FNUS75 KABQ 172045
FWSABQ

SPOT FORECAST FOR TECOLOTE...SANTA FE NATIONAL FOREST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
245 PM MDT FRI JUL 17 2009

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

DISCUSSION...SHOWERS AND SOME THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP
THIS AFTERNOON OVER THE HIGH TERRAIN THEN MOVE TO THE SOUTH.  A
SURFACE BOUNDARY WILL REACH THE BURN SITE THIS EVENING WITH EAST
WINDS USHERING IN SOME LOW LEVEL MOISTURE.  YET ANOTHER ROUND OF
THUNDERSTORMS AND SHOWERS WILL DEVELOP ON SATURDAY...FIRST OVER THE
HIGHER TERRAIN THEN MOVING TO THE SOUTH. TEMPERATURES WILL BE A LITTLE
COOLER ON SATURDAY WITH SLIGHT INCREASES IN MINIMUM RH.


FOR THE REMAINDER OF THIS AFTERNOON
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS
                       OR A THUNDERSTORM.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......30 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MAX 80-85.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 19-24 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 7 TO 9 MPH. GUSTY
                       AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR AND AT A
                       DISTANCE FROM THUNDERSTORMS.

FOR TONIGHT
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY CLOUDY. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                       THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING...THEN A SLIGHT
                       CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AFTER
                       MIDNIGHT. LOW CLOUDS POSSIBLE AROUND
                       SUNRISE.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......30 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MIN 48-52.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MAX 75-80 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........EAST WINDS 7 TO 9 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
                       SOUTHEAST AFTER MIDNIGHT. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
                       WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.

FOR SATURDAY
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......MOSTLY CLOUDY. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                       THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......30 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MAX 77-81.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 25-30 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........SOUTH WINDS 7 TO 10 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
                       WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                       AFTERNOON.

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...05

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REQUESTED BY...E-501
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
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