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SPOT FORECAST FOR GRANTS...CIBOLA NATIONAL FOREST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
1011 AM MDT SUN JUL 19 2009

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

DISCUSSION...
SLIGHTLY LESS HOT TODAY AFTER LAST NIGHTS BACK DOOR COOL
FRONT...BUT MINIMUM HUMIDITIES WILL RETURN TO AROUND 15 PERCENT.
THE MID LEVEL HIGH PRESSURE CENTER WILL WOBBLE AROUND ARIZONA FOR
THE NEXT WEEK AND STEER STORMS THAT FORM ON THE CONTINENTAL
DIVIDE TO TRAVEL SOUTH OR SOUTHEAST. THEREFORE...EXPECT A
PERSISTENT DIURNAL PATTERN OF ISOLATED AFTERNOON AND EVENING
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EACH DAY THROUGH AT LEAST MID WEEK. SOME
STORMS WILL PRODUCE LITTLE OR NO RAIN AND WIND GUSTS AROUND 45
MPH. AFTER TEMPERATURES AND HUMIDITIES NEAR TODAYS VALUES ON
MONDAY...ANOTHER BACK DOOR COLD FRONT WILL ARRIVE TUESDAY MORNING
WITH A BRIEF WIND SHIFT OUT OF THE SOUTHEAST...SLIGHTLY COOLER
TEMPERATURES AND SLIGHTLY HIGHER HUMIDITY.


FOR TODAY
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY BY LATE IN THE
                       AFTERNOON WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS
                       AND THUNDERSTORMS.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......10 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MAX 85-89.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 13-18 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........EAST WINDS 4 TO 6 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
                       NORTHWEST 7 TO 10 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
                       GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR
                       THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
   MIXING HEIGHT.......11000 FT AGL.
   TRANSPORT WIND......NORTHWEST 15 KNOTS.
   VENTILATION CAT.....EXCELLENT/165000 KNOT-FT.

FOR TONIGHT
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF
                       SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......10 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MIN 58-62.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MAX 36-41 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........WEST AND NORTHWEST WINDS 7 TO 12 MPH...
                       DECREASING TO 6 TO 8 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.
                       GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR
                       THUNDERSTORMS.

FOR MONDAY
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY CLOUDY. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS
                       AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......20 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MAX 85-89.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 13-18 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........NORTHWEST WINDS 7 TO 12 MPH INCREASING TO 15
                       TO 20 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. GUSTS UP TO 30
                       MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR
                       THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
   MIXING HEIGHT.......12000 FT AGL.
   TRANSPORT WIND......NORTHWEST 25 KNOTS.
   VENTILATION CAT.....EXCELLENT/300000 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...44

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REQUESTED BY...IC
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20090719.GRANT.01/ABQ