FNUS75 KABQ 161603 FWSABQ SPOT FORECAST FOR FOX...USFS MT.AIR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 1003 AM MDT WED JUN 16 2010 IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING... DISCUSSION...A TROUGH ALOFT OVER THE GREAT BASIN EXTENDS SOUTH INTO WESTERN ARIZONA THIS MORNING. THE TROUGH WILL MOVE EAST TODAY AND RESULT IN INCREASING SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS AND A GRADUAL DRYING OF THE AIRMASS. THE TROUGH PASSES BY TO OUR NORTH OVERNIGHT AND WILL LEAVE BEHIND A WEAKER SOUTHWESTERLY WIND FLOW FOR THURSDAY WHILE THE AIRMASS STAYS GENERALLY DRY AND WARM. FOR TODAY CLOUDS/WEATHER......SUNNY IN THE MORNING THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY. CHC OF PRECIP.......0 PERCENT. MAX TEMPERATURE.....82-86. RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 9-14 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT).........SOUTHWEST WINDS 9 TO 14 MPH INCREASING TO SOUTHWEST 18 TO 26 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT....... .14500 FT AGL. TRANSPORT WIND......SOUTHWEST 28 KNOTS. VENTILATION CAT.....EXCELLENT/406000 KNOT-FT. FOR TONIGHT CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING CLEAR. CHC OF PRECIP.......0 PERCENT. MIN TEMPERATURE.....54-58. RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MAX 28-33 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT).........SOUTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 23 MPH DECREASING TO WEST 6 TO 10 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. GUSTS TO 35 MPH DURING THE EVENING. FOR THURSDAY CLOUDS/WEATHER......MOSTLY SUNNY. CHC OF PRECIP.......0 PERCENT. MAX TEMPERATURE.....79-83. RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 10-15 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT).........WEST WINDS 6 TO 9 MPH INCREASING TO SOUTHWEST 11 TO 16 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...07 $$ REQUESTED BY...IC REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20100616.FOX__.01/ABQ