FNUS75 KABQ 151526 FWSABQ SPOT FORECAST FOR UPPER TAYLOR RX...SOCORRO BLM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 926 AM MDT MON JUN 15 2009 IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM MDT THIS EVENING... DISCUSSION... BURN AREA IS IN THE SOUTHWEST EDGE OF RED FLAG WARNING AREA FOR TODAY...SO BE AWARE THAT SURFACE WINDS AND HUMIDITIES WILL BE IN OR AT LEAST VERY NEAR CRITICAL VALUES FOR A GOOD PORTION OF THE AFTERNOON AND POSSIBLY EARLY EVENING. DRY PERIOD TODAY AND TUESDAY WITH WARMER TEMPERATURES THAN RECENTLY ALONG WITH LOW HUMIDITIES AND FAIRLY STRONG AFTERNOON WINDS. THERE WILL BE RATHER POOR HUMIDITY RECOVERIES TONIGHT AND ONLY SLIGHTLY BETTER TUESDAY NIGHT. WHILE HUMIDITIES MAY WELL AGAIN REACH CRITICALLY LOW VALUES TUESDAY AFTERNOON...WIND SPEEDS SHOULD BE SLIGHTLY LOWER THAN TODAY...PROBABLY STAYING JUST BELOW CRITICAL VALUES MOST OF THE AFTERNOON THOUGH CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE OF SOME CONCERN. WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY SHOULD BRING SOME INCREASE IN HUMIDITIES...A LITTLE LIGHTER WINDS AND SLIGHT TO MODERATE SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM CHANCES. FOR PLANNED IGNITION TIME OF 1300 MDT 6/15/09 CLOUDS/WEATHER......MOSTLY SUNNY. CHC OF PRECIP.......0 PERCENT. TEMPERATURE.........MAX 84-88. RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 10-15 PERCENT. 20 FOOT WIND........SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS 8 TO 13 MPH INCREASING TO 15 TO 25 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. FOR TONIGHT CLOUDS/WEATHER......MOSTLY CLEAR. CHC OF PRECIP.......0 PERCENT. TEMPERATURE.........MIN 58-62. RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MAX 28-33 PERCENT. 20 FOOT WIND........SOUTHWEST WINDS 12 TO 22 MPH DECREASING TO 6 TO 12 MPH AFTER 9 OR 10 PM. GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH BEFORE SUNSET. FOR TUESDAY CLOUDS/WEATHER......MOSTLY SUNNY. CHC OF PRECIP.......0 PERCENT. TEMPERATURE.........MAX 87-91. RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 10-15 PERCENT. 20 FOOT WIND........SOUTH WINDS 7 TO 10 MPH INCREASING TO SOUTHWEST 12 TO 20 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH POSSIBLE. 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...43 $$ REQUESTED BY...LANN MOORE REASON FOR REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20090615.UPPER.01/ABQ