FNUS75 KABQ 201807
FWSABQ

SPOT FORECAST FOR GRAVE...SANTA FE NATIONAL FOREST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
1207 PM MDT TUE JUL 20 2010

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

DISCUSSION...
HUMIDITY WILL BE INCREASING ALONG WITH CLOUD COVER AND COOLER
TEMPERATURES THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. WETTING RAIN POTENTIAL WILL
INCREASE TODAY BUT BE EVEN BETTER ON WEDNESDAY AS MONSOONAL FLOW
BEGINS TO WORK ITS WAY UP ACROSS THE WESTERN HALF OF THE STATE.

FOR TODAY
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY TO OCCASIONALLY MOSTLY CLOUDY.
                       A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
                       IN THE AFTERNOON.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......50 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....85-86.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 25-28 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT).........WEST/SOUTHWEST 7 TO 9 MPH. GUSTY AND
                       ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
MIXING HEIGHT....... .9500 FT AGL.
   TRANSPORT WIND......WEST 7 KNOTS.
   VENTILATION CAT.....GOOD/66500 KNOT-FT.

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.......40 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....58-62.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MAX 59-64 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT).........WEST/NORTHWEST WINDS 7 TO 9 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
                       SOUTHEAST 6 TO 8 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. GUSTY
                       AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR
                       THUNDERSTORMS.

FOR WEDNESDAY
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF
                       SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                       MORNING...THEN MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH SHOWERS
                       AND THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY IN THE AFTERNOON.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......60 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....79-81.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 32-37 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT).........SOUTHEAST WINDS 7 TO 9 MPH IN THE MORNING
                       BECOMING TERRAIN DOMINATED LESS THAN 8 MPH.
                       GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR
                       THUNDERSTORMS.
MIXING HEIGHT....... .9000 FT AGL.
   TRANSPORT WIND......WEST 14 KNOTS.
   VENTILATION CAT.....VERY GOOD/126000 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...50

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REQUESTED BY...JEFF GRIDER
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
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