FNUS75 KABQ 152056
FWSABQ

SPOT FORECAST FOR CAMINO...US FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
256 PM MDT FRI JUL 15 2011

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

DISCUSSION...A GENERALLY DRY AIRMASS WILL PERSIST OVER NORTHWEST NEW
MEXICO THROUGH SATURDAY. ISOLATED AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY
GENERATE GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS RATHER THAN BENEFICIAL RAINFALL.
STEERING WINDS ALOFT WILL SHIFT MORE TO SOUTHEASTERLY SUNDAY AND COULD
BRING A BIT MORE MOISTURE TO THE AREA AS WELL AS SLIGHTLY BETTER
CHANCES FOR AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS.

PLEASE NOTE THAT THE WET BULB TEMPERATURE OBSERVATION SENT WAS LIKELY
TOO HIGH.

FOR THE REST OF TODAY AND TONIGHT
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY CLOUDY. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF LATE DAY AND
                       EARLY EVENING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......10 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MIN 50-54.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MAX 45-50 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 9 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
                       SOUTH 5 TO 9 MPH THIS EVENING. GUSTY AND
                       ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
                       WINDS BECOMING TERRAIN DOMINATED AT 4 TO 8 MPH
                       BY MIDNIGHT.

FOR SATURDAY
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY CLOUDY. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS
                       AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......20 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MAX 81-85.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 22-27 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........SOUTH WINDS 6 TO 10 MPH. 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...07

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REQUESTED BY...JESSLYN BOWMAN
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20110715.CAMIN.01/ABQ