FNUS75 KABQ 071511
FWSABQ

SPOT FORECAST FOR SOUTH FORK FIRE...SANTA FE NATIONAL FOREST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
911 AM MDT WED JUL 7 2010

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

DISCUSSION...
ADDITIONAL MOISTURE THAT FLOWED IN OVERNIGHT WILL PROVIDE ENOUGH
FODDER FOR SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE GREATER
FIRE AREA. ADDITIONAL MOISTURE FLOWING IN OVERNIGHT...COMBINED WITH
A PSEUDO BACK DOOR FRONT WILL PROVIDE SIGNIFICANT WETTING
THUNDERSTORM CHANCES LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING PERIOD.
CONTINUED CHANCES ON THURSDAY. SINCE THE STORMS WILL BE SLOW MOVING
A BETTER CHANCE EXISTS FOR WETTING RAIN OVER THE FIRE AREA. HUMIDITY
WILL REMAIN ON THE HIGHER SIDE THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS WITH QUITE
A BIT OF CLOUD COVER DURING THE AFTERNOON/S.

FOR TODAY
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY CLOUDY. PERIODS OF MOSTLY CLOUDY
                       DURING THE AFTERNOON. A CHANCE OF
                       SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LATE MORNING
                       THROUGH THE AFTERNOON.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......60 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....64-74.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 33-39 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT).........VARIABLE WINDS OVERALL ACROSS THE FIRE
                       AREA BUT LOOK FOR WEST/SOUTHWEST THIS
                       TRANSITIONING TO SOUTHERLY WINDS 8 TO 11
                       MPH DURING THE AFTERNOON. GUSTY AND
                       ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.

FOR TONIGHT
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......70 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....44-52.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MAX 80-95 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT).........SOUTHEAST WINDS 11 TO 16 MPH DECREASING TO 7
                       TO 12 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
                       WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.

FOR THURSDAY
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                       THUNDERSTORMS.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......50 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....62-72.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 40-50 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT).........ANOTHER VARIABLE WIND DAY. SOUTHEAST WINDS
                       6 TO 10 MPH INITIALLY. THEN WEST/SOUTHWEST
                       DURING THE AFTERNOON. 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

$$

REQUESTED BY...WEATHER OBS
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20100707.SOUTH.01/ABQ