FNUS75 KABQ 151831
FWSABQ

SPOT FORECAST FOR GURULE...US FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
1231 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.
WINDS ALOFT WILL SHIFT MORE TOWARD EASTERLY SUNDAY AND COULD BRING A
BIT MORE MOISTURE TO THE AREA AS WELL AS SLIGHTLY BETTER CHANCES FOR
AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS.

FOR THIS AFTERNOON
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY CLOUDY. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS
                       AND THUNDERSTORMS.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......10 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MAX 89-93.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 13-18 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 9 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
                       WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.

FOR TONIGHT
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY CLOUDY BECOMING CLEAR.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......0 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MIN 49-53.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MAX 40-45 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 9 MPH THIS EVENING BECOMING
                       TERRAIN DOMINATED LESS THAN 7 MPH OVERNIGHT.

FOR SATURDAY
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                       THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......20 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MAX 89-93.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 15-20 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 9 MPH BECOMING SOUTH 8 TO 11 MPH
                       IN THE AFTERNOON. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS 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

$$

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