FNUS75 KABQ 011541
FWSABQ

SPOT FORECAST FOR HEAD START...NM STATE FORESTRY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
941 AM MDT FRI JUL 1 2011

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

DISCUSSION...
WITH A STREAK OF MID LEVEL MOISTURE POSITIONED FROM EXTREME
NORTHEAST TO EXTREME SOUTHWEST NEW MEXICO AND SUFFICIENT LOW LEVEL
MOISTURE IN PLACE...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS
THE BURN SITE...MAINLY LATER THIS AFTERNOON. SOME RAIN AND GUSTY
WINDS WOULD BE PRODUCED BY ANY THUNDERSTORM AT THE SITE. LITTLE
CHANGE IN TEMPERATURE TODAY AND WINDS WILL ONCE AGAIN BE OUT OF
THE SOUTH...BUT WILL NOT BE AS STRONG AS WINDS ON THURSDAY. MIN RH
THIS AFTERNOON WILL BE CLOSE TO 15 PERCENT AND OVERNIGHT RH
RECOVERIES SHOULD BE AT THE HIGH END OF FAIR. A BETTER CHANCE OF
THUNDERSTORMS IS IN THE FORECAST FOR SATURDAY WITH STORMS DEVELOPING
FIRST OVER THE HIGH TERRAIN THEN MOVING TO THE NORTH OR NORTHEAST.

FOR TODAY
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......MOSTLY CLEAR THIS MORNING BECOMING PARTLY
                       CLOUDY THIS AFTERNOON WITH CUMULUS CLOUDS
                       DEVELOPING FIRST OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN
                       TO THE WEST.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......0 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MAX 83-87.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 13-18 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 8 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
                       SOUTH  7 TO 10 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
   MIXING HEIGHT.......15500 FT AGL.
   TRANSPORT WIND......SOUTHWEST 13 KNOTS.
   MAX VENT RATE.......EXCELLENT/201500 KNOT-FT.
   VENTILATION TREND...VERY GOOD/109062 KNOT-FT AROUND MID-MORNING
                       BECOMING GOOD/95067 KNOT-FT BY
                       MID-AFTERNOON.

FOR TONIGHT
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                       THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING WITH CLEARING
                       AFTER SUNSET.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......10 PERCENT BEFORE MIDNIGHT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MIN 50-54.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MAX 48-53 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS 9 TO 12 MPH
                       GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR
                       THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING. BECOMING
                       SOUTH 7 TO 9 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT WITH LOCAL
                       DRAINAGE WINDS BEFORE SUNRISE.

FOR SATURDAY
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......MOSTLY CLEAR IN THE MORNING AND BECOMING
                       PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                       THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......30 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MAX 79-83.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 25-30 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........SOUTH WINDS 7 TO 9 MPH INCREASING TO 9 TO 12
                       MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
                       WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
   MIXING HEIGHT.......12500 FT AGL.
   TRANSPORT WIND......SOUTH 12 KNOTS.
   MAX VENT RATE.......EXCELLENT/150000 KNOT-FT.
   VENTILATION TREND...FAIR/55430 KNOT-FT AROUND MID-MORNING
                       BECOMING GOOD/96642 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...05

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REQUESTED BY...CYNTHIA ZALDIVAR
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
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