FNUS75 KABQ 181618
FWSABQ

SPOT FORECAST FOR VIRGIN CANYON...SANTA FE NATIONAL FOREST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
1018 AM MDT MON OCT 18 2010

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

DISCUSSION...MOSTLY CLOUDY CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST TODAY WITH
ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THROUGHOUT THE DAY.
POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT WETTING RAIN IS QUITE LOW WITH GENERALLY
ONLY A FEW HUNDREDTHS OF AN INCH EXPECTED AROUND THE FIRE SITE.
TEMPERATURES WILL TOP OUT IN THE LOW TO MID 60S AS HUMIDITY VALUES
FALL TO NEAR 40 PERCENT WITH OCCASIONAL BOOSTS NEAR AND DURING ANY
SHOWER ACTIVITY. EXCELLENT HUMIDITY RECOVERY WILL OCCUR TONIGHT
WITH FAIRLY SIMILAR TRENDS CARRYING OVER INTO TUESDAY.


FOR TODAY
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY CLOUDY. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN
                       SHOWERS IN THE MORNING...THEN A CHANCE OF
                       SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......30 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MAX 61-65.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 36-41 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........TERRAIN DOMINATED LESS THAN 5 MPH THROUGH
                       EARLY AFTERNOON...BECOMING WEST NORTHWEST AT
                       5 TO 9 MPH BY 2000 LOCAL. GUSTY AND  ERRATIC
                       WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                       AFTERNOON.
   MIXING HEIGHT.......8000 FT AGL.
   TRANSPORT WIND......NORTHWEST 5 KNOTS.
   VENTILATION CAT.....FAIR/40000 KNOT-FT.

FOR TONIGHT
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY CLOUDY. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                       THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING...THEN A SLIGHT
                       CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS AFTER MIDNIGHT.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......30 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MIN 33-37.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MAX 94-99 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........LIGHT...BUT SHIFTING IN DIRECTION. EARLY IN
                       THE EVENING WINDS WILL VEER FROM NORTHWEST
                       TO MORE NORTHEASTERLY. AFTER MIDNIGHT DIRECTION
                       WILL SHIFT EAST SOUTHEASTERLY WITH SPEEDS OF 3
                       TO 7 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED
                       NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING.

FOR TUESDAY
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF
                       SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......20 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MAX 59-63.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 39-44 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........SOUTH SOUTHWEST 5 TO 8 MPH. GUSTY AND
                       ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
   MIXING HEIGHT.......10000 FT AGL.
   TRANSPORT WIND......WEST 4 KNOTS.
   VENTILATION CAT.....FAIR/40000 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...52

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REQUESTED BY...PETE TAFOYA
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20101018.VIRGI.01/ABQ