FNUS75 KABQ 201359
FWSABQ

SPOT FORECAST FOR SAN MIGUEL...NPS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
759 AM MDT MON JUL 20 2009

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

DISCUSSION...SIMILAR WEATHER PATTERN TO CONTINUE ACROSS THE JEMEZ
MOUNTAINS THROUGH NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS WITH ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES
AND ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OFF OF THE HIGH
TERRAIN IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. HUMIDITY WILL BOTTOM OUT NEAR
15 PERCENT THIS AFTERNOON...ONLY RECOVERING TO NEAR 40 PERCENT
OVERNIGHT. OUTFLOWS FROM THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE GUSTY AND ERRATIC
WITH ISOLATED THREAT OF DRY LIGHTNING.


FOR PLANNED IGNITION TIME OF 0747 MDT 7/20/09
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF
                       SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......20 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MAX 91-95.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 14-19 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........TERRAIN DOMINATED AT LESS THAN 5 MPH THROUGH
                       MID MORNING. SHIFTING NORTHWESTERLY AND
                       INCREASING TO 10 GUSTING TO 22 MPH BY MID
                       AFTERNOON. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED
                       NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
   MIXING HEIGHT.......12500 FT AGL.
   TRANSPORT WIND......NORTHWEST 21 KNOTS.
   VENTILATION CAT.....EXCELLENT/262500 KNOT-FT.

FOR TONIGHT
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF
                       SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......20 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MIN 40-45 PERCENT.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MAX 48-53 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........NORTHWEST WINDS 8 TO 15 MPH. GRADUALLY BECOMING
                       NORTH 7 TO 10 MPH IN THE LATE EVEINING AND
                       TERRAIN DOMINATED LESS THAN 5 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.
                       GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS
                       EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.

FOR TUESDAY
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY CLOUDY. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS
                       AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MORNING...THEN A
                       CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                       AFTERNOON.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......30 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MAX 85-89.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 23-28 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........TERRAIN DOMINATED LESS THAN 5 MPH SHIFTING
                       TO THE EAST SOUTHEAST AT 8 TO 11 MPH
                       IN THE AFTERNOON. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS
                       EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
   MIXING HEIGHT.......11000 FT AGL.
   TRANSPORT WIND......NORTHWEST 10 KNOTS.
   VENTILATION CAT.....VERY GOOD/110000 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...52

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REQUESTED BY...FRANK GONZALES
REASON FOR REQUEST...WFU
.TAG 20090720.SANMI.01/ABQ