FNUS75 KABQ 312005
FWSABQ

SPOT FORECAST FOR CHATITO...BLM
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
205 PM MDT FRI JUL 31 2009

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

NOTE: THE DEWPOINT AND RH YOU CALCULATED FROM YOUR TEMPERATURE AND
WET BULB READING ARE INCORRECT. ACTUAL RH CALCULATED FROM YOUR TEMP.
AND WET BULB IS 21 PERCENT AND DEWPOINT IS 38 DEGREES...MORE IN
LINE WITH SURROUNDING OBSERVATION SITES. THOSE WILL BE USED AS
INITIAL VALUES IN THIS FORECAST.

DISCUSSION...
TREND TOWARD FEWER AND DRIER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE NEXT
1 TO 2 DAYS. LOWER AFTERNOON RH AND POORER NIGHTTIME RECOVERIES OVER
THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. LIGHT TO LOCALLY MODERATE AFTERNOON BREEZES.

FOR TODAY
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY CLOUDY. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND
                       THUNDERSTORMS AFTER 3 PM. MIX OF DRY AND WET
                       STORMS...THOUGH LIKELY MORE DRY THAN WET.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......10 PERCENT CHANCE OF WETTING RAIN.
   TEMPERATURE.........MAX 85-89.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 14-18 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........FROM THE WEST THROUGH NORTH 7 TO 15 MPH WITH
                       SOME GUSTS TO NEARLY 20 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
                       WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.

FOR TONIGHT
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......BECOMING MOSTLY CLEAR. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF
                       MAINLY DRY THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......10 PERCENT CHANCE OF WETTING RAIN.
   TEMPERATURE.........MIN 48-53.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MAX 50-55 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........FROM THE WEST THROUGH NORTH 6 TO 12 MPH EARLY.
                       THEN AFTER ABOUT 10 PM MAINLY DOWNSLOPE 9 MPH
                       OR LESS. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR
                       THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING.

FOR SATURDAY
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......MOSTLY SUNNY IN THE MORNING...THEN PARTLY
                       CLOUDY WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF DRY
                       THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......LESS THAN 10 PERCENT CHANCE WETTING RAIN.
   TEMPERATURE.........MAX 86-91.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 11-16 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........VARIABLE DIRECTION UNDER 9 MPH EARLY...THEN
                       WEST THROUGH NORTH 7 TO 14 MPH MIDDAY ON.
                       GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS NEAR ANY STORMS 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...43

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REQUESTED BY...IC
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20090731.CHATI.01/ABQ