FNUS75 KABQ 211612
FWSABQ

SPOT FORECAST FOR SCHOOLHOUSE...US FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
1012 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 LATE
MORNING THUNDERSTORMS TODAY...WITH STORMS CONTINUING THROUGH THE
AFTERNOON. WITH WEAK UPPER WIND...THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE LITTLE
ONCE INITIATED. GOOD TO EXCELLENT HUMIDITY RECOVERY TONIGHT.
THUNDERSTORM FOCUS SHIFTING SOUTH AND EAST OF THE FIRE FRIDAY
WITH FIRE ON NORTHWEST EDGE OF MOST FAVORED AREA FOR THUNDERSTORM
DEVELOPMENT. A FEW LESS CLOUDS FRIDAY WITH WARMER TEMPERATURES
AND CORRESPONDINGLY LOWER MINIMUM HUMIDITIES DURING THE AFTERNOON.

FOR TODAY
   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 82-84.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 28-31 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........WINDS SHIFTING TO NORTHWEST
                       7 TO 9 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. GUSTY AND
                       ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
   MIXING HEIGHT.......10500 FT AGL.
   TRANSPORT WIND......NORTHWEST 6 KNOTS.
   MAX VENT RATE.......GOOD/63000 KNOT-FT.
   VENTILATION TREND...FAIR/50311 KNOT-FT AROUND MID-MORNING
                       BECOMING GOOD/65800 KNOT-FT BY
                       MID-AFTERNOON.

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 55-57.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MAX 53-56 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........NORTH WINDS 7 TO 10 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
                       WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.

FOR FRIDAY
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY CLOUDY. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
                       THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......30 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MAX 85-87.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 21-24 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........TERRAIN DOMINATED LESS THAN 8 MPH BECOMING
                       SOUTHWEST 7 TO 9 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. GUSTY
                       AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR
                       THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
   MIXING HEIGHT.......15000 FT AGL.
   TRANSPORT WIND......NORTHWEST 6 KNOTS.
   MAX VENT RATE.......GOOD/90000 KNOT-FT.
   VENTILATION TREND...POOR/33254 KNOT-FT AROUND MID-MORNING
                       BECOMING GOOD/75817 KNOT-FT BY
                       MID-AFTERNOON.

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...SCHOOL HOUSE IC
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20110721.SCHOO.01/ABQ