FNUS75 KABQ 181345
FWSABQ

SPOT FORECAST FOR KIRTLAND 1 FIRE...NAVAJO REGION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
745 AM MDT TUE MAY 18 2010

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

NOTE...JUST FYI. YOUR DRY AND WET BULB OBSERVATION YIELDS DEWPOINT OF
NEAR 34 NOT 47 DEGREES. BUT YOUR CALCULATED RH WAS ACCURATE.

DISCUSSION...
SOME BREEZINESS NEXT SEVERAL DAYS...BUT CHANCES OF WETTING RAIN ARE
QUITE LOW DUE LARGELY TO DRY LOW AND MID ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS. POOR
TO FAIR RH RECOVERY TONIGHT. HIGH CLOUDS TODAY SHOULD GIVE WAY TO
MORE SUNSHINE WEDNESDAY.

FOR TODAY
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......MOSTLY CLOUDY THIS MORNING...PARTLY CLOUDY
                       LATER AFTERNOON. VERY SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS
                       AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......10 PERCENT. WETTING RAIN VERY UNLIKELY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....68-72.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 13-18 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT).........SOUTWEST TO WEST 7 TO 14 MPH INCREASING TO
                       11 TO 18 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. AFTERNOON GUSTS
                       BETWEEN 20 AND 25 MPH POSSIBLE...BUT A LITTLE
                       LOWER IF HIGH CLOUDS REMAIN THICKER THAN
                       EXPECTED. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS NEAR ANY
                       SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.

FOR TONIGHT
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF
                       SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......10 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....44-48.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MAX 44-49 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT).........WEST DIMINISHING TO 7 TO 15 MPH AFTER 9 PM.
                       GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS NEAR ANY SHOWERS AND
                       STORMS IN THE EVENING.

FOR WEDNESDAY
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY CLOUDY.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....64-69.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 17-22 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT).........SOUTHWEST TO WEST 5 TO 10 MPH INCREASING TO
                       WEST 10 TO 18 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. GUSTS UP
                       TO 20 OR 25 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.

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...43

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REQUESTED BY...LEO BELONE
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
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