FNUS75 KABQ 030203
FWSABQ

SPOT FORECAST FOR SEVILLETA...N3S
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
803 PM MDT SAT APR 2 2011

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

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 10 PM MDT SUNDAY...

DISCUSSION...
BREEZY SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL DIMINISH SOME LATER THIS EVENING.
EXPECT POOR OVERNIGHT RECOVERIES AT THE BURN SITE WHICH WILL
LIKELY SET THE STAGE FOR EXTREMELY CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER
CONDITIONS ON SUNDAY. A STRONG PACIFIC FRONTAL SYSTEM AND
TIGHTENING PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL CREATE STRONG WINDS FROM LATE
MORNING THROUGH EARLY EVENING. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL LIKELY
FALL INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS ALONG WITH AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES SOME
10 TO 15 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. CRITICAL CONDITIONS WILL EASE BY
MID EVENING SUNDAY BUT OVERNIGHT HUMIDITY RECOVERIES ARE STILL
EXPECTED TO BE FAIR TO POOR.

FOR SUNDAY
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY CLOUDY. WIDESPREAD BLOWING DUST IN
                       THE AFTERNOON.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......5 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MAX 80-84.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 6-9 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........SOUTHWEST WINDS 11 TO 21 MPH INCREASING TO
                       28 TO 38 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. GUSTS UP TO
                       55 MPH.

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...MIKE COMISLEY
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20110402.SEVIL.01/ABQ