FNUS74 KEPZ 171859
FWSEPZ

FIRE WEATHER PLANNING FORECAST FOR KENNEDY...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM
1259 PM MDT TUE JUL 17 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1239 MDT ON JULY 17.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
UPPER HIGH WILL BE BUILDING OVER THE CENTRAL ROCKIES THE NEXT COUPLE
OF DAYS WHICH WILL GRADUALLY PUT A DAMPER ON THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT.
THE BEST CHANCES FOR WETTING RAIN ARE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.
WINDS WILL BE FAIRLY LIGHT EXCEPT AROUND THUNDERSTORMS THE NEXT TWO
DAYS. DEW POINTS WILL REMAIN FAIRLY HIGH SO MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITIES
WILL REMAIN ABOVE 30 PERCENT WITH VERY GOOD OVERNIGHT RECOVERIES.
DRIER CONDITIONS EXPECTED GOING INTO THE END OF THE WEEK.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (80-90 PERCENT). NUMEROUS SHOWERS
                    AND THUNDERSTORMS.
CWR.................60 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 75.
MIN HUMIDITY........40-44 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST 3 TO 7 MPH. GUSTY NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.


.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
                    PARTLY CLOUDY (55-65 PERCENT). SCATTERED
                    SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING...THEN
                    ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AFTER
                    MIDNIGHT.
CWR.................40 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....57-60.
MAX HUMIDITY........72-77 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........DOWNSLOPE 3 TO 7 MPH.


.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (50-60 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
                    MOSTLY CLOUDY (65-75 PERCENT). SCATTERED
                    SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
CWR.................40 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....80-83.
MIN HUMIDITY........32-36 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH 3 TO 7 MPH.


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FORECASTER...GRZYWACZ
REQUESTED BY...IC
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120717.KENNE.01/EPZ