FNUS75 KABQ 210205
FWSABQ

SPOT FORECAST FOR MESA...SANTA FE NATIONAL FOREST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
805 PM MDT MON JUL 20 2009

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

DISCUSSION...UPPER LEVEL HIGH PRESSURE REMAINS WEST OF THE STATE.
ANOTHER ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS AND SHOWERS THIS EVENING...MAINLY
OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN. NOT A LOT OF RAIN THIS EVENING BUT GUSTY
OUTFLOWS ARE MORE LIKELY. A FRONT MOVING INTO THE NORTHEAST CORNER
OF THE STATE WILL PUSH SOUTHWARD AND WESTWARD OVERNIGHT. WINDS WILL
BECOME EAST THEN SOUTHEAST AT THE BURN SITE AND TOMORROWS MAX
TEMPERATURES WILL BE A BIT COOLER WITH HIGHER RELATIVE HUMIDITIES
A BIT HIGHER.

FOR TONIGHT
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......MOSTLY CLOUDY IN THE EVENING THEN BECOMING
                       PARTLY CLOUDY. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND
                       THUNDERSTORMS.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......20 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MIN 58-62.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MAX 85-90 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........NORTH WINDS 4 TO 8 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
                       WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.

FOR TUESDAY
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY CLOUDY IN THE MORNING...THEN MOSTLY
                       CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                       THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......40 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MAX 80-84.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 32-37 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........EAST WINDS 7 TO 10 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
                       SOUTHEAST IN THE AFTERNOON. GUSTY AND
                       ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS
                       IN THE AFTERNOON.
   MIXING HEIGHT.......9500 FT AGL.
   TRANSPORT WIND......SOUTH 8 KNOTS.
   VENTILATION CAT.....GOOD/76000 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...40

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REQUESTED BY...634
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
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