FNUS74 KEPZ 031555 FWSEPZ FIRE WEATHER PLANNING FORECAST FOR MIDDLE FIRE...USFS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM 955 AM MDT TUE JUL 3 2012 FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0847 MDT ON JULY 03. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... MOISTURE IS ON THE INCREASE ACROSS THE REGION WITH UPPER HIGH BECOMING ESTABLISHED OVER EASTERN KANSAS. A SERIES OF DISTURBANCES WILL COMBINE WITH THE VERY MOIST...MODERATELY UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS TO BRING A GOOD CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO THE BURN AREA. STORMS WILL BE SLOW MOVING AND WILL PRODUCE SOME LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN. WINDS WILL BE GENERALLY AROUND OR LESS THAN 10 MPH THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS EXCEPT NEAR THUNDERSTORMS WHERE GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY(25-35 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY(60-70 PERCENT) IN THE AFTERNOON. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. SOME STORMS MAY PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN. CWR.................50 PERCENT. LAL.................4. MAX TEMPERATURE.....86-91. MIN HUMIDITY........28-33 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........NORTHEAST AROUND 5 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST IN THE AFTERNOON. VARIABLE AND GUSTY NEAR THUNDERSTORMS. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (75-85 PERCENT). SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING...THEN ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AFTER MIDNIGHT. CWR.................40 PERCENT. LAL.................4 UNTIL 2100...THEN 2. MIN TEMPERATURE.....57-60. MAX HUMIDITY........87-92 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........DOWNSLOPE 2 TO 7 MPH. .INDEPENDENCE DAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80 PERCENT). SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY. CWR.................60 PERCENT. LAL.................4. MAX TEMPERATURE.....82-87. MIN HUMIDITY........37-42 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........WEST 6 TO 12 MPH. $$ FORECASTER...GRZYWACZ REQUESTED BY...IC REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20120703.MIDDL.01/EPZ