FNUS75 KABQ 110040
FWSABQ

SPOT FORECAST FOR CIMMARON...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
640 PM MDT FRI APR 10 2009

IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

DISCUSSION...AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE OVER SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
WILL MOVE EAST TONIGHT ALLOWING WIDESPREAD PRECIPITATION TO DEVELOP
OVER NEW MEXICO. RAIN IS LIKELY TO DEVELOP AFTER MIDNIGHT ACROSS THE
AREA AND MAY MIX WITH OR CHANGE TO SNOW AFTER SUNRISE SATURDAY.
0.10-0.20 INCHES OF LIQUID IS POSSIBLE WITH THIS SYSTEM THROUGH
SATURDAY AFTERNOON. SOUTHERLY WIND WILL ALSO BECOME QUITE GUSTY AS
THE CENTER OF THE STORM MOVES THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. CONDITIONS
WILL CLEAR OUT LATE SATURDAY NIGHT.


FOR TONIGHT
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......MOSTLY CLEAR EARLY THIS EVENING BECOMING
                       MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS
                       IN THE EVENING...THEN MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A
                       CHANCE OF RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS AFTER
                       MIDNIGHT.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......50 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MIN 31-35.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MAX 74-79 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........SOUTH WINDS 10 TO 14 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 22 MPH
                       AFTER MIDNIGHT.

FOR SATURDAY
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......RAIN AND SNOW LIKELY WITH A SLIGHT
                       CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......70 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MAX 43-47.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 45-50 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........SOUTH WINDS 12 TO 17 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
                       SOUTHWEST 9 TO 15 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
                       GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS
                       EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
   MIXING HEIGHT.......6500 FT AGL.
   TRANSPORT WIND......SOUTH 22 KNOTS.
   VENTILATION CAT.....VERY GOOD/143000 KNOT-FT.

FORECASTS FOR WINDS ARE 20 FOOT WIND SPEEDS AND MUST BE ADJUSTED
ACCORDING TO FUEL TYPE AND SHELTERING TO GET EYE LEVEL WIND SPEED.

FORECASTER...42

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REQUESTED BY...IC
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20090410.CIMMA.01/ABQ