FNUS74 KEPZ 120111
FWSEPZ

FIRE WEATHER PLANNING FORECAST FOR UPPER GRAVEYARD...MEA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM
711 PM MDT MON JUL 11 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1850 MDT ON JULY 11.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
INCREASING HUMIDITY AND PRECIP CHANCES OVER THE NEXT COUPLE
OF DAYS AS AN UPPER DISTURBANCE OVER NORTHWESTERN MEXICO APPROACHES
THE AREA. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL SPREAD ACROSS
THE REMAINDER OF THE GILA REGION THROUGH THE EVENING.  OUTFLOW WILL
LIKELY RESULT IN ERRATIC WINDS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.  T-STORM
COVERAGE WILL INCREASE TOMORROW AND WEDNESDAY...WITH LESS TERRAIN
DEPENDENCE AS THE MONSOON PLUME OF MOISTURE TO THE WEST MOVES EAST
OVER NEW MEXICO. WITH MOISTURE ON THE INCREASE...STORMS SHOULD BE
GOOD RAIN-MAKERS. GOOD RH RECOVERY...ESPECIALLY IF PRECIP
OCCURS OVER THE AREA.


.REST OF TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80 PERCENT). SCATTERED
                    SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
CWR.................50 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....55-60.
MAX HUMIDITY........72-77 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST TO SOUTHWEST SOUTHEAST 5 TO 10 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......7900 FT AGL DECREASING TO 300-700 FT AGL IN THE
                    LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST AROUND 7 KNOTS.


.TUESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80 PERCENT). SCATTERED
                    SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
CWR.................50 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....74-79.
MIN HUMIDITY........41-46 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH 7 TO 12 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......400 FT AGL INCREASING TO 5900-7700 FT AGL IN
                    THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST AROUND 4 KNOTS. FAIR


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FORECASTER...NOVLAN
REQUESTED BY...MEA
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20110711.UPPER.01/EPZ