FNUS74 KEPZ 151527
FWSEPZ

FIRE WEATHER PLANNING FORECAST FOR WILDERNESS PILE BURN...NM-SDC
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM
927 AM MDT MON AUG 15 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0920 MDT ON AUGUST 15.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
A MOIST UNSTABLE AIR MASS CONTINUES OVER THE AREA TODAY.
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL AGAIN DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON.
HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT WILL REBUILD OVER NEW MEXICO AFTER
TUESDAY THROUGH THE REST OF THE WEEK AND WILL REDUCE THUNDERSTORM
ACTIVITY WITH AT LEAST ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS EACH DAY.
TEMPERATURES WILL GRADUALLY WARM BACK TO ABOVE NORMAL BY MIDWEEK.


.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (25-35 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
                    PARTLY CLOUDY (50-60 PERCENT). SLIGHT CHANCE OF
                    SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MORNING...THEN
                    SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
CWR.................50 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....77-82.
MIN HUMIDITY........43-48 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........MORNING/MIDDAY EAST TO SOUTHEAST 3 TO 8 MPH
                    BECOMING GRADUALLY SOUTH SOUTHWEST AFTN 4-9 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (65-75 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
                    PARTLY CLOUDY (55-65 PERCENT). SCATTERED
                    SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING...THEN
                    SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
                    AFTER MIDNIGHT.
CWR.................40 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....59-64.
MAX HUMIDITY........70-75 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH 5 TO 8 MPH IN THE EVENING
                    BECOMING NORTHWEST LATE 2-6 MPH.

.TUESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (25-35 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
                    PARTLY CLOUDY (40-50 PERCENT).
CWR.................20 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....78-83.
MIN HUMIDITY........39-44 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST TO SOUTHWEST BY AFTN 5 TO 10 MPH.

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FORECASTER...NOVLAN
REQUESTED BY...IC
REASON FOR REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20110815.WILDE.01/EPZ