FNUS75 KABQ 071355
FWSABQ

SPOT FORECAST FOR PUEBLANO...N2S
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
755 AM MDT THU JUL 7 2011

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

DISCUSSION...
MONSOON MOISTURE WILL BEGIN TO INCREASE TODAY AND A BACK DOOR COLD
FRONT WILL SAG INTO THE NORTHEAST PLAINS. THE FRONT SHOULD BE TOO
SHALLOW TO REACH THE ELEVATION OF THE FIRE...BUT THUNDERSTORM
OUTFLOWS WILL PROBABLY PUSH INTO THE FIRE FROM ANY DIRECTION.
THUNDERSTORMS WILL BECOME SCATTERED THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING...AND FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THERE WILL BE A
SLIGHTLY BETTER CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TODAY BECAUSE OF THE
NEARBY FRONT...WHICH WILL MIX OUT ON FRIDAY.

FOR TODAY
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF
                       SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE LATE
                       MORNING...THEN SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
                       THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......10 PERCENT IN THE LATE MORNING...INCREASING
                       TO 40 PERCENT IN THE AFTERNOON.
   TEMPERATURE.........MAX 80-84.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 29-34 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........TERRAIN DOMINATED LESS THAN 8 MPH.
                       GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR
                       THUNDERSTORMS.

FOR TONIGHT
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY CLOUDY. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
                       THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING...THEN A SLIGHT
                       CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AFTER
                       MIDNIGHT.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......40 PERCENT DURING THE EVENING...DECREASING TO
                       10 PERCENT AFTER MIDNIGHT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MIN 47-51.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MAX 75-80 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........NORTHEAST WINDS 7 TO 9 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
                       NORTHWEST AFTER MIDNIGHT. GUSTY
                       AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR
                       THUNDERSTORMS.

FOR FRIDAY
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY CLOUDY WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
                       THUNDERSTORMS.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......30 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MAX 79-83.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 30-35 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........WEST WINDS 7 TO 10 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.

FORECASTER...44

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REQUESTED BY...COLLEEN REID
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20110707.PUEBL.01/ABQ