FNUS75 KABQ 191750
FWSABQ

SPOT FORECAST FOR SARCA...SANTA FE NATIONAL FOREST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
1150 AM MDT SUN SEP 19 2010

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

DISCUSSION...BROAD UPPER LEVEL HIGH STRETCHED ACROSS THE SOUTHERN
STATES WITH DRY AND MOSTLY STABLE CONDITIONS.  A FEW HIGH BASED
THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN
SOUTH OF THE BURN SITE THEN DRIFT NORTH NORTHEAST.  RAIN AT THE SITE
IS UNLIKELY...BUT SOME GUSTY WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH ANY NEARBY
THUNDERSTORM MAY REACH THE SITE.  MOSTLY CLEAR OVERNIGHT WITH GOOD
RH RECOVERY.  A FEW MORE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE TOMORROW WITH COOLER
TEMPERATURES AND HIGHER DAYTIME RH VALUES.


FOR TODAY
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......MOSTLY SUNNY IN THE MORNING THEN BECOMING
                       PARTLY CLOUDY HIGH BASED CUMULUS CLOUDS
                       DEVELOPING.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......0 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MAX 81-85.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 21-26 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........SOUTH 5 TO 8 MPH INCREASING TO 7 TO 10 MPH
                       IN THE AFTERNOON. SOME GUSTS BETWEEN 15
                       AND 25 MPH FROM NEARBY THUNDERSTORMS
                       POSSIBLE IN THE AFTERNOON.
   MIXING HEIGHT.......12000 FT AGL.
   TRANSPORT WIND......SOUTH 8 KNOTS.
   VENTILATION CAT.....GOOD/96000 KNOT-FT.

FOR TONIGHT
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY CLOUDY.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......0 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MIN 46-50.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MAX 78-84 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........SOUTH WINDS 7 TO 10 MPH EARLY WITH
                       DRAINAGE WINDS AFTER MIDNIGHT.

FOR MONDAY
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......MOSTLY CLEAR IN THE MORNING THEN PARTLY
                       CLOUDY WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF
                       SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......20 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MAX 75-79.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 32-37 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........SOUTH WINDS 7 TO 9 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
                       SOUTHWEST 9 TO 12 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
                       GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR
                       THUNDERSTORMS.
   MIXING HEIGHT.......9000 FT AGL.
   TRANSPORT WIND......SOUTHWEST 15 KNOTS.
   VENTILATION CAT.....VERY GOOD/135000 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...05

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REQUESTED BY...AMOS CORRALES
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20100919.SARCA.01/ABQ