FNUS75 KABQ 091550
FWSABQ

SPOT FORECAST FOR SALT FIRE...N2S
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
950 AM MDT SUN AUG 9 2009

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

DISCUSSION...A RATHER DRY AIRMASS WILL REMAIN OVER NORTHEASTERN NEW
MEXICO TODAY...HOWEVER A FEW STRAY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL
ATTEMPT TO DEVELOP OFF OF THE SURROUNDING HIGHER TERRAIN LATE THIS
AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EVENING. THE PROSPECTS FOR ANY WETTING RAIN
ARE VERY SLIM. TEMPERATURES WILL REACH THE LOW 80S BY LATE AFTERNOON
WITH HUMIDITY DROPPING LESS THAN 20 PERCENT. WINDS WILL BE LIGHT
FROM THE WEST NORTHWEST...BUT WILL BE SHIFTING FROM THE SOUTH
SOUTHWEST BY LATE AFTERNOON. HUMIDITY WILL ONLY RECOVER TO NEAR 40
PERCENT BY EARLY MONDAY MORNING. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
STORMS WITH WARM TEMPERATURES AND LIGHT WINDS WILL BE THE RULE FOR
MONDAY.


FOR TODAY
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......MOSTLY SUNNY IN THE MORNING THEN BECOMING
                       PARTLY CLOUDY WITH ISOLATED SHOWERS AND
                       THUNDERSTORMS IN THE LATE AFTERNOON.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......10 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MAX 81-85.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 14-19 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
                       SOUTH SOUTHWEST 9 TO 12 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
                       GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS POSSIBLE WITH ANY
                       PASSING SHOWER OR THUNDERSTORM.

FOR TONIGHT
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......MOSTLY CLEAR. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND
                       THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EARLY EVENING.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......10 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MIN 38-42.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MAX 35-40 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........SOUTH SOUTHWEST AT 7 TO 11 MPH IN THE EARLY
                       EVENING. BECOMING TERRAIN DOMINATED LESS THAN
                       5 MPH AFTER 2200 LOCAL TIME. GUSTY AND
                       ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN
                       THE EVENING.

FOR MONDAY
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                       THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......20 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MAX 82-86.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 14-19 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........TERRAIN DOMINATED LESS THAN 5 MPH...SHIFTING
                       TO THE SOUTH 8 TO 11 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
                       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...52

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REQUESTED BY...M  NEATHAMER
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20090809.SALTF.01/ABQ