FNUS75 KABQ 261659 FWSABQ SPOT FORECAST FOR OJITO...FS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 1059 AM MDT THU AUG 26 2010 IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. DISCUSSION...WARMER AND DRIER CONDITIONS TODAY...ALTHOUGH THERE IS JUST ENOUGH MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY TO SUPPORT VERY ISOLATED SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN WITH A SLOW MOVEMENT TOWARD THE NORTHEAST. ANY EVENING SHOWER OR THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL QUICKLY END BY SUNSET WITH CLEAR SKIES OVERNIGHT. MIN TEMPS NOT QUITE AS COOL AS THE PAST TWO MORNINGS...WITH GOOD OR BETTER RH RECOVERY. LITTLE WARMER STILL FOR FRIDAY WITH MIN RH/S TRENDING DOWNWARD. FOR TODAY CLOUDS/WEATHER......MOSTLY SUNNY THROUGH MIDDAY THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY WITH 3/10 TO 4/10 CLOUD COVER. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE NEIGHBORING HIGHER PEAKS. CHC OF PRECIP.......10 PERCENT. TEMPERATURE.........MAX 77-79. RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 27-32 PERCENT. 20 FOOT WIND........TERRAIN DOMINATED LESS THAN 8 MPH BECOMING WEST-NORTHWEST 7 TO 9 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. MIXING HEIGHT.......10000 FT AGL. TRANSPORT WIND......SOUTH 6 KNOTS. VENTILATION CAT.....GOOD/60000 KNOT-FT. FOR TONIGHT CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY CLOUDY EARLY EVENING...CLEAR THEREAFTER. SLIGHT CHANCE OF A BRIEF SHOWER OR THUNDERSTORM EARLY IN THE EVENING. CHC OF PRECIP.......10 PERCENT. TEMPERATURE.........MIN 39-43. RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MAX 68-75 PERCENT. 20 FOOT WIND........SOUTH WINDS 7 TO 10 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHEAST 7 TO 9 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. FOR FRIDAY CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. CHC OF PRECIP.......10 PERCENT. TEMPERATURE.........MAX 77-80. RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 23-28 PERCENT. 20 FOOT WIND........TERRAIN DOMINATED LESS THAN 8 MPH BECOMING WEST 7 TO 10 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS. MIXING HEIGHT.......10500 FT AGL. TRANSPORT WIND......SOUTHWEST 7 KNOTS. VENTILATION CAT.....GOOD/73500 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...41 $$ REQUESTED BY...437 REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20100826.OJITO.01/ABQ