FNUS75 KABQ 091331
FWSABQ

SPOT FORECAST FOR SOUTH FORK FIRE...SANTA FE NATIONAL FOREST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
731 AM MDT FRI JUL 9 2010

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

DISCUSSION...
EXCELLENT OVERNIGHT HUMIDITY RECOVERIES HAVE OCCURRED OVER THE
BURN SITE THIS MORNING. THE LOW LEVEL MOISTURE WILL COMBINE WITH
DAYTIME HEATING TO HELP PRODUCE SCATTERED AFTERNOON AND EVENING
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH THE BEST CHANCE FOR WETTING
RAINFALL OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS CAN BE
EXPECTED WITHIN THE STRONGER STORMS. MOISTURE WILL OVERSPREAD THE
REGION OVERNIGHT FOLLOWED BY ADDITIONAL WETTING RAINFALL CHANCES
ON SATURDAY.

FOR TODAY
   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.....63-67.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 45-50 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT).........TERRAIN DOMINATED LESS THAN 8 MPH BECOMING
                       SOUTHEAST 7 TO 9 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. GUSTY
                       AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR
                       THUNDERSTORMS.

FOR TONIGHT
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY CLOUDY. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                       THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING...THEN A SLIGHT
                       CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AFTER
                       MIDNIGHT.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......30 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....45-49.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MAX 83-88 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT).........SOUTH WINDS 8 TO 13 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
                       WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.

FOR SATURDAY
   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.......40 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....66-70.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 40-45 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT).........NORTHWEST WINDS 7 TO 10 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...17

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REQUESTED BY...LEONARD MAGDALENA
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20100709.SOUTH.01/ABQ