FNUS75 KABQ 130115
FWSABQ

SPOT FORECAST FOR SANCHEZ FIRE...NM-CAF
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
715 PM MDT WED AUG 12 2009

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

DISCUSSION...
RADAR DEPICTS ISOLATED RAIN SHOWERS CONTINUING TO DEVELOP OVER THE
EAST SLOPES OF THE SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS THEN TRAVELING SOUTHEASTWARD
TOWARD LATIR PEAK...AND THESE ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH SUNSET.
AN OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING STRIKE WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE
SHOWERS...AND RAIN AMOUNTS SHOULD REMAIN AT OR BELOW ONE TENTH OF
AN INCH. WIND GUSTS COULD REACH AS HIGH AS 40 MPH AS THE SHOWERS
PASS. THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH TONIGHT. THE RIDGE ALOFT IS CURRENTLY
WEAKENING AND A SERIES OF UPPER LEVEL TROUGHS WILL BRING DAILY
ROUNDS OF MAINLY AFTERNOON AND EVENING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
WITH WETTING RAINS TO THE AREA THROUGH THE WEEKEND. AT THIS TIME
THE HIGHEST PROBABILITY FOR PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR
THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING.


FOR TONIGHT
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH ISOLATED SHOWERS AND
                       THUNDERSTORMS.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......20 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MIN 46-50.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MAX 59-64 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
                       WINDS EXPECTED NEAR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.

FOR THURSDAY
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
                       THUNDERSTORMS.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......25 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MAX 68-72.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 31-36 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........WEST AND WEST NORTHWEST WINDS 7 TO 10 MPH. GUSTY
                       AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR SHOWERS AND
                       THUNDERSTORMS.

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...NM TDC
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20090812.SANCH.01/ABQ