FNUS75 KABQ 211604
FWSABQ

SPOT FORECAST FOR DEADHEAD...SANTA FE NATIONAL FOREST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
1004 AM MDT THU JUL 21 2011

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

DISCUSSION...
MOISTURE IN PLACE FROM YESTERDAYS ACTIVITY WILL BE RECYCLED IN
THUNDERSTORMS INITIATING OVER THE SUMMITS AND HIGHER SLOPES
BEGINNING LATE THIS MORNING AND CONTINUING THROUGH THE EVENING.
WEAK UPPER LEVEL WINDS WILL DO LITTLE TO MOVE THUNDERSTORMS
ONCE FORMED. GOOD TO EXCELLENT HUMIDITY RECOVERY OVERNIGHT. SAME
BASIC SET UP FOR FRIDAY WITH SOMEWHAT REDUCED MOISTURE
AVAILABLE AND BEST CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT SHIFTING
SOUTH AND EAST OF THE FIRE...LEAVING THE FIRE ON THE NORTHWEST
EDGE OF THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT FOR THE DAY.

FOR TODAY
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......MOSTLY CLOUDY. ISOLATED SHOWERS
                       AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE LATE
                       MORNING...COVERAGE INCREASING
                       TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
                       IN THE AFTERNOON.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......50 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MAX 76-78.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 35-38 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........WINDS SHIFTING TO THE WEST 7 TO 9 MPH IN
                       THE AFTERNOON. GUSTY AND
                       ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.

FOR TONIGHT
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY CLOUDY. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
                       THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING...TAPERING
                       OFF TO ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
                       AFTER  MIDNIGHT.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......30 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MIN 54-56.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MAX 57-60 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........TERRAIN DOMINATED LESS THAN 8 MPH. GUSTY AND
                       ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.

FOR FRIDAY
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY CLOUDY. ISOLATED SHOWERS
                       AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE LATE
                       MORNING...COVERAGE INCREASING
                       TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
                       IN THE AFTERNOON.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......40 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MAX 76-78.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 26-29 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........NORTHWEST WINDS 7 TO 9 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
                       SOUTHWEST 7 TO 10 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...25

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REQUESTED BY...KELSEY DEHONEY
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20110721.DEADH.01/ABQ