FNUS75 KABQ 241857
FWSABQ

SPOT FORECAST FOR GRASSY...CIF
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
1257 PM MDT SUN JUL 24 2011

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

DISCUSSION...
LOW PRESSURE OVER THE FOUR CORNERS WILL SUPPORT SOUTHEAST WINDS
DEVELOPING THIS AFTERNOON. THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER EAST FACING
SLOPES WILL DRIFT WEST ONCE FORMED...WITH THUNDERSTORMS INCREASING
IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON AND TAPERING OFF
AFTER SUNSET TONIGHT. WIND SHIFT TOWARD THE SOUTHWEST OVERNIGHT WITH
SOUTHEAST FLOW REDEVELOPING MONDAY AFTERNOON. SOMEWHAT REDUCED
THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE MONDAY...WITH SOME COOLING AND ASSOCIATED
BOOSTS IN MINIMUM HUMIDITIES ON TAP FOR MONDAY.

FOR REST OF TODAY
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......INCREASING CLOUDS WITH NUMEROUS SHOWERS
                       AND THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......60 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MAX 72-74.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 46-49 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........WINDS BECOMING SOUTHEAST 7 TO 10 MPH
                       BY MID AFTERNOON.
                       GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR
                       THUNDERSTORMS.

FOR TONIGHT
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY CLOUDY. NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                       EVENING. COVERAGE TAPERING OFF TO SCATTERED
                       THUNDERSTORMS AFTER MIDNIGHT.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......70 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MIN 57-61.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MAX 72-77 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........SOUTH WINDS 7 TO 10 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
                       SOUTHWEST 7 TO 9 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. GUSTY
                       AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR
                       THUNDERSTORMS.

FOR MONDAY
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY CLOUDY. ISOLATED SHOWERS
                       AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MORNING.
                       COVERAGE INCREASING TO SCATTERED
                       SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                       AFTERNOON.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......40 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MAX 69-71.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 49-52 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........SOUTHEAST WINDS 7 TO 9 MPH INCREASING TO 10
                       TO 15 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...IC ROSALES
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20110724.GRASS.01/ABQ