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FIRE WEATHER PLANNING FORECAST FOR BOARD...SILVER CITY DISPATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM
826 PM MDT SAT MAY 11 2013

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1954 MDT ON MAY 11.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
A WEAK UPPER LEVEL LOW AND ASSOCIATED MOISTURE WILL SLIDE
FARTHER SOUTH SOUTH OF THE US/MEXICO BORDER THIS EVENING.
JUST A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL PERSIST ONLY
FOR THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF THE GILA REGION SUNDAY AFTERNOON.
THE UPPER LOW IS FORECAST TO LIFT BACK NORTHWARD EARLY NEXT WEEK
AROUND MONDAY INTO TUESDAY WHICH WILL INCREASE THUNDERSTORM CHANCES
SLIGHTLY AGAIN. DRIER WESTERLY FLOW AND HOTTER TEMPERATURES WILL
RETURN BY THE END OF THE WEEK WITH OCCASIONAL BREEZY WESTERLY WINDS.


.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR (30-40 PERCENT).
CWR.................10 PERCENT DECREASING TO 0 PERCENT AFTER
                    MIDNIGHT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....35-40.
MAX HUMIDITY........65-70 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........EAST TO NORTHEAST 7 TO 12 MPH.


.SUNDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (25-35 PERCENT).
CWR.................5-10 PERCENT. ISOLATED CLOUD BUILDUPS/TSTM OVER
                    HIGHEST TERRAIN AFTN HOURS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....62-67.
MIN HUMIDITY........17-22 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........EAST TO SOUTHEAST 5 TO 10 ISOLD GUST 15 MPH.


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FORECASTER...NOVLAN
REQUESTED BY...IC
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20130511.BOARD.01/EPZ