FNUS75 KABQ 171436
FWSABQ

SPOT FORECAST FOR YORK CANYON...N2S
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
836 AM MDT FRI JUL 17 2009

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

DISCUSSION...SURFACE MOISTURE HAS INCREASED A BIT BUT STILL ONLY
A LIMITED NUMBER OF THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP TODAY
OVER THE NEARBY HIGHEST TERRAIN.  THESE STORMS WILL THEN MOVE TO THE
SOUTH OR SOUTHEAST WHILE THEY PRODUCE MAINLY GUSTY SURFACE WINDS.
A SURFACE FRONT MOVING THROUGH THE EASTERN PLAINS AND THE EASTERLY
WINDS SHOULD REACH THE BURN SITE BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON OR EARLY
EVENING...USHERING IN ADDITIONAL MOISTURE AND INCREASING THE
CHANCES OF THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT AND SATURDAY. COOLER TEMPERATURES
ON SATURDAY WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY AN INCREASE IN RELATIVE
HUMIDITIES.  THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD HAVE A GREATER CHANCE OF
PRODUCING WETTING RAIN AT THE BURN SITE.

FOR TODAY
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY CLOUDY. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS
                       AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......10 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MAX 83-87.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 15-20 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........NORTHWEST WINDS 7 TO 10 MPH. GUSTY AND
                       ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN
                       THE AFTERNOON.

FOR TONIGHT
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF
                       SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......20 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MIN 46-50.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MAX 76-81 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........EAST WINDS 8 TO 10 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
                       NORTHEAST 7 TO 9 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. GUSTY
                       AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR
                       THUNDERSTORMS.

FOR SATURDAY
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY CLOUDY. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                       THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......30 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MAX 79-83.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 27-32 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........NORTH WINDS 6 TO 8 MPH SHIFTING TO THE EAST
                       7 TO 9 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. 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...V GARCIA
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20090717.YORKC.01/ABQ