FNUS75 KABQ 230130
FWSABQ

SPOT FORECAST FOR CROW...NM STATE FORESTRY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
730 PM MDT FRI JUL 22 2011

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

DISCUSSION...
RADAR INDICATES A FEW SHOWERS CONTINUE TO LINGER IN THE BURN AREA.
YOUR WIND OBSERVATION AT 1830L SUGGESTS THE AREA WAS TEMPORARILY UNDER
THE INFLUENCE OF REMNANT OUTFLOW FROM EARLIER STORMS. DAILY ROUNDS
OF SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE
WEEKEND AND EARLY NEXT WEEK. STORMS WILL TEND TO DRIFT TOWARD THE
EAST OR SOUTHEAST...BUT MOTIONS COULD BECOME VARIABLE ON SUNDAY.

FOR TONIGHT
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......OVERCAST IN THE EVENING...BECOMING MOSTLY
                       CLOUDY AFTER MIDNIGHT. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF
                       SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......20 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MIN 56-60.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MAX 68-73 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 7 MPH IN THE EVENING
                       BECOMING TERRAIN DOMINATED LESS THAN 8 MPH.
                       GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR
                       THUNDERSTORMS.

FOR SATURDAY
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS
                       AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MORNING. THEN...
                       MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                       THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......10 PERCENT IN THE MORNING...THEN 40 PERCENT
                       IN THE AFTERNOON.
   TEMPERATURE.........MAX 88-92.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 21-26 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........NORTH WINDS 7 TO 9 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
                       SOUTHEAST IN THE AFTERNOON. GUSTY AND
                       ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
   MIXING HEIGHT.......14000 FT AGL.
   TRANSPORT WIND......NORTHEAST 7 KNOTS.
   MAX VENT RATE.......GOOD/98000 KNOT-FT.
   VENTILATION TREND...GOOD/89846 KNOT-FT AROUND MID-MORNING
                       BECOMING GOOD/78000 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...44

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REQUESTED BY...MARY ARCHULETA
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
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