FNUS74 KEPZ 141405
FWSEPZ

FIRE WEATHER PLANNING FORECAST FOR FT STANTON FEATHER CAVE RX...BLM
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM
705 AM MST MON JAN 14 2013

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0625 MST ON JANUARY 14.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
LOW-LEVEL WINDS ARE BRINGING IN HIGHER DEWPOINT AIR FROM THE
SOUTHEAST THIS MORNING...CAUSING LOW CLOUDS AND HOLDING TEMPS
IN THE LOW TO MID TEENS. A FEW LIGHT FLURRIES ARE POSSIBLE FROM
THE LOW CLOUDS THIS MORNING...BUT AREAS OF FROST ARE MORE LIKELY.
CLOUDS WILL BREAK UP BY MID-DAY WITH TEMPS CLIMBING BACK UP TO
THE HIGH 20S OR LOW 30S. LIGHT SOUTHEAST WINDS THIS MORNING WILL
BECOME SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST AT 5 TO 10 MPH THIS AFTERNOON. A WEAK
UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA TOMORROW WITH
INCREASING CLOUDS AND A SLIGHT CHANCE OF LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS.
VENTILATIOINN GOOD TODAY...THEN POOR TUESDAY.


.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (40-50 PERCENT).
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....29-34.
MIN HUMIDITY........28-33 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST 3 TO 6 MPH...BECOMING SOUTH 5 TO 10
                    MPH THIS AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......400 AGL THIS MORNING...INCREASING TO 7200 AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST AROUND 12 KNOTS.
VENTILATION.........GOOD (86400 KNOT-FT).

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (60-70 PERCENT).
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....7-12.
MAX HUMIDITY........67-72 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH AROUND 5 MPH IN THE EVENING
                    BECOMING LIGHT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......DECREASING TO 200 AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH AROUND 8 KNOTS.

.TUESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (60-70 PERCENT). SLIGHT CHANCE OF SNOW
                    SHOWERS.
CWR.................20 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....28-33.
MIN HUMIDITY........34-39 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT BECOMING NORTHEAST 4 TO 8 MPH IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......INCREASING TO 5500 AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST AROUND 5 KNOTS.
VENTILATION.........POOR (27500 KNOT-FT).

$$
FORECASTER...PARK
REQUESTED BY...JAMES SAVAGE
REASON FOR REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20130114.FTSTA.01/EPZ