FNUS75 KABQ 061949
FWSABQ

SPOT FORECAST FOR PACHECO...SANTA FE NATIONAL FOREST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
149 PM MDT WED JUL 6 2011

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

DISCUSSION...CLOUDS DEVELOPING OVER THE REGION WILL DEVELOP SLOWLY
INTO SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON. AVAILABLE
MOISTURE WILL SUPPORT SOME WETTING RAINFALL WITH GUSTY OUTFLOW
WINDS. RECOVERIES TONIGHT WILL BE GOOD HOWEVER VALUES COULD BE
EXCELLENT IN SOME AREAS WHERE ANY RAIN OCCURS. WINDS WILL BE TERRAIN
DOMINATED AGAIN OVERNIGHT AS WELL. TOMORROW WILL FEATURE A SLIGHT
UPTICK IN STORM COVERAGE AND A WIND SHIFT BY MIDDAY FROM THE WEST.

FOR TODAY
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY CLOUDY. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                       THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. PERIODS OF
                       MOSTLY CLOUDY BY LATE AFTERNOON.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......30 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MAX 70-75.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 19-24 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........SOUTHWEST WINDS LESS THAN 6 MPH EARLY THIS
                       AFTERNOON INCREASING TO 6 TO 10 MPH WITH
                       GUSTS UP TO 14 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON...
                       ESPECIALLY NEAR RIDGE TOPS. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
                       WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.

FOR TONIGHT
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY CLOUDY. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                       THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EARLY EVENING. PERIODS
                       OF MOSTLY CLOUDY IN THE EVENING.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......30 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MIN 52-56.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MAX 52-58 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........SOUTHWEST WINDS 6 TO 10 MPH IN THE EVENING
                       BECOMING TERRAIN DOMINATED LESS THAN 6 MPH
                       AFTER MIDNIGHT. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
                       WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                       EVENING.

FOR THURSDAY
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY CLOUDY. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                       THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. PERIODS OF
                       MOSTLY CLOUDY BY LATE IN THE DAY.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......30 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MAX 70-75.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 25-30 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........TERRAIN DOMINATED WINDS LESS THAN 6 MPH IN
                       THE MORNING BECOMING SOUTHWEST 5 TO 10 MPH BY
                       EARLY AFTERNOON THEN SHIFTING TO THE
                       WEST 8 TO 12 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...42

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REQUESTED BY...ISAIAH IKEWELL
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20110706.PACHE.01/ABQ