FNUS75 KABQ 212255
FWSABQ

SPOT FORECAST FOR YOGI...SANTA FE NATIONAL FOREST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
455 PM MDT WED JUL 21 2010

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

NOTE: JUST FYI...ON YOUR OBSERVATION YOUR RH AND DEWPOINT VALUES ARE
INCORRECT. YOU INDICATED WETBULB OF 60 AND TEMP OF 81 WHICH ACTUALLY
YIELD A 50 DEGREE DEWPOINT AND 34 PERCENT RH. FORECAST IS BASED ON
THESE ACTUAL LOWER VALUES.

DISCUSSION...
A FEW WEAK CELLS DEVELOPING IN THE VICINITY OF THE FIRE AS OF 445 PM.
SHOWERS AND STORMS TO TRACK FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST. MOST STORMS
WILL CONTAIN WETTING RAINS WITH QUITE A BIT OF LIGHTNING. SIMILAR OR
SLIGHTLY HIGHER HUMIDITY THURSDAY AND A CONTINUED CHANCE FOR STORMS.
WINDS WILL BE SOMEWHAT VARIABLE BUT THE STRONGEST GUSTS WILL BE
ASSOCIATED WITH SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.

   CLOUDS/WEATHER......MOSTLY CLOUDY. A FEW SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
                       IN THE EVENING...THEN A FEW SHOWERS AND A
                       SLIGHT CHANCE THUNDERSTORMS AFTER MIDNIGHT.
                       STORMS WILL BE WET BUT THERE MAY BE A FEW
                       LIGHTNING STRIKES OUTSIDE OF THE RAIN CORES.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......50 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....55-59.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MAX 73-78 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT).........NORTHEAST THROUGH SOUTHEAST 6 TO 11 MPH EARLY
                       IN THE EVENING BECOMING TERRAIN DOMINATED LESS
                       THAN 8 MPH AFTER ABOUT 10 PM. THERE ARE A FEW
                       CELLS DEVELOPING WITHIN 15 MILES OF THE FIRE
                       AREA AT PREP TIME OF THIS FORECAST...SO EXPECT
                       GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS NEAR ANY 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.....79-83.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 28-33 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT).........TERRAIN DOMINATED LESS THAN 8 MPH BECOMING
                       SOUTH THROUGH EAST 6 TO 12 MPH IN THE
                       AFTERNOON. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED
                       NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
MIXING HEIGHT....... .7000 FT AGL.
   TRANSPORT WIND......WEST 9 KNOTS.
   VENTILATION CAT.....GOOD/63000 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...CHRIS HAMMON
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
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