FNUS75 KABQ 282007
FWSABQ

SPOT FORECAST FOR LAUGHLIN...N.M. STATE FORESTRY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
207 PM MDT FRI MAY 28 2010

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

DISCUSSION...
DAYTIME HEATING AND ADEQUATE MOISTURE WILL WORK IN TANDEM TO
PRODUCE SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE BURN SITE THE
REMAINDER OF THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EARLY EVENING. SOME OF
THE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GUSTY ERRATIC WINDS ABOVE
40 MPH...SMALL HAIL AND BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS. SLOW STORM MOTIONS
JUST EAST OF DUE NORTH CAN BE EXPECTED. GOOD TO EXCELLENT
OVERNIGHT HUMIDITY RECOVERIES ARE EXPECTED INTO SATURDAY MORNING.
ANOTHER ROUND OF SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE
EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER THE HIGH TERRAIN SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND
EVENING.

THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY CLOUDY. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                       THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING...THEN SLIGHT
                       CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AFTER
                       MIDNIGHT. SOME OF THE STORMS COULD CONTAIN
                       GUSTY WINDS...SMALL HAIL AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS
                       DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......40 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....53-57.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MAX 50-55 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT).........SOUTH WINDS 14 TO 21 MPH EARLY BECOMING SOUTHWEST
                       7 TO 12 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. GUSTS UP TO 35
                       MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR
                       THUNDERSTORMS.

FOR SATURDAY
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                       THUNDERSTORMS. SOME OF THE STORMS COULD CONTAIN
                       BRIEF HEAVY DONWPOURS...SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY
                       WINDS.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......30 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....76-80.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 21-26 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT).........SOUTHWEST WINDS 7 TO 14 MPH INCREASING TO 15
                       TO 20 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. GUSTS UP TO 30
                       MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR
                       THUNDERSTORMS.
MIXING HEIGHT....... .11500 FT AGL.
   TRANSPORT WIND......SOUTH 23 KNOTS.
   VENTILATION CAT.....EXCELLENT/264500 KNOT-FT.

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...17

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