FNUS75 KABQ 131720
FWSABQ

SPOT FORECAST FOR MAIN...USFS SANDIA DIST.
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
1120 AM MDT THU AUG 13 2009

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

DISCUSSION...
TEMPORARY WETTER PATTERN COMING UP STARTING LATE TODAY THROUGH FRIDAY
FOLLOWED BY SOME DRIER CONDITIONS OVER THE WEEKEND. AFTERNOON MINIMUM
RH SOMEWHAT HIGHER THIS AND FRIDAY AFTERNOON COMPARED TO RECENT
DAYS. GOOD TO EXCELLENT RH RECOVERIES FOR AT LEAST THE NEXT 2 TO 4
NIGHTS. STORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING WILL LIKELY BE A
MIX OF WET AND DRY...THEN SHOWERS AND STORMS SHOULD BE COMPLETELY OF
WET VARIETY LATER TONIGHT THROUGH AT LEAST FRIDAY.

FOR TODAY
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY CLOUDY. A FEW MOSTLY WET SHOWERS AND
                       THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE AFTER 2 PM.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......30 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MAX 80-85.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 31-36 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........FROM SOUTHEAST TO SOUTHWEST INCREASING TO 7 TO
                       15 MPH AFTER NOON OR 1 PM. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
                       WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.

FOR TONIGHT
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......MOSTLY CLOUDY. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
                       THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING...THEN A
                       CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AFTER
                       MIDNIGHT.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......50 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MIN 55-59.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MAX 75-80 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........SOUTHEAST THROUGH SOUTHWEST 7 TO 14 MPH EARLY
                       EVENING BECOMING MORE TERRAIN DOMINATED 5 TO
                       11 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR
                       THUNDERSTORMS.

FOR FRIDAY
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                       THUNDERSTORMS.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......40 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MAX 75-80.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 38-43 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........VARIABLE DIRECTION 5 TO 10 MPH THROUGH MID TO
                       LATE MORNING...THEN FROM SOUTH THROUGH WEST 7
                       TO 15 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED
                       NEAR 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...43

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REQUESTED BY...703
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
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