FNUS75 KABQ 160253
FWSABQ

SPOT FORECAST FOR LA SOTELLA...SANTA FE NATIONAL FOREST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
853 PM MDT FRI MAY 15 2009

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

DISCUSSION...
A STRONG COLD FRONT HAD PUSHED THROUGH NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO THIS
AFTERNOON AND IS PUSHING FURTHER WEST AND SOUTH THIS EVENING...
HAVING REACHED A TAOS TO SANTA ROSA LINE AT 8 PM.

THE COLD FRONT HAS GENERATED SOME SHORT LIVED SHOWERS IN EASTERN
NEW MEXICO EARLY THIS EVENING BUT WILL COME THROUGH DRY INTO THE
MID AND UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY AND WEST TO THE JEMEZ RIVER BASIN.

EXPECT THE FRONT TO RESULT IN A WIND SHIFT TO THE EAST AFTER
MIDNIGHT...PROBABLY BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND 2 AM...ALONG WITH AN
ABRUPT 10 TO 15 PERCENT RISE IN RH.

THE INCREASE IN THE HUMIDITY WILL RESULT IN A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR
SHOWERS OR HIGH BASED THUNDERSTORMS SATURDAY AFTERNOON.

FOR TONIGHT
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY CLOUDY.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......0 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MIN 37-41.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MAX 67-72 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........NORTHWEST WINDS 6 TO 10 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
                       EAST TO SOUTHEAST 12 TO 17 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.
                       GUSTS TO 30 MPH ARE POSSIBLE BEHIND THE FRONT.

FOR SATURDAY
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF
                       AFTERNOON SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......20 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MAX 62-66.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 39-44 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........SOUTHEAST WINDS 9 TO 15 MPH BECOMING SOUTH IN
                       THE AFTERNOON. GUSTS TO 25 MPH. GUSTY AND
                       ERRATIC WINDS NEAR AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS.
   MIXING HEIGHT.......7500 FT AGL.
   TRANSPORT WIND......SOUTHEAST 10 KNOTS.
   VENTILATION CAT.....GOOD/75000 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...07

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REQUESTED BY...JON BOE
REASON FOR REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
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