FNUS75 KABQ 041312
FWSABQ

SPOT FORECAST FOR OJO SPRINGS...CIBOLA NF
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
712 AM MDT TUE AUG 4 2009

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

DISCUSSION...THE HIGH PRESSURE CENTER ALOFT OVER NEW MEXICO WILL
REMAIN MORE OR LESS STATIONARY THROUGH AT LEAST THURSDAY WITH LOW
DAYTIME RH AND WARMER THAN NORMAL AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES. NIGHTTIME
RH RECOVERY WILL BE MARGINAL AT BEST. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE ISOLATED
TO WIDELY SCATTERED...FEWER IN NUMBER THAN IS NORMAL FOR EARLY
AUGUST.  OVER WESTERN AND CENTRAL NEW MEXICO...THE ENVIRONMENT IS
PRIME FOR ISOLATED DRY THUNDERSTORMS TODAY AND TOMORROW GIVEN THE
THE FORECAST HOT SURFACE TEMPERATURES AND LOW RH VALUES. HOWEVER...
WIDESPREAD DRY THUNDER IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

THE HIGH WILL LIKELY BEGIN TO SHIFT FURTHER TO THE EAST STARTING
THURSDAY AS A LOW ALOFT MOVES EAST FROM NORTHERN CALIFORNIA TO
NEVADA. THIS SHIFT SHOULD OPEN UP WESTERN NEW MEXICO TO AN INCREASE
IN LOW AND MID LEVEL MOISTURE FROM SOUTH TO NORTH THURSDAY THROUGH
FRIDAY.

DRIER AND COOLER AIR ON SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT COULD INVADE NORTHWEST
NEW MEXICO THIS WEEKEND WHILE THE MOISTURE SETTLES IN THE SOUTH AND
EAST.


FOR TODAY
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......MOSTLY SUNNY IN THE MORNING...THEN PARTLY
                       CLOUDY WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                       THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......20 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MAX 89-93.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 17-22 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........TERRAIN DOMINATED LESS THAN 8 MPH BECOMING
                       SOUTH 7 TO 9 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. GUSTY AND
                       ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN
                       THE AFTERNOON.

FOR TONIGHT
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY CLOUDY. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS
                       AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......20 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MIN 59-63.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MAX 42-47 PERCENT.

FOR WEDNESDAY
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......MOSTLY SUNNY IN THE MORNING...THEN PARTLY
                       CLOUDY WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                       THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......20 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MAX 90-94.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 16-21 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........SOUTH WINDS 7 TO 10 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...01

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REQUESTED BY...ADRIAN PADILLA
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20090804.OJOSP.01/ABQ