FNUS75 KABQ 301718
FWSABQ

SPOT FORECAST FOR DALTON...SANTA FE NATIONAL FOREST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
1118 AM MDT THU JUN 30 2011

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

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING...

DISCUSSION...A TROUGH ALOFT RACING EAST ACROSS UTAH WILL REACH
WESTERN COLORADO THIS AFTERNOON RESUTING IN STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS
BY MID DAY IN NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO. JUST ENOUGH
MOISTURE WILL BE AVAILABLE TO GENERATE SCATTERED MAINLY DRY THUNDER-
STORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE COMBINATION OF LOW RH...
STRONG WINDS AND ISOLATED DRY THUNDERSTORMS ADD UP TO CRITICAL FIRE
WEATHER CONDITIONS FOR TODAY. THE TROUGH ALOFT WILL PASS BY TO OUR
NORTH TONIGHT. FRIDAY WILL FEATURE LESS WIND BUT STILL A SLIGHT
CHANCE FOR MOSTLY DRY THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.

FOR TODAY
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY CLOUDY. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF DRY
                       THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......20 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MAX 83-87.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 11-16 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........SOUTH WINDS 6 TO 12 MPH INCREASING TO
                       SOUTHWEST 14 TO 20 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
                       GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS
                       EXPECTED NEAR AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS.

FOR TONIGHT
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                       THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING...THEN GRADUAL
                       CLEARING AFTER MIDNIGHT.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......30 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MIN 52-56.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MAX 55-60 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........SOUTHWEST WINDS 8 TO 16 MPH BECOMING
                       NORTHWEST 7 TO 12 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. GUSTS
                       UP TO 30 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS
                       EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING.

FOR FRIDAY
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE FOR AFTERNOON
                       THUNDERSTORMS.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......10 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MAX 80-84.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 15-20 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........NORTHWEST WINDS 6 TO 10 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
                       SOUTHWEST 6 TO 10 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
                       GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR
                       THUNDERSTORMS 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...07

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REQUESTED BY...E-25
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20110630.DALTO.01/ABQ