FNUS75 KABQ 281658
FWSABQ

SPOT FORECAST FOR OJITO...CAF
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
1058 AM MDT SAT AUG 28 2010

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

DISCUSSION...
UPTICK IN SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE
EVENING. ALSO MORE CLOUDS TODAY THAN THE PAST FEW DAYS. SOME MODERATE
BREEZES IN THE AFTERNOONS WITH MOST STRONGER GUSTS VICINITY OF
THUNDERSTORMS. EXCELLENT RH RECOVERIES TONIGHT AND AT LEAST VERY GOOD
RECOVERIES SUNDAY NIGHT. SHOULD BE A SLIGHT DOWNTURN IN ACTIVITY
SUNDAY AND PERHAPS ANOTHER UPTICK MONDAY.

FOR TODAY
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......MOSTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS
                       AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MORNING...THEN A
                       BETTER CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
                       IN THE AFTERNOON.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......50 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MAX 74-78.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 35-42 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........SOUTHWEST TO WEST 5 TO 10 MPH INCREASING TO 8
                       TO 16 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. A FEW GUSTS TO
                       NEAR 20 MPH...BUT STRONGER GUSTS AND MORE
                       ERRATIC WIND DIRECTION NEAR ANY THUNDERSTORMS.
   MIXING HEIGHT.......6500 FT AGL.
   TRANSPORT WIND......SOUTHWEST 17 KNOTS.
   VENTILATION CAT.....VERY GOOD/110500 KNOT-FT.

FOR TONIGHT
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                       THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING...THEN CHANCE OF
                       SHOWERS AND A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS
                       AFTER MIDNIGHT.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......40 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MIN 48-53.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MAX 88-93 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........SOUTHWEST TO WEST 6 TO 12 MPH...BUT BECOMING
                       INCREASINGLY TERRAIN DOMINATED AFTER 11 PM.
                       GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR
                       THUNDERSTORMS.

FOR SUNDAY
   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 73-78.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 31-36 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........SOUTHWEST TO WEST 5 TO 10 MPH INCREASING TO
                       7 TO 15 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. GUSTY AND
                       ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
   MIXING HEIGHT.......9000 FT AGL.
   TRANSPORT WIND......SOUTHWEST 13 KNOTS.
   VENTILATION CAT.....VERY GOOD/117000 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...TDC
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
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