FNUS74 KEPZ 240031
FWSEPZ

FIRE WEATHER PLANNING FORECAST FOR DIAMOND...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM
631 PM MDT SAT JUN 23 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1804 MDT ON JUNE 23.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
WINDS SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST AT 3 TO 8 MPH THIS EVENING...THEN GENERALLY
LIGHT AND TERRAIN DRIVEN OVERNIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING. WINDS SHIFTING
AROUND TO THE SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST AT 5 TO 10 MPH SUNDAY AFTERNOON.
THE ISOLATED SMALL BUILDUPS THAT WERE IN THE AREA EARLIER TODAY ARE
DISSIPATING AND SKIES WILL REMAIN MOSTLY CLEAR OVERNIGHT INTO SUNDAY
MORNING...THEN ISOLATED AFTERNOON BUILDUPS WILL AGAIN DEVELOP. THERE
IS A VERY SMALL CHANCE OF DRY LIGHTNING SUNDAY AFTERNOON. VERY LITTLE
CHANGE EXPECTED SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY. VERY WARM AND DRY WITH
RELATIVELY LIGHT WINDS AS HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT BUILDS ACROSS THE AREA.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (30-40 PERCENT).
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....56-61.
MAX HUMIDITY........42-47 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........DOWNSLOPE 2 TO 5 MPH.


.SUNDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (25-35 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
                    PARTLY CLOUDY (30-40 PERCENT).
CWR.................10 PERCENT IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....85-90.
MIN HUMIDITY........7-12 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT BECOMING SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 5 TO 10 MPH IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......INCREASING TO AROUND 12000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST 10 KNOTS.
VENTILATION.........POOR IN THE MORNING BECOMING VERY GOOD (120000 KT-FEET)
                    BY EARLY AFTERNOON.


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FORECASTER...PARK
REQUESTED BY...IC
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120623.DIAMO.01/EPZ