FNUS75 KABQ 091456
FWSABQ

SPOT FORECAST FOR JACQUEZ...SANTA FE NATIONAL FOREST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
856 AM MDT THU JUL 9 2009

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

DISCUSSION...
STREAM OF MID LEVEL MOISTURE HAS FLOWED UP FROM THE SOUTH. A FEW
EMBEDDED HIGHER BASED SHOWERS WITHIN THIS STREAM WILL MOVE
OFF TO THE NORTH THIS MORNING. REDEVELOPMENT IS CERTAINLY EXPECTED
THIS AFTERNOON. THE CELLS TODAY WILL BE HIT AND MISS AND START
OUT ON THE DRIER SIDE BUT END UP A BIT WETTER LATER ON TODAY. GUSTY
WINDS EMMITTED FROM THE CELLS WILL BE A CONCERN. STORM MOVEMENT WILL
TEND TO BE FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST TODAY. HUMIDITY RECOVERIES
WILL BE BETTER TONIGHT AND HUMIDITY READINGS ON FRIDAY SHOULD BE
SLIGHTLY HIGHER. SOME HUMIDITY FLUCTUATION DUE TO VARYING CLOUD
COVER.

FOR TODAY
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY CLOUDY. PERIODS OF MOSTLY CLOUDY.
                       A CHANCE OF DRY THUNDERSTORMS MOST OF
                       THE DAY. MIX OF WET AND DRY LATE.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......30 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MAX 83-87.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 18-23 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........SOUTHWEST 4 TO 7 MPH BECOMING
                       WEST/SOUTHWEST 7 TO 10 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
                       GUSTS IN THE TEENS TO AROUND 20 MPH.
                       STRONGER GUSTS AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED
                       NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
   MIXING HEIGHT.......11000 FT AGL.
   TRANSPORT WIND......WEST 13 KNOTS.
   VENTILATION CAT.....VERY GOOD/143000 KNOT-FT.

FOR TONIGHT
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF
                       SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......10 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MIN 55-60.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MAX 62-67 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........WEST/SOUTHWEST WINDS 7 TO 10 MPH SHIFTING
                       TO THE SOUTH/SOUTHEAST 1 TO 4 MPH BY
                       MIDNIGHT. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED
                       NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.

FOR FRIDAY
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF
                       SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......40 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MAX 84-88.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 20-25 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........SOUTH/SOUTHWEST WINDS 4 TO 6 MPH SHIFTING
                       TO THE WEST 7 TO 9 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
                       GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR
                       THUNDERSTORMS.
   MIXING HEIGHT.......8500 FT AGL.
   TRANSPORT WIND......WEST 10 KNOTS.
   VENTILATION CAT.....GOOD/85000 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...50

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REQUESTED BY...LOWELL GASSMAN
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20090709.JACQU.01/ABQ