FNUS75 KABQ 191516
FWSABQ

SPOT FORECAST FOR TECOLOTE...SANTA FE NATIONAL FOREST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
916 AM MDT SUN JUL 19 2009

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

DISCUSSION...
SLIGHTLY COOLER WITH SOMEWHAT HIGHER MINIMUM HUMIDITY TODAY AFTER
YESTERDAYS BACK DOOR COLD FRONT. THE MID LEVEL HIGH PRESSURE
CENTER WILL WOBBLE AROUND ARIZONA FOR THE NEXT WEEK AND CAUSE
STORMS THAT FORM ON THE HIGHEST TERRAIN TO TRAVEL SOUTH OR
SOUTHEAST. THEREFORE...EXPECT A PERSISTENT DIURNAL PATTERN OF SCATTERED
AFTERNOON AND EVENING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EACH DAY THROUGH
AT LEAST MID WEEK. SOME STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING ONE
HALF TO THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH OF RAIN...FREQUENT CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING...SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS AROUND 40 MPH. AFTER
SLIGHTLY WARMER TEMPERATURES ON MONDAY...ANOTHER BACK DOOR COLD
FRONT WILL PASS MONDAY EVENING...RESULTING IN TEMPERATURES A FEW
DEGREES COOLER ON TUESDAY.


FOR TODAY
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY WITH ISOLATED
                       SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AROUND MID DAY.
                       THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH SCATTERED
                       SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......40 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MAX 75-79.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 32-37 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........LIGHT DOWNSLOPE/DOWN VALLEY BREEZE IN THE
                       MORNING LESS THAN 8 MPH...BECOMING
                       SOUTHWEST 7 TO 10 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
                       GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR
                       THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.

FOR TONIGHT
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......MOSTLY CLOUDY. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
                       THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING...THEN
                       A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                       THUNDERSTORMS AFTER MIDNIGHT.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......30 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MIN 50-54.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MAX 61-66 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........SOUTH WINDS 7 TO 9 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
                       SOUTHWEST AFTER MIDNIGHT. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
                       WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.

FOR MONDAY
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY CLOUDY IN THE MORNING...THEN MOSTLY
                       CLOUDY WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
                       THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......30 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MAX 76-80.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 26-31 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........NORTHWEST WINDS 7 TO 12 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...44

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REQUESTED BY...CHASE 201
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20090719.TECOL.01/ABQ