FNUS75 KABQ 200156
FWSABQ

SPOT FORECAST FOR TELEPHONE...SANTA FE NATIONAL FOREST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
756 PM MDT FRI JUN 19 2009

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

DISCUSSION...THICK CLOUD COVER WILL PERSIST ACROSS THE REGION INTO
EARLY SATURDAY AFTERNOON. THE CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
WILL BE ON THE INCREASE THROUGH SATURDAY. THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR
A BATCH OF MODERATE THUNDERSTORMS TO MOVE ACROSS THE SITE BETWEEN
SUNRISE AND NOON SATURDAY. WINDS WILL TURN TO THE SOUTHWEST BEHIND
THIS SYSTEM AS SOME DRIER AIR MOVES IN.

FOR TONIGHT
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF
                       SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......20 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MIN 43-47.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MAX 90-95 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........TERRAIN DOMINATED LESS THAN 6 MPH BECOMING
                       SOUTHEAST 7 TO 10 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. GUSTY
                       AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR
                       THUNDERSTORMS.

FOR SATURDAY
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
                       LIKELY IN THE MORNING...THEN A CHANCE OF
                       SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......60 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MAX 67-71.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 30-35 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........SOUTHEAST 7 TO 12 MPH IN THE MORNING BECOMING
                       SOUTHWEST 7 TO 10 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. GUSTY
                       AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR
                       THUNDERSTORMS.
   MIXING HEIGHT.......8500 FT AGL.
   TRANSPORT WIND......WEST 14 KNOTS.
   VENTILATION CAT.....VERY GOOD/119000 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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REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
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