FNUS75 KABQ 081316
FWSABQ

SPOT FORECAST FOR SOUTH FORK FIRE...SANTA FE NATIONAL FOREST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
716 AM MDT THU JUL 8 2010

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

DISCUSSION...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TODAY
AS BETTER MOISTURE REMAINS OVER NORTH CENTRAL NEW MEXICO.
TEMPERATURES WILL REACH THE LOWER TO MID 60S AND HUMIDITY WILL ONLY
FALL TO NEAR 50 PERCENT LATE THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL OCCASIONALLY
TURN SOUTHEASTERLY WITH SPEEDS BETWEEN 7 TO 10 MPH BY AFTERNOON.
EXCELLENT HUMIDITY RECOVERY IS EXPECTED TONIGHT WITH SOUTHEAST WINDS
BETWEEN 9 TO 13 MPH IN THE EVENING. CONDITIONS ON FRIDAY WILL BE
SIMILAR TO THOSE OF TODAY WITH SLIGHTLY LESS STORM COVERAGE.


FOR TODAY
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF
                       SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......40 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....60-64.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 49-54 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT).........TERRAIN DOMINATED 5 TO 7 MPH. OCCASIONALLY
                       SHIFTING SOUTHEAST WINDS 7 TO 10 MPH AFTER
                       NOON. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR
                       THUNDERSTORMS.

FOR TONIGHT
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                       THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING...THEN PARTLY
                       CLOUDY WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                       THUNDERSTORMS AFTER MIDNIGHT.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......40 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....41-45.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MAX 89-94 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT).........WINDS INCREASING SOUTHEAST 9 TO 13 MPH BY
                       1800 TO 2000. BECOMING TERRAIN DOMINATED
                       LESS THAN 8 MPH BY 0400 FRIDAY MORNING.
                       GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR
                       THUNDERSTORMS.

FOR FRIDAY
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY CLOUDY. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS
                       AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MORNING...THEN A
                       CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                       AFTERNOON.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......30 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....62-66.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 46-51 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT).........TERRAIN DOMINATED LESS THAN 8 MPH SHIFTING TO
                       THE SOUTH BY EARLY AFTERNOON WITH SPEEDS OF
                       7 TO 9 MPH. 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...52

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REQUESTED BY...LEONARD MAGDALENA
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20100708.SOUTH.01/ABQ