FNUS74 KEPZ 071336
FWSEPZ

FIRE WEATHER PLANNING FORECAST FOR FT STANTON PILES...BLM
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM
736 AM MDT WED AUG 7 2013

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0900 MDT ON AUGUST 07.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
AN UPPER TROUGH WILL BE MOVING THROUGH THE REGION TODAY WHICH WILL
BRING A CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND
EARLY EVENING. DRIER AIR WILL MOVE IN FOR THURSDAY WITH A WEAK RIDGE
MOVING IN FROM THE WEST WHICH SHOULD MEAN A DOWN DAY FOR THUNDERSTORMS.
TEMPERATURES TODAY WILL BE SIMILAR TO YESTERDAY WITH A COUPLE OF
DEGREES OF WARMING FOR THURSDAY WITH LOWER RELATIVE HUMIDITIES. WINDS
WILL GENERALLY BE WESTERLY UP TO 15 MPH WITH SOME HIGHER GUSTS
POSSIBLE.


.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (35-45 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
                    MOSTLY CLOUDY (65-75 PERCENT). CHANCE OF
                    SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AFTER 1200.
CWR.................30 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....85-88.
MIN HUMIDITY........22-27 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........EAST AROUND 5 MPH BECOMING SOUTHWEST 8 TO 13 MPH
                    WITH GUSTS TO 20 MPH BY AFTERNOON.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (30-40 PERCENT). SLIGHT CHANCE OF
                    SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS BEFORE 2100.
CWR.................20 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....54-59.
MAX HUMIDITY........74-79 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST 8 TO 13 MPH.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (35-45 PERCENT). ISOLATED AFTERNOON
                    SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....85-90.
MIN HUMIDITY........20-25 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST-NORTHWEST 7 TO 14 MPH.

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FORECASTER...GRZYWACZ
REQUESTED BY...LARRY ASHLEY
REASON FOR REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
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