FNUS74 KEPZ 021544 FWSEPZ FIRE WEATHER PLANNING FORECAST FOR KENNEDY...GNF NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM 944 AM MDT TUE JUL 2 2013 FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0913 MDT ON JULY 02. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... ...FAVORED DIRECTIONS FOR OUTFLOW APPROACH THIS AFTERNOON AND OVERNIGHT SHOULD RANGE FROM BEARINGS OF 340-060... ...LOCAL WIND GUSTS 35-55 MPH POSSIBLE WITH STORM OUTFLOWS... UPPER LEVEL FLOW MOVING FROM NORTH TO SOUTH OVER THE REGION...WILL CARRY A WEAK UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE SOUTH OVER THE BURN AREA LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING. THIS WILL LEAD TO SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND STORMS IN THE VICINITY OF THE FIRE DURING THAT TIME. ANOTHER DISTURBANCE WILL APPROACH THE BURN AREA WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON FOR A RAMP UP IN THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY AGAIN AT THAT TIME. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (50-60 PERCENT). ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MORNING...THEN SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. CWR.................60 PERCENT. MAX TEMPERATURE.....81-86. MIN HUMIDITY........29-34 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH 5 TO 10 MPH...OUTSIDE OF THUNDERSTORM OUTFLOW DRIVEN WINDS. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (60-70 PERCENT). SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. CWR.................50 PERCENT. MIN TEMPERATURE.....52-57. MAX HUMIDITY........89-93 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH 5 TO 10 MPH...OUTSIDE OF THUNDERSTORM OUTFLOW DRIVEN WINDS. .WEDNESDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (50-60 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY (65-75 PERCENT). SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. CWR.................50 PERCENT. MAX TEMPERATURE.....77-82. MIN HUMIDITY........23-28 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH 5 TO 7 MPH. $$ FORECASTER...TRIPOLI REQUESTED BY...SILVER CITY DISPATCH REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20130702.KENNE.01/EPZ