FNUS74 KEPZ 171426
FWSEPZ

FIRE WEATHER PLANNING FORECAST FOR CURTIS...NM-SDC
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM
826 AM MDT SUN JUL 17 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0807 MDT ON JULY 17.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
THE BEST CHANCE FOR RAIN IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS WILL COME TODAY AS
AN INVERTED TROUGH WILL BE SETUP ACROSS THE REGION ALONG WITH AN UPPER
LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVING THROUGH. SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL GET GUSTY
THIS AFTERNOON AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN OVER THE ROCKIES. AN
UPPER RIDGE AXIS WILL EXTEND DOWN INTO THE AREA FOR MONDAY AND TUESDAY
WHICH WILL HELP TO SUPPRESS MOST THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY UNTIL MIDWEEK.
TEMPERATURES WILL BE ABOUT 5 DEGREES COOLER THAN YESTERDAY...BUT
START A SLOW WARMUP BEGINNING MONDAY.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (45-55 PERCENT). SCATTERED
                    SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................30 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 75.
MIN HUMIDITY........37-42 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........VARIABLE UP TO 5 MPH BECOMING SOUTHEAST 12 TO 17 MPH
                    WITH GUSTS TO 25 MPH BY AFTERNOON.


.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (45-55 PERCENT). SCATTERED
                    SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING.
CWR.................30 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 58.
MAX HUMIDITY........60-65 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST 7 TO 12 MPH BECOMING SOUTH UP TO 5 MPH.


.MONDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (25-35 PERCENT).
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 77.
MIN HUMIDITY........25-30 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........EAST-SOUTHEAST 5 TO 10 MPH.


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FORECASTER...GRZYWACZ
REQUESTED BY...IC
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20110717.CURTI.01/EPZ