FNUS75 KABQ 211818 FWSABQ SPOT FORECAST FOR BAY BUCK...USFS SANDIA DIST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 1218 PM MDT WED JUL 21 2010 IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. DISCUSSION... EXPECT SOME VARIABILITY TO THE WINDS THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS BUT WIND SPEEDS OVERALL WILL BE LIGHTER. THE EXCEPTION BEING NEAR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WHERE STRONGER OUTFLOW WINDS CAN LAST FOR SEVERAL MINUTES. EXPECT ABUNDANT CLOUD COVER AND HIGHER HUMIDITIES. CHANCE OF WETTING RAIN IS PRETTY GOOD THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. ESPECIALLY LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THE MID EVENING. STORMS WILL TEND TO MOVE FROM SOUTH TO NORTH OR SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST TODAY. THUS LOOK TOWARDS YOUR WEST AND SOUTH TODAY AS CLOUD TO GROUND STRIKES ARE ALREADY OCCURRING OVER THE BLACK RANGE. FOR TODAY CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY CLOUDY WITH PERIODS OF MOSTLY CLOUDY. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY. CHC OF PRECIP.......70 PERCENT. MAX TEMPERATURE.....79-81. RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 35-38 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT).........SOUTH/SOUTHEAST 7 TO 9 MPH BUT EXPECT SOME VARIABILITY. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS. FOR TONIGHT CLOUDS/WEATHER......MOSTLY CLOUDY. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY IN THE EVENING...THEN A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AFTER MIDNIGHT. CHC OF PRECIP.......70 PERCENT. MIN TEMPERATURE.....58-62. RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MAX 78-83 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT).........SOUTH/SOUTHWEST WINDS 7 TO 10 MPH REMAINING SOUTHERLY BUT SPEEDS DROPPING TO BETWEEN 4 TO 7 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS. FOR THURSDAY CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MORNING...THEN MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. CHC OF PRECIP.......50 PERCENT. MAX TEMPERATURE.....71-75. RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 45-49 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT).........SOUTH/SOUTHWEST MIXED WITH TERRAIN WINDS 5 TO 7 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...50 $$ REQUESTED BY...FEMO T REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20100721.BAYBU.01/ABQ