FNUS75 KABQ 130210
FWSABQ

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

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

DISCUSSION...
RADAR INDICATES THE THUNDERSTORM TO THE NORTHEAST OF THE FIRE CONTINUING
TO BUILD AS IT MOVES TOWARD THE EAST AWAY FROM THE FIRE. RADAR
ALSO DEPICTS AN OUTFLOW BOUNDARY APPROACHING THE BURN AREA FROM
THE SOUTHEAST...SO WATCH FOR A WIND SHIFT FROM THAT DIRECTION IN
THE NEXT HOUR TO HOUR AND A HALF. THE RIDGE ALOFT IS CURRENTLY
WEAKING 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. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND
                       THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING...THEN A SLIGHT
                       CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AFTER
                       MIDNIGHT.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......15 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MIN 46-50.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MAX 65-70 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........NORTHEAST WINDS 7 TO 10 MPH SHIFTING TO THE EAST
                       AND SOUTHEAST 7 TO 10 MPH BY 2130L. BECOMING
                       TERRAIN DOMINATED AFTER MIDNIGHT. GUSTY AND
                       ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR SHOWERS AND
                       THUNDERSTORMS.

FOR THURSDAY
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......MOSTLY 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 72-76.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 33-38 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.......6500 FT AGL.
   TRANSPORT WIND......SOUTH 13 KNOTS.
   VENTILATION CAT.....GOOD/84500 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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REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
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