FNUS75 KABQ 291558
FWSABQ

SPOT FORECAST FOR VIEW...SANTA FE NATIONAL FOREST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
958 AM MDT TUE SEP 29 2009

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

DISCUSSION...
WEAK RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE THIS MORNING WILL GIVE WAY TO INCREASING
SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW AND MILD TO WARM AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES.

A DEEP AND COLD TROUGH ALOFT DEVELOPING FROM THE UPPER GREAT BASIN
TO THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST WILL DROP SOUTHEAST TONIGHT AND GENERATE
MODERATE TO STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS ACROSS NORTHERN NEW MEXICO
WEDNESDAY.

FOR TODAY
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......MOSTLY SUNNY IN THE MORNING THEN BECOMING
                       PARTLY CLOUDY.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......0 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MAX 67-71.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 24-29 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........TERRAIN DOMINATED LESS THAN 8 MPH BECOMING
                       SOUTHWEST 8 TO 12 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.

FOR TONIGHT
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY CLOUDY.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......0 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MIN 44-48.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MAX 55-60 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........SOUTH WINDS 8 TO 11 MPH IN THE EVENING
                       BECOMING TERRAIN DOMINATED LESS THAN 7 MPH.

FOR WEDNESDAY
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF
                       AFTERNOON SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......20 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MAX 65-69.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 19-24 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........SOUTHWEST WINDS 7 TO 12 MPH INCREASING TO 17
                       TO 22 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. GUSTS UP TO 30
                       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...07

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REQUESTED BY...JAMES FOLEY
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
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