FNUS75 KABQ 291625
FWSABQ

SPOT FORECAST FOR BEAR...CIMARRON FORESTRY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
1025 AM MDT WED JUN 29 2011

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

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH
THURSDAY EVENING...

DISCUSSION...PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES TODAY WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF DRY
OR A WET DRY MIX OF THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING.
HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN AT LEAST TEN DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL INTO
TOMORROW. WINDS TODAY WILL INCREASE THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON WITH
GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH POSSIBLE BY AFTERNOON. STRONG AND ERRATIC WINDS
CAN BE EXPECTED NEAR ANY HIGH BASED THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON.
OVERNIGHT RH RECOVERIES WILL BE FAIR. FIRE LOCATION IS IN A FIRE
WEATHER WATCH THURSDAY MORNING INTO THURSDAY EVENING. CURRENT
FORECAST CALLS FOR CRITICAL CONDITIONS AT BURN SITE BY MID DAY.

FOR TODAY
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY CLOUDY WITH HIGH BASED CUMULUS.
                       A SLIGHT CHANCE OF A MIX OF WET AND DRY
                       THUNDERSTORMS WITH GUSTY WINDS IN THE
                       AFTERNOON.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......10 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MAX 87-91.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 15-20 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........SOUTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH INCREASING TO
                       13 TO 18 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. GUSTS UP TO
                       30 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED
                       NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
   MIXING HEIGHT.......15000 FT AGL.
   TRANSPORT WIND......SOUTH 23 KNOTS.
   MAX VENT RATE.......EXCELLENT/345000 KNOT-FT.
   VENTILATION TREND...EXCELLENT/158889 KNOT-FT AROUND MID-MORNING
                       BECOMING EXCELLENT/227074 KNOT-FT BY
                       MID-AFTERNOON.

FOR TONIGHT
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF DRY
                       THUNDERSTORMS WITH GUSTY WINDS BEFORE
                       MIDNIGHT. CLEARING AFTER MIDNIGHT.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......10 PERCENT BEFORE MIDNIGHT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MIN 63-67.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MAX 26-31 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........SOUTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 20 MPH GUSTS UP TO
                       30 MPH. DECREASING TO 9 TO 14 MPH AFTER
                       MIDNIGHT. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED
                       NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.

FOR THURSDAY
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF
                       SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......10 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MAX 87-91.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 11-16 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........SOUTHWEST WINDS 9 TO 15 MPH INCREASING TO 15
                       TO 25 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. GUSTS UP TO 35
                       MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR
                       THUNDERSTORMS.
   MIXING HEIGHT.......15000 FT AGL.
   TRANSPORT WIND......SOUTHWEST 29 KNOTS.
   MAX VENT RATE.......EXCELLENT/435000 KNOT-FT.
   VENTILATION TREND...EXCELLENT/255442 KNOT-FT AROUND MID-MORNING
                       BECOMING EXCELLENT/429185 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...21/05

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REQUESTED BY...COLLEEN REID
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
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