FNUS75 KABQ 281801
FWSABQ

SPOT FORECAST FOR VIEW...SANTA FE NATIONAL FOREST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
1201 PM MDT MON SEP 28 2009

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

DISCUSSION...
BACK DOOR COLD FRONT HAS PUSHED THROUGH THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS AND
IS AFFECTING THE WILDFIRE SITE. HIGHER HUMIDITY WAS FOUND BEHIND
THIS FRONTAL PUSH BUT THE FRONT COULD STILL BE CONSIDERED A DRY
ONE AS NO PRECIPITATION WILL BE ASSOCIATED WITH IT. WINDS WILL
LIGHTEN UP LATER THIS EVENING...GENERALLY AFTER MIDNIGHT.
PACIFIC TROUGH WILL APPROACH THE AREA ON TUESDAY. AS A RESULT
TEMPERATURES WILL WARM...HIGH CLOUDINESS WILL BUILD IN AND
SOME MODERATE SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS WILL MIX DOWN TO THE SURFACE
LATER IN THE DAY.

FOR TODAY
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......MOSTLY SUNNY.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......0 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MAX 63-65.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 30-35 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........SOUTHEAST/SOUTH WINDS 8 TO 12 MPH.

FOR TONIGHT
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......MOSTLY CLEAR.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......0 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MIN 42-46.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MAX 51-56 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........SOUTHEAST WINDS 7 TO 9 MPH DECREASING TO
                       LIGHT AND VARIABLE 1 TO 3 MPH.

FOR TUESDAY
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......MOSTLY SUNNY IN THE MORNING THEN BECOMING
                       PARTLY CLOUDY.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......0 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MAX 67-71.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 25-30 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........TERRAIN DOMINATED LESS THAN 6 MPH BECOMING
                       SOUTHWEST 8 TO 11 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
                       OCCASIONAL GUSTS IN THE UPPER TEENS TO
                       AROUND 20 MPH ON THE SOUTHWEST ASPECT
                       LATER IN THE DAY.

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...50

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REQUESTED BY...LEONARD MAGDALENA
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
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