FNUS75 KABQ 271803
FWSABQ

SPOT FORECAST FOR D...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
1203 PM MDT MON JUL 27 2009

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

DISCUSSION...
THERE WILL BE LESS COVERAGE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TODAY
VERUS YESTERDAY ALTHOUGH STORMS WILL STILL EXIST. STORM MOVEMENT
WILL BE TOWARDS THE SOUTHEAST SO WATCH FOR STORMS DEVELOPING
OVERHEAD OR MOVING IN FROM THE JEMEZ. A LITTLE MORE COVERAGE OF
WETTING STORMS EXPECTED ON TUESDAY...ESPECIALLY IN THE EVENING.
STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE ASSOCIATED WITH INFLOWS AND OUTFLOWS
FROM STORM CELLS.

FOR TODAY
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF SHOWERS
                       AND THUNDERSTORMS.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......40 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MAX 68-70.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 37-40 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 7 MPH BUT EXPECT ERRATIC
                       WINDS AS CELLS DEVELOP OVER THE HIGHER
                       TERRAIN. STRONG GUSTS POSSIBLE NEAR STORMS.

FOR TONIGHT
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                       THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING...THEN PARTLY
                       CLOUDY WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                       THUNDERSTORMS AFTER MIDNIGHT.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......30 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MIN 52-56.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MAX 69-74 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........NORTH/NORTHWEST WINDS 6 TO 8 MPH BECOMING
                       LIGHT AND VARIABLE. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
                       WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.

FOR TUESDAY
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY. A SLIGHT CHANCE
                       OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                       MORNING...THEN A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                       THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......40 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MAX 72-74.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 31-34 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........TERRAIN DOMINATED LESS THAN 6 MPH BECOMING
                       WEST/NORTHWEST 5 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...50

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REQUESTED BY...ERIC ZAHARIS
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
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