FNUS75 KABQ 130259
FWSABQ

SPOT FORECAST FOR HATCHERY...SANTA FE NATIONAL FOREST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
859 PM MDT WED AUG 12 2009

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

DISCUSSION...
RADAR INDICATES THAT A SHOWER OR THUNDERSTORM WILL BE POSSIBLE AT
THE BURN SITE OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS AS SCATTERED
THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP OVER THE SAN PEDRO PARKS
WILDERNESS AND TRACK SOUTHEASTWARD THROUGH THE VALLES CALDERA AND
LOS ALAMOS AT SPEEDS UP TO 10 MPH. THUS...EXPECT GUSTY AND ERRATIC
WINDS THROUGH LATE EVENING WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR GUSTS AS HIGH AS
45 MPH. LATER TONIGHT THERE WILL CONTINUE TO BE A SLIGHT CHANCE OF
ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. THE RIDGE ALOFT IS CURRENTLY
WEAKENING AND A SERIES OF UPPER LEVEL TROUGHS ARE EXPECTED TO
CROSS THROUGH THE WEEKEND WITH DAILY ROUNDS OF SCATTERED AFTERNOON
AND EVENING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. AT THIS TIME THE HIGHEST
PROBABILITY OF PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND
EVENING.


FOR TONIGHT
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......MOSTLY CLOUDY. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
                       THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING...THEN A SLIGHT
                       CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AFTER
                       MIDNIGHT.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......30 PERCENT IN THE EVENING...DECREASING TO
                       10 PERCENT AFTER MIDNIGHT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MIN 47-51.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MAX 61-66 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED THROUGH
                       LATE EVENING WITH THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AREA.
                       OTHEWISE EXPECT SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST WINDS AT
                       7 TO 9 MPH.

FOR THURSDAY
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY CLOUDY. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS
                       AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MORNING...THEN
                       SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                       AFTERNOON.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......40 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MAX 67-71.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 37-42 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........TERRAIN DOMINATED LESS THAN 8 MPH BECOMING
                       SOUTHWEST 7 TO 9 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. GUSTY
                       AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR
                       THUNDERSTORMS.
   MIXING HEIGHT.......7000 FT AGL.
   TRANSPORT WIND......SOUTH 14 KNOTS.
   VENTILATION CAT.....GOOD/98000 KNOT-FT.

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...44

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REQUESTED BY...ENG-202
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20090812.HATCH.01/ABQ