FNUS75 KABQ 262355
FWSABQ

SPOT FORECAST FOR 346 FIRE...N3S SOCORRO
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
555 PM MDT SUN JUN 26 2011

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

DISCUSSION...
MID LEVEL CLOUDS HAVE OVERSPREAD THE AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON...
AND A FEW SPRINKLES MAY HAVE BEEN NOTED AROUND THE AREA. THESE
MAINLY DRY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE ERRATIC AND GUSTY
WINDS THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS BEFORE DISSIPATING. TEMPERATURES
HAVE ALREADY REACHED THERE MAXIMUM AND HAVE BEGUN TO DECLINE
THANKS TO THE CLOUD COVER. POOR RELATIVE HUMIDITY RECOVERY IS
EXPECTED TONIGHT...WHICH WILL BE FOLLOWED BY ANOTHER DAY OF SINGLE
DIGIT HUMIDITIES ON MONDAY. MAX TEMPERATURES ON MONDAY WILL BE
SIMILAR TO TODAY. LATE MONDAY NIGHT...A COLD FRONT WILL FILTER IN
FROM EASTERN NEW MEXICO...WHICH WILL RESULT IN MORE EASTERLY WINDS
AND HIGHER HUMIDITIES.

FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......5 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MAX 100-104.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 6-11 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........NORTH WINDS 7 TO 9 MPH INCREASING
                       TO WEST 8 TO 15 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
                       GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH.

FOR TONIGHT
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY CLOUDY. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF DRY
                       THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......10 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MIN 60-64.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MAX 19-24 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........WEST WINDS 7 TO 12 MPH IN THE EVENING
                       BECOMING TERRAIN DOMINATED LESS THAN 8 MPH.
                       GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR
                       THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING. GUSTS UP TO 35
                       MPH POSSIBLE WITH ANY STORM.

FOR MONDAY
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......MOSTLY SUNNY.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......0 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MAX 99-103.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 8-13 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........TERRAIN DOMINATED LESS THAN 8 MPH BECOMING
                       SOUTH 7 TO 10 MPH IN THE 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...34

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REQUESTED BY...IC
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20110626.346FI.01/ABQ