FNUS75 KABQ 041659
FWSABQ

SPOT FORECAST FOR PACHECO...US FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
1059 AM MDT MON JUL 4 2011

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

DISCUSSION...UPPER HIGH CENTERED OVER SOUTH CENTRAL COLORADO TODAY
THROUGH TUESDAY. SOME MID TO UPPER LEVEL DRYING NOTED ON SATELLITE
IMAGERY PUNCHING INTO EASTERN HALF OF NEW MEXICO THIS MORNING. THIS
COULD RESULT IN LESS CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY OVERALL...AND POSSIBLY LESSER
RAIN AMOUNTS...ALONG THE EAST SLOPES AND PEAKS OF THE SANGRE DE
CRISTO MOUNTAINS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A SURFACE FRONT
LOOKS LIKE IT WILL BE FASTER MOVING AND COULD SPARK CONVECTION
ALONG THE EAST SLOPES OF THE SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS LATE
TUESDAY AFTERNOON.

FOR TODAY
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF
                       SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......20 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MAX 73-76.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 20-25 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........TERRAIN DOMINATED LESS THAN 8 MPH BECOMING
                       SOUTH 7 TO 12 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. GUSTY AND
                       ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.

FOR TONIGHT
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY CLOUDY. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS
                       AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......10 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MIN 49-52.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MAX 45-50 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........SOUTHEAST WINDS 7 TO 10 MPH. GUSTY AND
                       ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN
                       THE EVENING.

FOR TUESDAY
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                       THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MORNING...THEN CHANCE
                       OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                       AFTERNOON.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......20 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MAX 74-77.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 24-28 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........SOUTH WINDS 7 TO 12 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.

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REQUESTED BY...JAIME LONG
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
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