FNUS75 KABQ 090214
FWSABQ

SPOT FORECAST FOR MONTESSA...STATE FORESTRY N6S
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
814 PM MDT FRI JUL 8 2011

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

DISCUSSION...
RECENT WIND SHIFT AND INCREASE DUE TO DYING CONVECTION TO THE WEST
AND WILL DIMINISH FOR MOST PART BY OR BEFORE THE 9 TO 930 PM PERIOD.
NOT MUCH OVERALL CHANGE IN TEMPERATURES...HUMIDITY...WIND OR
RAIN/THUNDERSTORM CHANCES INTO SATURDAY. A LITTLE BETTER CHANCE FOR
STORMS SUNDAY AND EVEN BETTER THE FIRST HALF OF NEXT WEEK. UNTIL THEN
STORMS VERY ISOLATED WITH SMALL RAIN FOOTPRINTS. WETTING RAIN
UNLIKELY BEFORE SUNDAY OR MONDAY.

FOR TONIGHT
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY CLOUDY WITH JUST THE SLIGHTEST CHANCE
                       OF A SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM BEFORE MIDNIGHT.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......10 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MIN 66-70.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MAX 36-41 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........FROM THE WEST AND NORTHWEST 10 TO 16 MPH WITH
                       SOME GUSTS BETWEEN 18 AND 25 MPH...DIMINISHING
                       TO 5 TO 12 MPH AFTER ABOUT 9 OR 930 PM THEN AFTER
                       10 PM BECOMING TERRAIN DOMINATED LESS THAN 9 MPH.
                       GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR ANY STORMS.

FOR SATURDAY
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF
                       SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AFTER 3 PM.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......10 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MAX 95-99.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 15-20 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........TERRAIN DOMINATED LESS THAN 9 MPH BECOMING
                       SOUTHWEST 8 TO 15 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
                       SOME NON THUNDERSTORM GUSTS BETWEEN 18 AND 25
                       MPH POSSIBLE. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED
                       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...JAY KENNEDY
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20110708.MONTE.01/ABQ