FNUS74 KEPZ 161604
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FIRE WEATHER PLANNING FORECAST FOR TIERRA BLANCA...FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM
1004 AM MDT THU AUG 16 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0919 MDT ON AUGUST 16.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL BE ON THE INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON AND THROUGH MOST
OF THIS EVENING...AS A DISTURBANCE MOVING NW THROUGH N BAJA CALIFORNIA...
INTERACTS WITH A TROUGH MOVING ACROSS EASTERN NEW MEXICO.  LOOK FOR SCATTERED
ACTIVITY...WITH FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS TO 50 MPH
AS THE MAIN THREATS WITH STORMS IN THIS ENVIRONMENT. MIN RH WILL INCREASE
12-16 PERCENT FRIDAY...AS ADDITIONAL MOISTURE MOVES INTO THE AREA.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (55-65 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
                    MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80 PERCENT). SCATTERED
                    SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
CWR.................40 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....82-87.
MIN HUMIDITY........20-24 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH 3 TO 6 MPH IN THE MORNING...INCREASING
                    AND SHIFTING SOUTHEAST 5 TO 9 MPH LATE MORNING.
                    OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 14 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTH 2 TO 4 MPH IN THE MORNING...INCREASING
                    AND SHIFTING SOUTHEAST 3 TO 8 MPH MID DAY.
                    OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 13 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (75-85 PERCENT). SCATTERED
                    SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
CWR.................50 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....58-63.
MAX HUMIDITY........72-77 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH 4 TO 8 MPH EARLY...SHIFTING NORTHWEST
                    AFT 2200L.


.FRIDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80 PERCENT). ISOLATED SHOWERS
                    AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MORNING...THEN SCATTERED
                    SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................50 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....73-78.
MIN HUMIDITY........38-43 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTH-NORTHEAST AROUND 5 TO 8 MPH EARLY...SHIFTING
                    EAST-NORTHEAST LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.


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FORECASTER...TRIPOLI
REQUESTED BY...IC
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120816.TIERR.01/EPZ