FNUS74 KEPZ 032024
FWSEPZ

FIRE WEATHER PLANNING FORECAST FOR CANYON...SILVER CITY DISPATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM
224 PM MDT SUN JUL 3 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1349 MDT ON JULY 03.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT OVER THE FOUR CORNERS AREA WILL REMAIN IN
PLACE THROUGH MOST OF THE COMING WEEK. THE CLOCKWISE FLOW OF AIR
AROUND THAT HIGH WILL BRING MOIST AIR IN FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO
FOR AT LEAST THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. THE MOIST AIR AND DAYTIME
HEATING WILL ALLOW ISOLATED TO WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP EACH AFTERNOON AND EVENING THROUGH THE
WEEK AHEAD. STORMS WILL DEVELOP FIRST AROUND THE MOGOLLON RIM
THEN MOVE SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST ACROSS THE AREA EACH AFTERNOON AND
EVENING. THESE STORMS WILL LIKELY CAUSE OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES WITH
WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH. TEMPERATURES WILL BE NEAR TO A LITTLE
ABOVE NORMAL THE NEXT FEW DAYS WITH MINIMUM HUMIDITY RANGING FROM
THE LOWER 20S TO THE LOWER 30S. HUMIDITY RECOVERY WILL BE
MODERATE TO GOOD AT NIGHT.


.REST OF TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (35-45 PERCENT). WIDELY SCATTERED
                    AFTERNOON AND EVENING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
CWR.................20 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....82-87.
MIN HUMIDITY........26-31 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST 4 TO 8 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......8000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH AROUND 8 KNOTS.
VENTILATION.........GOOD (64000 KT-FT).


.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (40-50 PERCENT). SLIGHT CHANCE OF
                    SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING.
CWR.................20 PERCENT DECREASING TO 0 PERCENT AFTER
                    MIDNIGHT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....51-56.
MAX HUMIDITY........59-64 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST 4 TO 8 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTH
                    AROUND 5 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......DECREASING TO 300-800 FT AGL OVERNIGHT.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST AROUND 8 KNOTS.

.INDEPENDENCE DAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (35-45 PERCENT).
CWR.................0 PERCENT INCREASING TO 10 PERCENT IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....83-88.
MIN HUMIDITY........23-28 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTH AROUND 5 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
                    SOUTHEAST AROUND 5 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......300 FT AGL INCREASING TO 8500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....EAST AROUND 6 KNOTS.
VENTILATION.........FAIR (51000 KT-FT).

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FORECASTER...PARK
REQUESTED BY...IC
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20110703.CANYO.01/EPZ