FNUS75 KABQ 250426
FWSABQ

SPOT FORECAST FOR GALLINAS FIRE...SANTA FE NATIONAL FOREST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
1026 PM MDT MON MAY 24 2010

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

DISCUSSION...POOR OVERNIGHT HUMIDITY RECOVERY WITH COLDER LOW
TEMPERATURES AND LIGHTER WINDS.  WARMER TUESDAY WITH SOUTHWEST
WINDS ALOFT AS A WEAK UPPER DISTURBANCE PASSES OVERHEAD DURING
THE AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL TREND TO SOUTH OR SOUTHEASTERLY INTO
TUESDAY EVENING AS A LOW LEVEL EASTERLY GRADIENT BECOMES
ESTABLISHED OVER THE STATE. THIS WILL ALLOW FOR LOW LEVEL
MOISTURE TO INCREASE ESPECIALLY TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY
NIGHT AND COULD RESULT IN A FEW SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
VICINITY OF THE BURN SITE AS EARLY AS TUESDAY AFTERNOON...BUT
WETTING RAINS RESULTING FROM CONVECTION ARE MORE LIKELY WEDNESDAY.

FOR TONIGHT
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......MOSTLY CLEAR.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......0 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....36-41.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MAX 23-28 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT).........NORTHWEST 7 TO 15 MPH BECOMING TERRAIN
                       DOMINATED OR SOUTHEAST 7 TO 12 MPH AFTER
                       MIDNIGHT. GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH.

FOR TUESDAY
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY CLOUDY. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF
                       SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......20 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....66-70.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 15-20 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT).........SOUTHEAST 7 TO 12 MPH INCREASING TO
                       SOUTH 12 TO 17 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. GUSTS
                       UP TO 25 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS
                       EXPECTED NEAR SHOWERS AND 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.

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REQUESTED BY...PAUL MONTOYA
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
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