FNUS75 KABQ 081714
FWSABQ

SPOT FORECAST FOR CHIVATO...CIBOLA NF
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
1114 AM MDT SAT AUG 8 2009

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

DISCUSSION...VERY DRY CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL TODAY...HOWEVER WINDS
ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE AS STRONG AS YESTERDAY. AS TEMPERATURES WARM
TO NEAR 80 DEGREES...HUMIDITY WILL FALL TO LESS THAN 15 PERCENT.
WINDS WILL GRADUALLY INCREASE FROM THE SOUTHWEST...TURNING MORE
WESTERLY BY MID AFTERNOON WITH SPEEDS OF GENERALLY 10 TO 15 MPH.
POOR OVERNIGHT HUMIDITY RECOVERY IS EXPECTED TONIGHT WITH SIMILAR
CONDITIONS ENSUING ON SUNDAY. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO
DEVELOP OVER PORTIONS OF THE WESTERN MOUNTAINS SUNDAY...BUT IT
APPEARS THIS ACTIVITY WILL REMAIN SOUTH OF THE BURN SITE.


FOR TODAY
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......SUNNY.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......0 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MAX 75-79.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 12-17 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 9 MPH IN THE EARLY
                       AFTERNOON...INCREASING TO 10 TO 15
                       MPH IN THE LATE AFTERNOON.

FOR TONIGHT
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......CLEAR.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......0 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MIN 46-50.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MAX 38-43 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........WEST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH...BECOMING TERRAIN
                       DOMINATED AT LESS THAN 5 MPH AFTER 2200
                       LOCAL TIME.

FOR SUNDAY
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......MOSTLY SUNNY.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......0 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MAX 76-80.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 15-20 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........TERRAIN DOMINATED AT LESS THAN 5 MPH IN THE
                       MORNING...BECOMINT WEST 10 TO 16 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...52

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REQUESTED BY...IC
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20090808.CHIVA.02/ABQ