FNUS75 KABQ 191902
FWSABQ

SPOT FORECAST FOR ALKALAI SPRINGS...US FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
102 PM MDT MON APR 19 2010

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

DISCUSSION...
HIGHER HUMIDITY WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT. IT APPEARS THAT THE
BEST CHANCE FOR STORMS WILL BE TO THE SOUTH AND EAST OF THE FIRE
AREA BUT CANT RULE OUT A PASSING SHOWER OR STORM. THE ABUNDANT
CLOUD COVER OBSERVED EARLIER SLOWED THE THUNDERSTORM MAKING PROCESS
DOWN BUT THE ATMOSPHERE IS BECOMING UNSTABLE ENOUGH EARLY THIS
AFTERNOON. WIND FLOWS OVERALL WILL BE LIGHT EXCEPT FOR NEAR SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS. STORM MOVEMENT WILL BE TOWARDS THE EAST/SOUTHEAST
AT 10 MPH.

FOR TODAY
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......MOSTLY CLOUDY. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF
                       SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......20 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....63-65.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 38-41 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT).........SOUTHWEST 7 TO 9 MPH. OCCASIONAL GUSTS IN
                       LOW TO MID TEENS. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS
                       EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
MIXING HEIGHT....... .14500 FT AGL.
   TRANSPORT WIND......WEST 10 KNOTS.
   VENTILATION CAT.....VERY GOOD/145000 KNOT-FT.

FOR TONIGHT
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......MOSTLY CLOUDY. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS
                       AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING...THEN A
                       SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS AFTER
                       MIDNIGHT.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......10 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....33-37.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MAX 88-93 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT).........WEST/NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 7 MPH IN THE
                       EARTLY TO MID EVENING BECOMING TERRAIN
                       DOMINATED LESS THAN 5 MPH.
                       GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR
                       THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING.

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...LOWEL GASSMAN
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20100419.ALKAL.01/ABQ