FNUS74 KEPZ 100010
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FIRE WEATHER PLANNING FORECAST FOR HEFFNER...STATE OF NEW MEXICO FORESTRY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM
610 PM MDT SAT JUL 9 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1722 MDT ON JULY 09.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE DEVELOPING AROUND THE WESTERN EDGE
OF AN UPPER HIGH NOW STRETCHING FROM THE SOUTHERN PLAINS ACROSS
THE TEXAS PANHANDLE INTO NEW MEXICO. STORMS ARE CURRENTLY STRONGER
AND MORE NUMEROUS TO YOUR WEST AND NORTH...BUT ADDITIONAL STORMS
MAY DEVELOP TO YOUR SOUTHEAST AND MOVE ACROSS THE AREA THIS EVENING.
GENERALLY LIGHT WINDS THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT WITH MODERATE HUMIDITY
RECOVERY. THAT HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT WILL WEAKEN AND SHIFT EASTWARD
THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS...ALLOWING A DEEPER PLUME OF MOISTURE NOW
OVER ARIZONA AND ALONG THE NEW MEXICO BORDER TO SHIFT EAST INTO
YOUR AREA TOMORROW. EXPECT AN INCREASE IN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
TOMORROW AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THESE STORMS COULD BRING SIGNIFICANT
RAINFALL AND STRONG OUTFLOW WINDS.

.REST OF THIS AFTERNOON...
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (50-60 PERCENT). WIDELY SCATTERED
                    SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
CWR.................20 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....N/A.
MIN HUMIDITY........N/A.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST 3 TO 7 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......9500 TO 12000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST AROUND 8 KNOTS.
VENTILATION.........GOOD (76000 TO 96000 KT-FT)


.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (45-55 PERCENT). SCATTERED
                    SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING.
CWR.................20 PERCENT THIS EVENING.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....53-58.
MAX HUMIDITY........57-62 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST 3 TO 6 MPH IN THE EVENING BECOMING
                    LIGHT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......DECREASING TO 300-500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHEAST AROUND 6 KNOTS.

.SUNDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (50-60 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
                    MOSTLY CLOUDY (60-70 PERCENT). SCATTERED
                    SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................40 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....78-83.
MIN HUMIDITY........21-26 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHEAST 3 TO 5 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHEAST
                    5 TO 9 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......INCREASING TO 8500 TO 11000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST AROUND 7 KNOTS.
VENTILATION.........FAIR TO GOOD (59500 TO 77000 KT-FT).

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FORECASTER...PARK
REQUESTED BY...IC
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20110709.HEFFN.01/EPZ