FNUS75 KABQ 182136
FWSABQ

SPOT FORECAST FOR BOND...US FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
336 PM MDT MON JUL 18 2011

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

DISCUSSION...
AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING JUST SOUTHEAST OF THE FIRE
SHOULD MOVE NORTHWESTWARD THROUGH THE FIRE AREA OVER THE NEXT HOUR
OR TWO. THE CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL PERSIST INTO
THE EVENING...THEN THERE WILL BE A SLIGHT CHANCE AFTER MIDNIGHT.
TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE
EXPECTED TO RETURN EACH AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS A SERIES OF UPPER
TROUGHS CROSSING THE NORTHERN ROCKIES REPEATEDLY WEAKEN THE 500 MB
RIDGE OVER NEW MEXICO. STORM MOTIONS WILL SHIFT OUT OF THE
SOUTHWEST AND WEST DURING THIS PERIOD. HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL
CONTINUE TO VARY AROUND 5 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL.

FOR TONIGHT
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY CLOUDY. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                       THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING...THEN A SLIGHT
                       CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AFTER
                       MIDNIGHT.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......30 PERCENT IN THE EVENING. 10 PERCENT AFTER
                       MIDNIGHT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MIN 57-61.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MAX 57-62 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........SOUTHEAST WINDS 7 TO 10 MPH. GUSTY AND
                       ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.

FOR TUESDAY
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY CLOUDY. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS
                       AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MORNING...THEN A
                       CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                       AFTERNOON.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......10 PERCENT IN THE MORNING. 30 PERCENT DURING
                       THE AFTERNOON.
   TEMPERATURE.........MAX 88-92.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 24-29 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........SOUTH WINDS 7 TO 9 MPH SHIFTING TO THE WEST
                       IN THE AFTERNOON. 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 20110718.BOND_.01/ABQ