FNUS74 KEPZ 181342
FWSEPZ

FIRE WEATHER PLANNING FORECAST FOR CURTIS...NM-SDC
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM
742 AM MDT MON JUL 18 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0723 MDT ON JULY 18.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
UPPER HIGH WILL BE PUSHING INTO THE REGION AND SUPPRESSING MOST
THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY...ALTHOUGH AN ISOLATED STORM IS POSSIBLE
THIS AFTERNOON. MOISTURE WILL SLOWLY BE INCREASING ACROSS THE
REGION FOR MUCH OF THE UPCOMING WEEK WHICH WILL ALLOW FOR
INCREASED THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE...ESPECIALLY LATE IN THE WEEK.
HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL BE PERSISTENT FOR THE UPCOMING WEEK WITH
UPPER 70S TO AROUND 80 LIKELY EACH DAY. WINDS WILL BE AROUND
10 MPH FOR MUCH OF THE WEEK AS WELL.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (45-55 PERCENT).
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 76.
MIN HUMIDITY........30-35 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........EAST-SOUTHEAST 6 TO 11 MPH.


.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (35-45 PERCENT).
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 55.
MAX HUMIDITY........70-75 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........EAST UP TO 5 MPH.


.TUESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (50-60 PERCENT). SCATTERED
                    SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................30 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....77-80.
MIN HUMIDITY........30-35 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT BECOMING SOUTHEAST 4 TO 8 MPH IN
                    THE AFTERNOON.


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FORECASTER...GRZYWACZ
REQUESTED BY...IC
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20110718.CURTI.01/EPZ