FNUS74 KEPZ 140215
FWSEPZ

FIRE WEATHER PLANNING FORECAST FOR JUNIPER...SILVER CITY DISP
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM
815 PM MDT WED JUL 13 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1953 MDT ON JULY 13.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
DRIER SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT HAS STARTED TO DRY THINGS OUT OVER THE
NORTHERN GILA REGION.  ASIDE FROM A SLIGHT CHANCE OF A THUNDERSTORM
THIS EVENING...THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY TO REMAIN CONFINED TO THE HIGHER
ELEVATIONS OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS.  THUNDERSTORM CHANCES MAY
BEGIN TO INCREASE AGAIN ON SATURDAY.  OTHERWISE EXPECT LIGHT SOUTH
TO SOUTHWEST WINDS...WITH FAIR OVERNIGHT RH RECOVERY.



.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (50-60 PERCENT).
CWR.................5 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....52-57.
MAX HUMIDITY........46-51 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........BECOMING WEST 6 TO 11 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......11200 FT AGL DECREASING TO 200-700 FT AGL IN
                    THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST AROUND 7 KNOTS.


.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (40-50 PERCENT). SLIGHT RISK FOR
                    AND AFTN/EVENING TSTM MAINLY OVR/NEAR HIGHER TERRAIN
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....80-85.
MIN HUMIDITY........20-25 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST 5 TO 10 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST
                    10 TO 15 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......200 FT AGL INCREASING TO 12800 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST AROUND 7 KNOTS. VERY GOOD.




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FORECASTER...NOVLAN
REQUESTED BY...IC
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20110713.JUNIP.01/EPZ