FNUS75 KABQ 280002
FWSABQ

SPOT FORECAST FOR GARY...SANTA FE NATIONAL FOREST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
602 PM MDT SAT JUN 27 2009

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

DISCUSSION...ACTIVE MOISTURE PLUME IS STRETCHED ACROSS THE STATE
FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST. THIS BAND IS POSITIONED A LITTLE EAST
OF THE WILDFIRE SITE. THERE WILL BE AN ISOLATED SHOWER THIS EVENING
THEN MORE WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LATER TONIGHT AS A
COLD FRONT BACKS INTO THE AREA FROM THE EAST AND SHIFTS THE WINDS
TO THE SOUTHEAST. RH RECOVERIES WILL BE VERY GOOD OVERNIGHT.  WHILE
LOW LEVEL MOISTURE IS NOT EXPECTED TO INCREASE ON SUNDAY...RELATIVE
HUMIDITIES WILL INCREASE AT THE BURN SITE DUE TO LOWER TEMPERATURES
AND AN INCREASE IN THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE. LIGHTNING THREATS CONTINUE
BOTH TONIGHT AND SUNDAY.

FOR TONIGHT
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS BECOMING SCATTERED.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......50 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MIN 48-52.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MAX 85-90 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........VARIABLE WINDS 3 TO 6 MPH BECOMING
                       SOUTHEAST 7 TO 12 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.
                       GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR
                       THUNDERSTORMS.

FOR SUNDAY
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......60 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MAX 62-66.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 52-57 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........SOUTHEAST WINDS 7 TO 9 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
                       SOUTH 7 TO 10 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. GUSTY
                       AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR
                       THUNDERSTORMS.
   MIXING HEIGHT.......8000 FT AGL.
   TRANSPORT WIND......SOUTHEAST 6 KNOTS.
   VENTILATION CAT.....FAIR/48000 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...40

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REQUESTED BY...234
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20090627.GARY_.01/ABQ