FNUS74 KEPZ 301815
FWSEPZ

FIRE WEATHER PLANNING FORECAST FOR BEAVER...NM-SDC
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM
1215 PM MDT SAT JUL 30 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1148 MDT ON JULY 30.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
UPPER HIGH WILL BE NEARLY STATIONARY OVER OKLAHOMA THE NEXT COUPLE
OF DAYS WITH MOISTURE CONTINUING TO MOVE UP OUT OF THE SOUTHEAST.
THIS WILL KEEP SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS GOING ACROSS THE
BURN AREA THROUGH THE WEEKEND WITH THE BEST CHANCES BEING
THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL GENERALLY BE LIGHT OUT OF THE SOUTH
DURING THE DAY AND TERRAIN DRIVEN AT NIGHT. THE MOISTURE WILL
START TO MOVE FURTHER WEST EARLY IN THE WEEK WHICH WILL DECREASE
THUNDERSTORM CHANCES INTO THE ISOLATED CATEGORY. TEMPERATURES WILL
REMAIN STEADY WITH HIGHS IN THE LOWER 80S AND LOWS IN THE MID 50S
THE NEXT FEW DAYS WITH GOOD OVERNIGHT RECOVERIES.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (60-70 PERCENT). SCATTERED
                    SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
CWR.................50 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....80-83.
MIN HUMIDITY........37-41 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH 4 TO 8 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......300 FT AGL INCREASING TO 7800 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST AROUND 9 KNOTS.


.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (65-75 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
                    PARTLY CLOUDY (50-60 PERCENT). SCATTERED
                    SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING...THEN
                    ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AFTER
                    MIDNIGHT.
CWR.................40 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 55.
MAX HUMIDITY........80-85 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH 5 TO 10 MPH IN THE EVENING BECOMING LIGHT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......7200 FT AGL DECREASING TO 300-400 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....EAST AROUND 5 KNOTS.


.SUNDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (45-55 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
                    MOSTLY CLOUDY (65-75 PERCENT). SCATTERED
                    SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
CWR.................40 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....81-84.
MIN HUMIDITY........34-39 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH 3 TO 8 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......400 FT AGL INCREASING TO 8700 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST AROUND 7 KNOTS.


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FORECASTER...GRZYWACZ
REQUESTED BY...IC
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20110730.BEAVE.01/EPZ