FNUS74 KEPZ 081648
FWSEPZ

FIRE WEATHER PLANNING FORECAST FOR WILDERNESS PILE BURN...NM-SDC
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM
1048 AM MDT MON AUG 8 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1055 MDT ON AUGUST 08.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
UPPER HIGH OVER THE REGION WILL WARM TEMPERATURES UP ABOUT
3-5 DEGREES FROM YESTERDAY WITH DECREASED THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE
THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. SLIGHTLY DRIER AIR FROM THE NORTHWEST WILL BE
MOVING IN TODAY AND OVERNIGHT BUT OVERNIGHT RECOVERIES SHOULD STILL BE
GOOD DUE TO THE VALLEY LOCATION. WINDS WILL GENERALLY BE UNDER
10 MPH AND SOUTHWEST DURING THE DAY AND NORTHERLY AT NIGHT.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (55-65 PERCENT). SLIGHT CHANCE OF
                    SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 90.
MIN HUMIDITY........22-27 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST 3 TO 8 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (40-50 PERCENT).
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 60.
MAX HUMIDITY........70-75 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST BECOMING NORTH 3 TO 8 MPH.

.TUESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (25-35 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
                    PARTLY CLOUDY (35-45 PERCENT).
CWR.................20 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 87.
MIN HUMIDITY........24-29 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTH 4 TO 8 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
                    SOUTHWEST IN THE AFTERNOON.

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FORECASTER...GRZYWACZ
REQUESTED BY...IC
REASON FOR REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20110808.WILDE.01/EPZ