FNUS75 KABQ 131424
FWSABQ

SPOT FORECAST FOR CHIBATO...ABQ.BLM
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
824 AM MDT TUE OCT 13 2009

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

DISCUSSION...
WINDS ALOFT WILL BE OUT OF THE SOUTHWEST THE REST OF TODAY AND
SHOULD TRANSLATE INTO SOME SORT OF SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW
DURING THE AFTERNOON. ALTHOUGH SINCE THE FIRE IS ON A NORTHERLY
ASPECT...SOME VARIABILITY IN WIND DIRECTION SHOULD EXIST. FLOW ALOFT
WILL STRENGTHEN OVERNIGHT AND BECOME WESTERLY. PRETTY STRONG
WESTERLY FLOW ALOFT EXPECTED ON WEDNESDAY AND THAT SHOULD TRANSLATE
TO SOME GUSTINESS AT THE TREE TOP LEVEL. LITTLE TREND IN TEMPERATURE
AND HUMIDITY EXPECTED BETWEEN THE TWO DAYS.

FOR TODAY
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN
                       SHOWERS. MAINLY IN THE MORNING.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......10 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MAX 62-66.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 26-31 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........SOUTH/SOUTHWEST WINDS 4 TO 7 MPH INCREASING
                       TO SOUTHWEST 8 TO 12 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
                       SOME GUSTS IN THE MID TEENS TO LOWER 20S.

FOR TONIGHT
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY CLOUDY.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......0 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MIN 38-42.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MAX 63-69 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........WEST/SOUTHWEST WINDS 6 TO 10 MPH...BECOMING
                       WESTERLY 4 TO 7 MPH. OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 13
                       MPH DURING THE OVERNIGHT.

FOR WEDNESDAY
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......MOSTLY SUNNY.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......0 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MAX 62-66.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 27-32 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........WEST WINDS 5 TO 7 MPH INCREASING TO 11 TO
                       16 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH.

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...ZACK
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20091013.CHIBA.01/ABQ