FNUS75 KABQ 291803
FWSABQ

SPOT FORECAST FOR TO RANCH...CIMARRON FORESTRY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
1203 PM 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...HIGH BASED THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP OVER THE HIGH
HIGH TERRAIN NEAR THE BURN SITE THIS AFTERNOON THEN MOVE TO THE
NORTH OR NORTHEAST.  SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE DRY...
PRODUCING STRONG OUTFLOWS AT TIMES. HOWEVER...LATER IN THE AFTERNOON
SOME PRECIPITATION WITH A THUNDERSTORM CAN NOT BE RULED OUT. THIS
ACTIVITY WILL PERSIST INTO THE EVENING HOURS BUT SHOULD DIMINISH
BY AROUND MIDNIGHT. POOR OVERNIGHT RH RECOVERIES TONIGHT. ON
THURSDAY...WINDS WILL BE STRONGER AND CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE AT THE BURN SITE BY AFTERNOON.  ANOTHER
ROUND OF HIGH BASED WET AND DRY THUNDERSTORMS WITH SOME AREAS OF
SHOWERS OR VIRGA SHOWERS IS EXPECTED IN THE AFTERNOON. STRONG
OUTFLOWS AND LIGHTNING ARE THREATS BOTH AFTERNOON.

FOR TODAY
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY CLOUDY WITH MID AND HIGH CLOUDS
                       INCREASING DURING THE AFTERNOON.
                       CUMULUS CLOUDS DEVELOPING OVER THE HIGH
                       TERRAIN NEAR THE BURN SITE. A SLIGHT CHANCE
                       OF A MIX OF WET AND DRY THUNDERSTORMS WITH
                       GUSTY WINDS IN THE AFTERNOON.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......10 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MAX 89-93.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 11-16 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........SOUTHWEST WINDS 7 TO 12 MPH INCREASING TO 12
                       TO 17 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. GUSTS UP TO 30
                       MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR
                       THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.

FOR TONIGHT
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF A MIX
                       OF WET AND DRY THUNDERSTORMS WITH GUSTY
                       WINDS...MAINLY BEFORE MIDNIGHT. DECREASING
                       CLOUDS AFTER MIDNIGHT.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......10 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MIN 59-63.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MAX 31-36 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........SOUTH WINDS 9 TO 18 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30
                       MPH BECOMING SOUTHWEST 7 TO 9 MPH AFTER
                       MIDNIGHT. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED
                       NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.

FOR THURSDAY
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY CLOUDY WITH MAINLY MID LEVEL CLOUDS.
                       CUMULUS DEVELOPING OVER THE NEARBY HIGH
                       TERRAIN.  A SLIGHT CHANCE OF A MIX OF
                       SHOWERS...VIRGA SHOWERS AND A MIX OF WET AND
                       DRY THUNDERSTORMS.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......15 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MAX 89-93.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 10-15 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........SOUTHWEST WINDS 9 TO 14 MPH INCREASING TO 15
                       TO 25 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. GUSTS UP TO 35
                       MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR
                       THUNDERSTORMS.

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...05

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REQUESTED BY...COLLEEN REID
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20110629.TORAN.01/ABQ