FNUS74 KEPZ 131833
FWSEPZ

FIRE WEATHER PLANNING FORECAST FOR CHURCH...NM-ADC
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM
1233 PM MDT SAT AUG 13 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1215 MDT ON AUGUST 13.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

...WINDS VARIABLE AND GUSTY NEAR STORMS...

.DISCUSSION...
INCREASING  SOUTHEAST SURFACE WINDS WILL ADVECT MORE MOISTURE
INTO THE AREA AND A WEAK FLOW ALOFT WITH A MINOR DISTURBANCE WILL
RESULT IN SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THIS WEEKEND. SOME OF THE
STORMS MAY PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL WITH LOCALIZED FLOODING POSSIBLE.
TEMPERATURES WILL COOL SOME OVERALL TO NEAR OR SLIGHTLY BELOW NORMAL
INTO THE FIRST HALF OF NEXT WEEK ALONG WITH A SLIGHTLY ELEVATED RISK
OF THUNDERSTORMS.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (40-50 PERCENT). SCATTERED
                    SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................40 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....73-78.
MIN HUMIDITY........45-50 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........EAST NORTHEAST 8 TO 13 MPH BECOMING MORE EAST
                    SOUTHEAST IN THE AFTN 8 TO 13 GUST 20 MPH AFTN.


.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80 PERCENT). SCATTERED
                    SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
CWR.................50 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....57-62.
MAX HUMIDITY........77-82 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST 7 TO 12 MPH GUST 17 MPH. OCNL HIGHER
                    GUSTS WEST SLOPES AND CANYONS.


.SUNDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (50-60 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
                    MOSTLY CLOUDY (75-85 PERCENT). SCATTERED
                    SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
CWR.................50 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....72-77.
MIN HUMIDITY........47-452PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST 5 TO 10 MPH GUST 15 MPH.


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FORECASTER...NOVLAN
REQUESTED BY...NM-ADC
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20110813.CHURC.01/EPZ