FNUS75 KABQ 142300
FWSABQ

SPOT FORECAST FOR GURULE...US FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
500 PM MDT THU JUL 14 2011

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

DISCUSSION...
SCATTERED HIGH BASED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE THE
REMAINDER OF THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING BEFORE DIMINISHING AFTER
DARK. FAIR TO GOOD HUMIDITY RECOVERIES EXPECTED OVERNIGHT
FOLLOWED BY DRY AND HOT CONDITIONS ON FRIDAY. THERE IS A LOW CHANCE
FOR ISOLATED STORMS OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN DURING FRIDAY
AFTERNOON WITH DRY LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS BEING THE MAIN
THREATS.


FOR TONIGHT
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF
                       SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......20 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MIN 50-54.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MAX 47-52 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........NORTH WINDS 7 TO 9 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
                       NORTHEAST 7 TO 9 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. GUSTY
                       AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR
                       THUNDERSTORMS.

FOR FRIDAY
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY CLOUDY. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS
                       AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......10 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MAX 87-91.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 12-17 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........NORTHWEST WINDS 7 TO 9 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
                       WEST 7 TO 9 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. GUSTY AND
                       ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN
                       THE AFTERNOON.

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...17

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REQUESTED BY...JESSLYN BOWMAN
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20110714.GURUL.01/ABQ