FNUS75 KABQ 071351
FWSABQ

SPOT FORECAST FOR CHIVATO...NM-BLM
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
751 AM MDT FRI AUG 7 2009

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

DISCUSSION...
DRY WEATHER PATTERN FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS WITH MINIMUM RH MUCH
LOWER THIS AFTERNOON THAN THURSDAY AND BREEZY AFTERNOON WINDS. FOR
ABOUT AN HOUR OR TWO IN THE MID OR LATE AFTERNOON TODAY WINDS AND RH
MAY APPROACH CRITICAL VALUES. WINDS SHOULD BE A LITTLE LIGHTER
SATURDAY COMPARED TO TODAY. FAIR RH RECOVERIES NEXT FEW NIGHTS.
AFTERNOON TEMPS SHOULD BEGIN TO WARM A LITTLE STARTING SUNDAY.

FOR TODAY
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......MOSTLY SUNNY.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......0 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MAX 80-85.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 16-20 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........TERRAIN DOMINATED 5 TO 10 MPH TIL ABOUT 10 AM
                       THEN VARYING FROM THE SOUTHWEST THROUGH
                       NORTHWEST 8 TO 18 MPH AND INCREASING TO 15 TO
                       20 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. GUSTS TO AROUND 25
                       MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.

FOR TONIGHT
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......MOSTLY CLEAR.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......0 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MIN 45-49.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MAX 47-52 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........SOUTHWEST THROUGH NORTHWEST DECREASING TO 7 TO
                       14 MPH AFTER ABOUT 9 PM. GUSTS TO BETWEEN 20
                       AND 25 MPH EARLY EVENING. TERRAIN DOMINATED 5
                       TO 10 MPH AFTER ABOUT 1 AM.

FOR SATURDAY
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......MOSTLY SUNNY.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......0 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MAX 79-84.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 14-19 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........TERRAIN DOMINATED 5 TO 11 MPH THEN SOUTHWEST
                       THROUGH NORTHWEST TO 10 TO 17 MPH IN THE
                       AFTERNOON. GUSTS TO AROUND 20 MPH 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 20090807.CHIVA.01/ABQ