FNUS75 KABQ 140041
FWSABQ

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

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

DISCUSSION...
RADAR INDICATES A THUNDERSTORM WILL APPROACH THE BURN AREA FROM THE
SOUTHEAST THROUGH 2100L...THEN INTERMITTENT SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE LIKELY FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE NIGHT AS A
POTENT UPPER LEVEL TROUGH CROSSES CENTRAL NEW MEXICO. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO LINGER FRIDAY AS HIGH
TEMPERATURES REMAIN COOL. ISOLATED AND MAINLY AFTERNOON AND
EVENING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS WEEKEND AS
TEMPERATURES REBOUND AND HUMIDITIES DECREASE.


FOR TONIGHT
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......70 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MIN 49-53.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MAX 95-100 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........LOOK FOR WINDS TO SHIFT OUT OF THE SOUTHEAST
                       FROM 7 TO 10 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH AS
                       A THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES THE BURN AREA FROM
                       THE SOUTHEAST THROUGH 2100L. THEN...WINDS
                       WILL REMAIN OUT OF THE EAST AND SOUTHEAST AT
                       5 TO 8 MPH FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE NIGHT.
                       WIND DIRECTIONS MAY BECOME ERRATIC AND
                       SPEEDS MAY GUST NEAR SHOWERS AND
                       THUNDERSTORMS.

FOR FRIDAY
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                       THUNDERSTORMS.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......50 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MAX 70-74.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 46-51 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 7 MPH IN THE MORNING...
                       SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST 7 TO 10 MPH IN THE
                       AFTERNOON. 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...44

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