FNUS75 KABQ 060010
FWSABQ

SPOT FORECAST FOR PACHECO...US FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
610 PM MDT TUE JUL 5 2011

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

DISCUSSION...
HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT STILL CENTERED NORTH OF FIRE NEAR NM/CO BORDER
TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY WITH AIRMASS OVER THE SANGRE DE CRISTO
MOUNTAINS REMAINING RELATIVELY DRY...LIMITING AFTERNOON CONVECTIVE
DEVELOPMENT. THE HIGH PRESSURE CENTER WILL DRIFT A BIT FURTHER
TO THE SOUTH LATER WEDNESDAY WHICH MAY ALLOW FOR A SLIGHTLY BETTER
CHANCE FOR ISOLATED AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS BY WEDNESDAY OR THURSDAY
AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. FAIR HUMIDITY RECOVERIES TONIGHT MAY
IMPROVE SOMEWHAT BY THURSDAY OR FRIDAY NIGHT.

FOR TONIGHT
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY CLOUDY.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......LESS THAN 10 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MIN 47-50.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MAX 51-56 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........VARIABLE DIRECTION 5 TO 10 MPH...BECOMING
                       MAINLY DOWNSLOPE AT SIMILAR SPEEDS AFTER 10
                       PM.

FOR WEDNESDAY
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY CLOUDY. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS
                       AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......20 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MAX 74-78.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 21-26 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........VARIABLE DIRECTION 5 TO 10 MPH....THEN FROM
                       THE EAST THROUGH SOUTH AT 7 TO 14 MPH. GUSTY
                       AND ERRATIC WINDS NEAR ANY 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...43

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REQUESTED BY...R MARTINEZ
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20110705.PACHE.02/ABQ