FNUS75 KABQ 181619 FWSABQ SPOT FORECAST FOR TECELOTE...SANTA FE NATIONAL FOREST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 1019 AM MDT SAT JUL 18 2009 IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. DISCUSSION... ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP OVER THE HIGH TERRAIN LATE THIS MORNING AND THEY WILL BECOME SCATTERED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. LOOK FOR WINDS TO SHIFT OUT OF THE EAST TONIGHT AS A BACK DOOR COLD FRONT BANKS UP AGAINST THE CENTRAL MOUNTAIN CHAIN. THE CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL RETURN AGAIN SUNDAY...THEN A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED MONDAY. MOST OF THE STORMS THAT FORM THE NEXT COUPLE DAYS WILL MOVE TOWARD THE SOUTHEAST OR SOUTH. FOR TODAY CLOUDS/WEATHER......BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY WITH ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE LATE MORNING. THEN...BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. CHC OF PRECIP.......40 PERCENT. TEMPERATURE.........MAX 82-86. RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 21-26 PERCENT. 20 FOOT WIND........SOUTH WINDS 7 TO 10 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. FOR TONIGHT CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY CLOUDY. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING...THEN A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AFTER MIDNIGHT. CHC OF PRECIP.......40 PERCENT. TEMPERATURE.........MIN 48-52. RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MAX 83-88 PERCENT. 20 FOOT WIND........SOUTHEAST WINDS 7 TO 10 MPH SHIFTING TO THE EAST 7 TO 9 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS. FOR SUNDAY CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. CHC OF PRECIP.......30 PERCENT. TEMPERATURE.........MAX 75-79. RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 31-36 PERCENT. 20 FOOT WIND........TERRAIN DOMINATED LESS THAN 8 MPH BECOMING SOUTH 7 TO 9 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. 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...44 $$ REQUESTED BY...CHASE 201 REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20090718.TECEL.01/ABQ