FNUS75 KABQ 231626 FWSABQ SPOT FORECAST FOR PACHECO...US FOREST SERVICE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 1026 AM MDT SAT JUL 23 2011 IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. DISCUSSION... MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES THIS MORNING WILL BECOME MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES THIS AFTERNOON WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. STORMS THAT DEVELOP TODAY WILL MOVE LITTLE DUE TO VERY WEAK STEERING FLOW ALOFT CREATING A CHANCE FOR LOCALIZED FLOODING IN ISOLATED HEAVY DOWNPOURS. SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL DIMINISH AFTER SUNSET WITH A FEW LINGERING SHOWERS POSSIBLE TOWARDS MIDNIGHT. OVERNIGHT HUMIDITY RECOVERIES EXCELLENT. TOMORROW INTO FIRST HALF OF NEXT WEEK EXPECT DAILY ROUNDS OF SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. FOR PLANNED IGNITION TIME OF 1040 MDT 7/23/11 CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY CLOUDY. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MORNING...THEN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY IN THE AFTERNOON. CHC OF PRECIP.......60 PERCENT. TEMPERATURE.........MAX 72-75. RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 36-41 PERCENT. 20 FOOT WIND........TERRAIN DOMINATED LESS THAN 8 MPH BECOMING SOUTH 7 TO 9 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS. FOR TONIGHT CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY CLOUDY. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY IN THE EVENING...THEN A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AFTER MIDNIGHT. CHC OF PRECIP.......70 PERCENT. TEMPERATURE.........MIN 50-54. RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MAX 74-79 PERCENT. 20 FOOT WIND........SOUTHEAST WINDS 7 TO 10 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS. FOR SUNDAY CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY CLOUDY. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MORNING...THEN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY IN THE AFTERNOON. CHC OF PRECIP.......60 PERCENT. TEMPERATURE.........MAX 70-73. RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 43-48 PERCENT. 20 FOOT WIND........SOUTHEAST WINDS 7 TO 10 MPH. 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...01 $$ REQUESTED BY...SCHOOL HOUSE IC REASON FOR REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20110723.PACHE.01/ABQ