FNUS75 KABQ 181632
FWSABQ

SPOT FORECAST FOR RIO...ABQ IMT TS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
1032 AM MDT WED MAY 18 2011

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

DISCUSSION...
CLOUD COVER INCREASING FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS THE FIRE TODAY WITH
SHOWERS DEVELOPING NEAR THE FIRE BY LATE MORNING...AND CONTINUING
THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON. SOME EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE THIS
AFTERNOON MOVING EAST ACROSS THE FIRE. WETTING RAIN WITH SOME
WET SNOW POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT TONIGHT...AND MUCH COOLER DAY FOR
THURSDAY WITH ANOTHER INCREASE IN MINIMUM HUMIDITIES. WEATHER
SYSTEM MOVING INTO THE FOUR CORNERS WITH DEEPENING LOW PRESSURE
EAST OF THE FIRE SHOULD CONTRIBUTE TO GUSTIER WINDS TODAY
OUT OF THE WEST...SHIFTING AND ERRATIC NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.

FOR TODAY
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......INCREASING CLOUDS. SCATTERED SHOWERS...SOME
                       WITH THUNDER
                       IN THE AFTERNOON.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......40 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MAX 61-63.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 29-32 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........WEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH INCREASING TO 10 TO
                       20 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH.
                       GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR
                       THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
   MIXING HEIGHT.......10000 FT AGL.
   TRANSPORT WIND......SOUTHWEST 25 KNOTS.
   MAX VENT RATE.......EXCELLENT/250000 KNOT-FT.
   VENTILATION TREND...GOOD/89480 KNOT-FT AROUND MID-MORNING
                       BECOMING EXCELLENT/230000 KNOT-FT BY
                       MID-AFTERNOON.

FOR TONIGHT
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......MOSTLY CLOUDY. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
                       THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING...THEN
                       SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS AFTER MIDNIGHT.
                       RAIN MAY CHANGE TO WET SNOW THROUGH
                       EARLY THURSDAY MORNING WITH AN INCH
                       OR TWO ACCUMULATION.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......40 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MIN 30-32.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MAX 75-78 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........WEST WINDS 11 TO 21 MPH DECREASING TO 8 TO
                       11 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. EVENING GUSTS UP
                       TO 35 MPH.  GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED
                       NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING.

FOR THURSDAY
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......MOSTLY CLOUDY. A FEW SNOW SHOWERS IN
                       THE MORNING CHANGING TO RAIN SHOWERS
                       BY LATE MORNING. SOME
                       THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......30 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MAX 52-54.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 36-39 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........WEST WINDS 8 TO 15 MPH INCREASING TO 15 TO
                       20 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
                       WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                       AFTERNOON.
   MIXING HEIGHT.......9500 FT AGL.
   TRANSPORT WIND......WEST 18 KNOTS.
   MAX VENT RATE.......EXCELLENT/171000 KNOT-FT.
   VENTILATION TREND...GOOD/92807 KNOT-FT AROUND MID-MORNING
                       BECOMING EXCELLENT/171680 KNOT-FT BY
                       MID-AFTERNOON.

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...25

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