FNUS75 KABQ 101452
FWSABQ

SPOT FORECAST FOR SAN MIGUEL...BANDELIER NATIONAL MONUMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
852 AM MDT FRI JUL 10 2009

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

DISCUSSION...
THE AREA STILL HAS A SHOT OF SOME WETTING RAIN TODAY BUT WORKING ON
LOW PERCENTAGES AS THE WETTING RAIN FOOTPRINT OF THE STORMS WILL BE
SMALL. GUSTY WINDS WILL REMAIN THE BIGGEST CONCERN. STORM MOVEMENT
WILL BE FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST. GUSTY WINDS EMITTED BY PASSING
SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL BE THE BIGGEST THREAT. PEAK GUST POTENTIAL
REMAINS BETWEEN 40 TO 45 MPH BUT GENERAL GUSTS SHOULD RANGE BETWEEN
25 TO 35 MPH. HUMIDITY VALUES SHOULD SHOW AN UPTICK TODAY BUT MAKE
A DOWNTURN ON SATURDAY. CONTINUED HOT. LESS OF A CHANCE OF STORM
ACTIVITY ON SATURDAY AS DRIER AIR ALOFT MOVES IN FROM THE SOUTH.

FOR TODAY
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY CLOUDY. PERIODS OF MOSTLY CLOUDY.
                       A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......30 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MAX 88-90.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 19-22 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........UPSLOPE WINDS 4 TO 7 MPH BECOMING A MIXTURE
                       OF UPSLOPE/SOUTHWEST EARLY AFTERNOON AND
                       EVENTUALLY BECOMING SOUTHWESTERLY DURING THE
                       AFTERNOON. SPEEDS 7 TO 10 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL
                       GUSTS IN THE TEENS. STRONGER GUSTS AND
                       ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.

FOR TONIGHT
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF
                       SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...MAINLY
                       EARLY TO MID EVENING. BECOMING MOSTLY CLEAR
                       AFTER MIDNIGHT.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......20 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MIN 59-63.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MAX 46-51 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........WEST/SOUTHWEST 5 TO 9 MPH BECOMING
                       BECOMING TERRAIN DOMINATED LESS THAN 6 MPH.
                       GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR
                       THUNDERSTORMS.

FOR SATURDAY
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......MOSTLY SUNNY IN THE MORNING...BECOMING
                       PARTLY CLOUDY DURING THE AFTERNOON. SLIGHT
                       CHANCE OF DRIER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......10 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MAX 90-92.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 14-17 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........EAST/SOUTHEAST WINDS 4 TO 7 MPH SHIFTING
                       TO SOUTH/SOUTHWEST DURING THE AFTERNOON.
                       SPEEDS 7 TO TO 10 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL
                       GUSTS IN THE TEENS. 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...MARLA RODGERS
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20090710.SANMI.01/ABQ