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FNUS74 KEPZ 201654
FWSEPZ
FIRE WEATHER PLANNING FORECAST FOR LOWER ELK...NM-MEA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM
954 AM MST FRI NOV 20 2009
FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0955 MST ON NOVEMBER 20.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.
DISCUSSION
HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT WILL BRING CLEAR SKIES WITH LIGHT WINDS AND
AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES NEAR TO SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL TODAY. AN
UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE PASSING BY TO THE NORTH WILL CAUSE WINDS
TO PICK UP A BIT FOR SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT. CONTINUED DRY
AND MAINLY CLEAR SATURDAY THROUGH MONDAY WITH TEMPERATURES ABOVE
NORMAL. MINIMUM RELTIVE HUMIDITY RANGING FROM THE MID TEENS TO THE
LOWER TWENTIES THROUGH THE WEEKEND. A COLD FRONT WILL BRING
TEMPERATURES DOWN TO NEAR NORMAL TUESDAY.
TODAY
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (0-5 PERCENT).
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....52-57.
MIN HUMIDITY........18-23 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT...MAINLY EAST (UPSLOPE) 2-5 MPH
IN THE AFTERNOON.
TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR (0-5 PERCENT).
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....27-32.
MAX HUMIDITY........51-56 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT...DOWNSLOPE AFTER MIDNIGHT.
SATURDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (20-30 PERCENT).
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....56-61.
MIN HUMIDITY........16-21 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST 6 TO 12 MPH WITH AFTERNOON GUSTS
TO 22 MPH.
FORECASTER...PARK
REQUESTED BY...SCOTT R
REASON FOR REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20091120.LOWER.01/EPZ
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