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FIRE WEATHER PLANNING FORECAST FOR MIDDLE FORK...NM-LNF
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM
825 PM MDT FRI JUN 22 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1944 MDT ON JUNE 22.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

...ENVIRONMENT SUPPORTS DEVELOPMENT OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH LIGHT RAINFALL
AND DRY LIGHTNING...

...GUSTY ERRATIC LIKELY WINDS NEAR STORMS...VIRGA SHAFTS AND
SIGNIFICANT CLOUD BUILD-UPS...

.DISCUSSION...
EAST TO SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL CONTINUE OVER THE BURN AREA THROUGH
SATURDAY...AS HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT SHIFTS FURTHER NORTHEAST OVER
NORTHERN TEXAS.  THIS WILL PUSH BULK OF MONSOON DRIVEN MOISTURE
FURTHER WEST OF THE AREA INTO ARIZONA.  AS A RESULT...RELATIVELY
DRY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THIS AREA.
TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN ABOVE NORMAL...AND THE HOT AIR WILL INTERACT
WITH LIMITED MOISTURE PRESENT FOR THE THREAT OF ISOLATED STORMS.


.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
                    PARTLY CLOUDY (40-50 PERCENT). SCATTERED
                    SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EARLY IN THE EVENING.
CWR.................30 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....57-61.
MAX HUMIDITY........72-77 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LOCAL DRAINAGES DEVELOPING TOWARDS MIDNIGHT...OTHERWISE
                    RIDGE WINDS SOUTHEAST 10 TO 15 MPH EARLY...DECREASING
                    AND SHIFTING SOUTH 6 TO 10 MPH BY LATE MORNING.


.SATURDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (20-30 PERCENT) IN THE MORNING...THEN
                    BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY (40-50 PRESENT).  ISOLATED
                    SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....81-85.
MIN HUMIDITY........25-29 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH-SOUTHWEST 7 TO 10 MPH EARLY...INCREASING AND SHIFTING
                    SOUTHEAST 10 TO 15 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON


.SATURDAY EVENING...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (60-70 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
                    MOSTLY CLEAR (10-20 PERCENT). ISOLATED
                    SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EARLY IN THE EVENING.
CWR.................30 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....55-59.
MAX HUMIDITY........67-72 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LOCAL DRAINAGES DEVELOPING TOWARDS MIDNIGHT...OTHERWISE
                    RIDGE WINDS SOUTH-SOUTHEAST 8 TO 13 MPH EARLY...DECREASING
                    AND SHIFTING SOUTH-SOUTHWEST 6 TO 10 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.

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FORECASTER...TRIPOLI
REQUESTED BY...NM-ADC
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120622.MIDDL.01/EPZ