FNUS75 KABQ 052228
FWSABQ

SPOT FORECAST FOR PETACA LAS TABLAS...TAOS DISPATCH CENTER
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
428 PM MDT TUE OCT 5 2010

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

DISCUSSION...LARGE UPPER LOW WILL REMAIN ANCHORED OVER SOUTHERN
CALIFORNIA THROUGH WEDNESDAY THEN EJECTS THROUGH GREAT BASIN AND
FOUR CORNERS REGION STARTING THURSDAY. IN THE MEANTIME...CHANCES
FOR WETTING RAINS CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT BUT MAY BE HIT
OR MISS AS SHOWERS AND STORMS TRACK TO THE NORTH OR NORTHEAST AND
ERUPT AS EMBEDDED DISTURBANCES IN THE UPPER LOWS CIRCULATION PASS
OVER NEW MEXICO. LITTLE CHANGE IN HUMIDITY AND TEMPERATURES EXPECTED
THROUGH WEDNESDAY. SOUTHWEST WINDS MAY PICK UP LATE THURSDAY.

FOR TONIGHT
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY CLOUDY. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                       THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING...THEN A SLIGHT
                       CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AFTER
                       MIDNIGHT.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......30 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MIN 40-45.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MAX 81-86 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS 7 TO 12 MPH IN THE
                       EVENING BECOMING TERRAIN DOMINATED THEREAFTER.
                       GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR
                       THUNDERSTORMS.

FOR WEDNESDAY
   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.......30 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MAX 60-65.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 38-43 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........TERRAIN DOMINATED LESS THAN 8 MPH BECOMING
                       SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 8 TO 12 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
                       GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR
                       THUNDERSTORMS.
   MIXING HEIGHT.......10500 FT AGL.
   TRANSPORT WIND......SOUTH 14 KNOTS.
   VENTILATION CAT.....VERY GOOD/147000 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.

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REQUESTED BY...TDC
REASON FOR REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20101005.PETAC.01/ABQ