FNUS75 KABQ 190014
FWSABQ

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

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

DISCUSSION...UPPER RIDGE TO WEAKEN NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS AS UPPER
TROUGH TRACKS THROUGH THE CENTRAL ROCKIES. THIS WILL ALLOW FOR A
MORE WESTERLY WIND FLOW BOTH ALOFT AND AT THE SURFACE...AND POSSIBLY
AN UPTICK IN CONVECTION DURING THE AFTERNOONS.  OVERNIGHT RH
RECOVERY WILL BE GOOD AND DAYTIME HIGHS MAY BE A DEGREE OR TWO
COOLER.

FOR TONIGHT
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY CLOUDY. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF A LIGHT SHOWER
                       OR A SHORT LIVED THUNDERSTORMS BEFORE SUNSET.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......10 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MIN 45-50.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MAX 60-65 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........SOUTH WINDS 7 TO 12 MPH. GUSTY AND
                       ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR SHOWERS AND
                       THUNDERSTORMS.

FOR TUESDAY
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF
                       SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......20 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MAX 68-72.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 23-28 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........SOUTH WINDS 7 TO 12 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST
                       8 TO 15 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. GUSTY AND
                       ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR SHOWERS AND
                       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.

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REQUESTED BY...JESSLYN BOWMAN
REASON FOR REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20110718.PACHE.01/ABQ