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FIRE WEATHER PLANNING FORECAST FOR HORSE...GNF
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM
830 PM MDT SAT JUL 2 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 2017 MDT ON JULY 02.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT WILL STRENGTHEN OVER THE FOUR CORNERS REGION...
AND EAST TO NORTHEAST FLOW ALOFT WILL BEGIN TO BRING IN SOME DRIER
MID-LEVEL AIR INTO THE AREA.  HOWEVER...LOW LEVEL MOISTURE WILL
REMAIN HIGH ENOUGH FOR SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...WITH WETTING RAINS...
TO DEVELOP IN THE HIGHER TERRAIN THROUGH AT LEAST MONDAY.  PRECIP
IN THE AREA WILL PROMOTE STRONG RH RECOVERY OVERNIGHT.

.REST OF TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (40-50 PERCENT).
CWR.................10 PERCENT DECREASING TO 0 PERCENT AFTER
                    MIDNIGHT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....52-57.
MAX HUMIDITY........69-74 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........VARIABLE 3 TO 5 MPH.


.SUNDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (35-45 PERCENT). WIDELY SCATTERED
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................30 IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....83-88.
MIN HUMIDITY........22-27 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST 7 TO 11 MPH...ERRATIC IN THE AFTERNOON
                    AROUND THUNDERSTORMS.


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FORECASTER...HARDIMAN
REQUESTED BY...IC
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20110702.HORSE.01/EPZ