FNUS75 KABQ 031304
FWSABQ

SPOT FORECAST FOR SOUTH FORK FIRE...SANTA FE NATIONAL FOREST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
704 AM MDT SAT JUL 3 2010

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

DISCUSSION...
DRYING TREND TO BEGIN TO A SMALL DEGREE THIS AFTERNOON...THEN MUCH
MORE SO SUNDAY INTO AT LEAST TUESDAY. STILL SHOULD BE ENOUGH MOISTURE
AROUND THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING FOR ISOLATED TO LOCALLY
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. STILL PRETTY GOOD RH RECOVERIES
TONIGHT...BUT LESS SO THE NEXT 2 OR 3 NIGHTS THEREAFTER. WINDS MAY
PICK UP SOME ACROSS THE AREA SUNDAY OVER TODAY...BUT SHOULD REMAIN
A LITTLE BELOW CRITICAL VALUES SUNDAY AFTERNOON. MINIMUM RH VALUES
WILL APPROACH AND POSSIBLY MARGINALLY DROP INTO CRITICAL VALUE RANGE
SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON.

FOR TODAY
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY CLOUDY. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                       THUNDERSTORMS MAINLY IN THE AFTERNOON.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......30 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....75-79.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 27-32 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT).........MAINLY DOWNSLOPE 5 TO 10 MPH TIL LATE MORNING
                       THEN BECOMING SOUTHWEST THROUGH NORTHWEST
                       STARTING MIDDAY TO EARLY AFTERNOON 7 TO 15 MPH
                       WITH A FEW NON THUNDERSTORM RELATED GUSTS
                       BETWEEN 16 AND 20 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS
                       EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.

FOR TONIGHT
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE SHOWERS AND
                       THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING...THEN CLEAR TO
                       PARTLY CLOUDY AFTER MIDNIGHT.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......30 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....44-48.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MAX 70-75 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT).........VARIABLE DIRECTION 6 TO 12 MPH. GUSTY AND
                       ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR ANY EVENING STORMS.

.INDEPENDENCE DAY
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF
                       SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......10 PERCENT OR LESS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....78-83.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 13-18 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT).........TERRAIN DOMINATED 5 TO 11 MPH INCREASING TO
                       10 TO 17 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON AND SOME GUSTS
                       BETWEEN 20 AND 25 MPH POSSIBLE. GUSTY AND
                       ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR ANY 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...43

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REQUESTED BY...GENE SPILLER
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20100703.SOUTH.01/ABQ