FNUS75 KABQ 152355
FWSABQ

SPOT FORECAST FOR REYES...SANTA FE NATIONAL FOREST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
555 PM MDT THU JUL 15 2010

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

DISCUSSION...
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE EVENING...BUT
SHOULD BE RATHER ISOLATED IN COVERAGE. CHANCES DROP FURTHER LATE
TONIGHT...THEN A FEW ARE AGAIN POSSIBLE ACROSS THE EAST SLOPES OF THE
SANGRE DE CRISTOS FRIDAY AFTERNOON. HIGH RH AT OBSERVATION TIME MAY
WELL BE THE HIGHEST READINGS OF THE ENTIRE OVERNIGHT PERIOD...SEE
BELOW. RH RECOVERIES NEXT FEW NIGHTS TO BE AT LEAST FAIR TO GOOD...
BUT UNLESS RAIN AFFECTS THE AREA LATER IN THE AFTERNOON OR EVENING
RH LEVELS IN THE 80S OR HIGHER NOT LIKELY. WINDS TO BE FAIRLY LIGHT
WELL AWAY FROM ANY STORMS.

FOR TONIGHT
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY CLOUDY. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND
                       THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING...THEN SLIGHT
                       CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AFTER
                       MIDNIGHT.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......30 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....52-56.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MAX 80-85 PERCENT. NOTE...RH SHOULD LOWER SOME
                       THROUGH EVENING THEN RISE A LITTLE LATE TONIGHT
                       BUT THIS SPOT OBSERVATION RH MAY BE NEAR OR
                       GREATER THAN YOUR OVERNIGHT MAX RH.
WIND (20 FT).........TERRAIN DOMINATED 5 TO 10 MPH. GUSTY AND
                       ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.

FOR FRIDAY
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                       THUNDERSTORMS LATE IN THE MORNING...THEN
                       CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                       AFTERNOON.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......30 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....81-85.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 29-34 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT).........TERRAIN DOMINATED 8 MPH OR LESS BECOMING
                       EAST THROUGH SOUTH 6 TO 12 MPH IN THE
                       AFTERNOON. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED
                       NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
MIXING HEIGHT....... .13000 FT AGL.
   TRANSPORT WIND......NORTH 8 KNOTS.
   VENTILATION CAT.....VERY GOOD/104000 KNOT-FT.

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...ALTON
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
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