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FIRE WEATHER PLANNING FORECAST FOR TRAP...STATE OF NEW MEXICO FORESTRY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM
421 PM MDT FRI JUL 1 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1528 MDT ON JULY 01.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS COULD BRING 1/4 TO 3/4 INCHES
OF RAIN TO THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING...THEN WILL DISSIPATE
BY LATE EVENING. DEBRIS CLOUDS WILL SLOWLY CLEAR OUT DURING THE NIGHT.
AN AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS EXTENDS WESTWARD
INTO NEW MEXICO. CLOCKWISE FLOW AROUND THAT HIGH IS ALLOWING MID-LEVEL
MOISTURE TO FLOW IN FROM THE SOUTHEAST. THE INCREASED MOISTURE AND DAYTIME
HEATING WILL CAUSE ANOTHER ROUND OF WIDELY SCATTERED AFTERNOON AND EVENING
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SATURDAY. TEMPERATURES WILL BE NEAR TO A LITTLE
ABOVE NORMAL THE NEXT FEW DAYS WITH MINIMUM HUMIDITY FROM THE UPPER 20S TO
MIDDLE 30S AND MODERATE TO GOOD RECOVERY AT NIGHT. WINDS GENERALLY LIGHT
THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. THAT HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT WILL STRENGTHEN OVER
THE FOUR CORNERS AREA SUNDAY AND MONDAY...ALLOWING ENOUGH MIDDLE AND LOW
LEVEL MOISTURE FOR AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS TO FLOW IN FROM THE SOUTHEAST.

.THIS AFTERNOON...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (45-55 PERCENT). ISOLATED
                    SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
CWR.................20 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....75-80.
MIN HUMIDITY........28-33 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST 5 TO 10 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......10000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 8 KNOTS.
VENTILATION CAT.....GOOD (80000 KT-FT).


.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (50-60 PERCENT). SLIGHT CHANCE OF
                    SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING.
CWR.................20 PERCENT DECREASING TO LESS THAN 10 PERCENT
                    AFTER MIDNIGHT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....52-57.
MAX HUMIDITY........49-54 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST 5 TO 10 MPH DECREASING TO 3 TO 7 MPH
                    AFTER MIDNIGHT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......DECREASING TO AROUND 500 FT AGL OVERNIGHT.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST DECREASING TO AROUND 5 KNOTS.


.SATURDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (45-55 PERCENT). ISOLATED AFTERNOON
                    THUNDERSTORMS.
CWR.................10 PERCENT INCREASING TO 20 PERCENT IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....76-81.
MIN HUMIDITY........24-29 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST 7 TO 12 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT AGL INCREASING TO 7500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST 12 KNOTS.
VENTILATION CAT.....GOOD (90000 KT-FT).


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FORECASTER...PARK
REQUESTED BY...IC
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20110701.TRAP_.03/EPZ