FNUS75 KABQ 202045
FWSABQ

SPOT FORECAST FOR MEDIO...US FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
245 PM MDT WED JUL 20 2011

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

DISCUSSION...
INCREASING CLOUDS THIS AFTERNOON WITH THUNDERSTORMS AND SOME SHOWERS
DEVELOPING MAINLY SOUTH OF THE BURN SITE. THESE STORMS MOVE SLOWLY
TO THE EAST ONCE DEVELOPED. ANY THUNDERSTORM MOVING OVER THE BURN
SITE COULD PRODUCE A QUICK QUARTER TO ONE THIRD OF AN INCH OF
PRECIPITATION WHILE SHOWERS WILL PRODUCE A FEW HUNDREDTHS TO ONE OR
TWO TENTHS. GUSTY OUTFLOWS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE WITH SPEEDS AS HIGH AS
35 TO 40 MPH. OVERNIGHT RH RECOVERIES WILL BE GOOD TO POSSIBLY
EXCELLENT DEPENDING ON THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE. LITTLE CHANGE ON
THURSDAY WITH ANOTHER ROUND OF AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS
NEAR THE BURN AREA.

FOR THIS AFTERNOON
   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.......40 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MAX 76-80.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 22-27 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........MAINLY WEST WINDS 7 TO 10 MPH WITH GUSTY AND
                       ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.

FOR TONIGHT
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                       THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING...THEN PARTLY
                       CLOUDY WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                       THUNDERSTORMS AFTER MIDNIGHT.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......30 PERCENT MAINLY BEFORE MIDNIGHT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MIN 52-56.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MAX 68-73 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........NORTHWEST WINDS 7 TO 9 MPH IN THE EVENING
                       BECOMING TERRAIN DOMINATED LESS THAN 8 MPH.
                       GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR
                       THUNDERSTORMS.

FOR THURSDAY
   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.......40 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MAX 79-83.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 24-29 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........NORTH WINDS 7 TO 9 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
                       NORTHWEST 7 TO 9 MPH 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...05

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REQUESTED BY...JESSLYN BOWMAN
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20110720.MEDIO.01/ABQ