FNUS75 KABQ 070210
FWSABQ

SPOT FORECAST FOR MACHO...US FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
810 PM MDT WED JUL 6 2011

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

DISCUSSION...
A FEW SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS INTO THE MID EVENING HOURS. JUST
ENOUGH MOISTURE TO SUPPORT SOME WETTING RAINFALL WITH GUSTY OUTFLOW
WINDS. MIX OF DRY AND WET STORMS. RECOVERIES TONIGHT FAIR TO GOOD BUT
VALUES LOCALLY VERY GOOD WHERE SIGNIFICANT RAIN FALLS. WINDS WILL BE
TERRAIN DOMINATED AGAIN LATE...AFTER STORM GENERATED FLOWS SUBSIDE.
SEE STORM AND WIND DETAILS BELOW. THURSDAY TO BRING ANOTHER CHANCE OF
STORMS.

FOR TONIGHT
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY. A FEW SHOWERS AND
                       THUNDERSTORMS EARLY...ENDING BETWEEN 9 AND 11
                       PM. THESE WILL BE A MIX OF DRY AND WET STORMS
                       THOUGH MAJORITY OF CELLS WILL PRODUCE A TENTH
                       OF AN INCH OR LESS. STRONGEST CELLS COULD
                       PRODUCE UP TO TWO TENTHS TO A QUARTER OF AN
                       INCH.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......40 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MIN 54-58.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MAX 48-52 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........GUSTY AND ERRATIC WIND DIRECTION AND SPEED NEAR
                       STORMS IN THE EVENING. THROUGH 9 OR 930 PM THE
                       NEAREST STORMS WILL SHOULD INITIALLY PRODUCE
                       GUSTY WINDS UP TO 25 OR POSSIBLY 35 MPH FROM THE
                       SOUTH THROUGH EAST. MORE VARIABLE WINDS AND A
                       LITTLE LIGHTER SPEEDS THEREAFTER...FINALLY
                       BECOMING MAINLY DOWNSLOPE 5 TO 10 MPH AFTER 10
                       OR 11 PM.


FOR THURSDAY
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                       THUNDERSTORMS. AREAS OF SMOKE IN THE AFTERNOON.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......30 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MAX 79-83.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 23-28 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........VARIABLE DIRECTION AND SPEED 5 TO 11 MPH
                       SHIFTING TO THE WEST THROUGH SOUTH 7 TO 15
                       MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. 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...43

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REQUESTED BY...FIRE LOOKOUT
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20110706.MACHO.01/ABQ