FNUS75 KABQ 171652
FWSABQ

SPOT FORECAST FOR BOND...US FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
1052 AM MDT SUN JUL 17 2011

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

DISCUSSION...
WATER VAPOR IMAGERY DEPICTS AN EASTERLY WAVE THAT MIGRATED
NORTHWESTWARD ALONG THE LOWER RIO GRANDE OVERNIGHT...AND THIS WAVE
WILL TRACK NORTHWESTWARD ACROSS THE FOUR CORNERS REGION THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING. IT WILL TRIGGER MORE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS
NW NM THAN HAVE BEEN SEEN IN A FEW DAYS...WITH SCATTERED ACTIVITY
DEVELOPING THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING IN THE BURN AREA. THE
INCREASED MOISTURE WILL RESULT IN COOLER DAYS AND HIGHER HUMIDITIES
TODAY AND MONDAY. IN THE WAKE OF THE WAVE ON MONDAY...THE 500 MB
HIGH PRESSURE CENTER OVER SE NEBRASKA WILL RE-EXTEND AN AXIS
SOUTHWESTWARD ACROSS NEW MEXICO. THIS SHOULD LIMIT CONVECTION TO
ISOLATED NEAR THE FIRE MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

FOR TODAY
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF
                       SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......25 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MAX 82-86.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 27-32 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........BECOMING SOUTHEAST 6 TO 9 MPH BY MID DAY. GUSTY
                       AND ERRATIC WINDS NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.

FOR TONIGHT
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......MOSTLY CLOUDY. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS
                       AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING...THEN A
                       SLIGHT CHANCE AFTER MIDNIGHT.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......30 PERCENT IN THE EVENING. 15 PERCENT AFTER
                       MIDNIGHT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MIN 57-61.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MAX 59-64 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........SOUTHEAST WINDS 6 TO 9 MPH. GUSTY AND
                       ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.

FOR MONDAY
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS
                       AND THUNDERSTORMS.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......20 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MAX 80-84.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 35-40 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........TERRAIN DOMINATED LESS THAN 8 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...JESSLYN BOWMAN
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20110717.BOND_.01/ABQ