FNUS75 KABQ 271347
FWSABQ

SPOT FORECAST FOR HARTMAN...SANTA FE NATIONAL FOREST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
747 AM MDT FRI AUG 27 2010

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

DISCUSSION...
LIGHT TERRAIN DRIVEN WINDS WILL SWITCH TO THE SOUTHWEST AND BECOME
GUSTY THIS AFTERNOON. MIXING WILL DROP HUMIDITIES TO NEAR 20
PERCENT THIS AFTERNOON. FAIR TO GOOD OVERNIGHT RECOVERIES CAN BE
EXPECTED FOLLOWED BY INCREASING MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY ON
SATURDAY. THE MOISTURE INCREASE WILL LEAD TO INCREASING WETTING
RAINFALL POTENTIAL SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING ALONG WITH THE
THREAT FOR GUSTY ERRATIC WINDS.

FOR TODAY
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......MOSTLY SUNNY IN THE MORNING THEN BECOMING
                       PARTLY CLOUDY.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......0 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MAX 76-80.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 20-25 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........SOUTHWEST WINDS 7 TO 9 MPH INCREASING TO 9
                       TO 12 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
   MIXING HEIGHT.......9000 FT AGL.
   TRANSPORT WIND......SOUTHWEST 9 KNOTS.
   VENTILATION CAT.....GOOD/81000 KNOT-FT.

FOR TONIGHT
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY CLOUDY.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......0 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MIN 47-51.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MAX 68-73 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........SOUTHWEST WINDS 9 TO 14 MPH BECOMING WEST 7
                       TO 9 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.

FOR SATURDAY
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                       THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MORNING...THEN CHANCE
                       OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                       AFTERNOON.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......30 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MAX 76-80.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 32-37 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........WEST WINDS 7 TO 10 MPH INCREASING TO
                       SOUTHWEST 12 TO 17 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
                       GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS
                       EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
   MIXING HEIGHT.......10000 FT AGL.
   TRANSPORT WIND......SOUTHWEST 16 KNOTS.
   VENTILATION CAT.....EXCELLENT/160000 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...17

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REQUESTED BY...LEONARD SANDOVAL
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20100827.HARTM.01/ABQ