY...YVONNE CARRILLO
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
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