FNUS75 KABQ 261943
FWSABQ

SPOT FORECAST FOR H-12...N.M. STATE FORESTRY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
143 PM MDT WED MAY 26 2010

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

DISCUSSION...
ABUNDANT MOISTURE SETTLED INTO THE SANGRE DE CRISTOS THIS
MORNING BUT WILL GRADUALLY MIX OUT AND EVENTUALLY STABILIZE
THIS AFTERNOON. HUMIDITY WILL VARY SOME DUE TO INCREASES
AND DECREASES IN CLOUD COVER BUT LOOK FOR READINGS MAINLY
IN THE 30S MOST OF THE DAY. WINDS WILL OCCASIONALLY BREEZE
FROM A SOUTHERLY DIRECTION TODAY. SIMILAR WINDS FOR
THURSDAY. HUMIDITY WILL RECOVER NICELY TONIGHT AS MORE
MOISTURES PUSHES WESTWARD ACROSS THE SANGRE DE CRISTOS.
A LITTLE HIGHER HUMIDITY EXPECTED ON THURSDAY WITH A BETTER
CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS...SOME OF WHICH WILL HAVE A DECENT
WETTING RAIN FOOTPRINT. STORM MOVEMENT THE NEXT COUPLE OF
DAYS WILL GENERALLY BE SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST AND SOUTH TO
NORTH ALONG THE RANGE.

NOTE: VARIABLE SITES ACROSS THE SANGRE DE CRISTOS ARE REPORTING
VARIABLE RH AND WIND READINGS AT REQUEST TIME. CIMARRON RAWS
AT 8800 FEET IS REPORTING MID/UPPER 20S RH READINGS. WILL NOTE
YOUR 0900 OB AND DO A BLEND FORECAST.

FOR TODAY
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......BECMING PARTLY CLOUDY. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF
                       SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......20 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....65-69.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 25-30 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT).........SOUTHWEST/SOUTH WINDS 8 TO 13 MPH. GUSTS
                       IN THE UPPER TEENS TO LOWER 20S. GUSTY AND
                       ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.                    AFTERNOON.

FOR TONIGHT
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF
                       SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......20 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....37 CANYON BOTTOMS AND 45 MIDSLOPE.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MAX 90-95 PERCENT AND 75 TO 80 PERCENT
                       MIDSLOPE.
WIND (20 FT).........SOUTH/SOUTHEAST WINDS 6 TO 12 MPH
                       EARLY TO MID EVENING THEN BECOMING
                       LIGHT VARIABLE BY LATE EVENING. EXPECT
                       SOME LIGHT DRAINAGE AS WELL. GUSTY AND
                       ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.

FOR THURSDAY
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......INCREASING CLOUDS AND BECOMING A MIX
                       OF PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF
                       SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...MAINLY
                       DURING THE AFTERNOON.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......50 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....68-72.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 30-35 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT).........LIGHT WINDS INITIALLY BECOMING SOUTH/SOUTHWEST
                       8 TO 13 MPH. GUSTS IN THE UPPER TEENS TO
                       LOWER 20S. 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...50

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REQUESTED BY...MIKE NEATHAMER
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
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