FNUS75 KABQ 012038
FWSABQ

SPOT FORECAST FOR FERGUSON...N2S
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
238 PM MDT MON JUN 1 2009

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

DISCUSSION...
BASED ON LATEST RADAR TRENDS...MAINLY HIGHER BASED SHOWERS IN THE
AREA WITH LIKELY RAIN STRINGERS. A FEW EMBEDDED ALTHOUGH ISOLATED
THUNDERSTORMS IN THE GREATER AREA. STORMS WILL BE MOVING FROM
SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST INITIALLY BUT ULTIMATELY MOVE FROM WEST
TO EAST AND THEN NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST AS THE EVENING PROGRESSES.
FOOTPRINT OF THE WETTING RAIN IS RATHER SMALL WITH GUSTY OUTFLOW
WINDS EXPECTED TO AFFECT THE AREA AT SOME POINT THIS AFTERNOON
INTO THE EARLY TO MID EVENING. MOST OF THE ACTIVITY SHOULD DIE
DOWN A HOUR OR SO AFTER SUNSET. BACK DOOR COLD FRONT WILL
ULTIMATELY BRING HIGHER HUMIDITY TO THE AREA ON TUESDAY BEHIND
NORTHEAST WINDS.

FOR TODAY
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS
                       AND THUNDERSTORMS. MOSTLY DRIER VARIETY.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......50 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MAXIMUM MOST LIKELY OCCURRED EARLIER
                       IN THE DAY. MAX TEMP REST OF TODAY 74-77.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MINIMUM MOST LIKELY OCCURRED EARLIER IN THE
                       DAY. MINIMUMS REST OF TODAY 22-25 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........NORTHWEST 12 TO 18 MPH. GUSTS IN THE 20S.
                       STRONGER GUSTS AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED
                       NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.

FOR TONIGHT
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF
                       SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                       EVENING...THEN PARTLY CLOUDY AFTER MIDNIGHT.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......20 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MIN 45-49.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MAX 57-62 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........NORTHWEST WINDS 7 TO 11 MPH. GUSTY AND
                       ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN
                       THE EVENING.

FOR TUESDAY
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......INCREASING CLOUDS AND BECOMING PARTLY TO
                       MOSTLY CLOUDY IN THE AFTERNOON. A CHANCE OF
                       SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......40 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MAX 74-78.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 30-35 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........NORTH WINDS 7 TO 9 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
                       NORTHEAST 7 TO 12 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
                       GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR
                       THUNDERSTORMS.

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...50

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REQUESTED BY...V GARCIA
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20090601.FERGU.01/ABQ