FNUS75 KABQ 071713
FWSABQ

SPOT FORECAST FOR MACHO...US FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
1113 AM MDT THU JUL 7 2011

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

DISCUSSION...
NOT A LOT OF BIG CHANGES EXPECTED THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS.
TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN WARM WITH ABOVE NORMAL READINGS BY 4 TO 7
DEGREES. A WEAK BACK DOOR FRONT MAY PUSH INTO THE AREA TONIGHT AND
BRING AN UPTICK TO THE HUMIDITY RECOVERIES BUT THIS SAME FRONT
WILL WASH OUT ON FRIDAY. LIMITED THUNDERSTORMS THE NEXT COUPLE OF
DAYS BASED ON THE UPPER HIGH POSITION AND STEERING FLOWS OFF THE
MOUNTAINS.

FOR TODAY
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY CLOUDY. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS
                       AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......20 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MAX 85-86.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 20-21 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........SOUTHERLY WINDS 7 TO 10 MPH INCREASING TO
                       10 TO 15 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. GUSTY
                       AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR
                       THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.

FOR TONIGHT
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY CLOUDY. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS
                       AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......20 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MIN 59-63.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MAX 51-56 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........SOUTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
                       NORTHEAST 7 TO 11 MPH BY MIDNIGHT. GUSTY
                       AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR
                       THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING.

FOR FRIDAY
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF
                       SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......10 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MAX 86-87.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 21-22 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........SOUTH/SOUTHEAST WINDS 8 TO 12 MPH SHIFTING
                       TO THE SOUTH/SOUTHWEST 11 TO 16 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...50

$$

REQUESTED BY...MACHO LO
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20110707.MACHO.01/ABQ