FNUS75 KABQ 290022
FWSABQ

SPOT FORECAST FOR COMMANCHE...CIF
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
622 PM MDT THU JUL 28 2011

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

DISCUSSION...
LIGHT TO OCCASIONALLY MODERATE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT
THE REGION THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. ACTIVITY SHOULD START TO
DWINDLE BY EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. OVERNIGHT LOWS WILL DROP TO THE MID
SIXTIES WITH FAIR TO MARGINALLY GOOD OVERNIGHT RECOVERIES. WINDS FOR
TONIGHT ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME TERRAIN DRIVEN BY MIDNIGHT...HOWEVER
ANY OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES FROM EASTERN NEW MEXICO MAY IMPACT THE SITE.
FOR TOMORROW...EXPECT ANOTHER ROUND OF SCATTERED SHOWERS/STORMS...
SOME OF WHICH MAY BE LOCALLY HEAVY IN NATURE. TEMPERATURES WILL BE
NEAR SEASONAL NORMALS WITH MINIMUM HUMIDITIES IN THE THIRTY PERCENT
RANGE. AS ALWAYS...ANY THUNDERSTORM WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS. IN GENERAL...STORM MOVEMENT WILL BE FROM
SOUTH TO NORTH.

FOR TONIGHT
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                       THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING...THEN PARTLY
                       CLOUDY WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AFTER
                       MIDNIGHT.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......40 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MIN 63-67.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MAX 55-60 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........SOUTHEAST WINDS 6 TO 12 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO
                       18 MPH...BECOMING TERRAIN DOMINATED UNDER
                       6 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES DUE
                       TO THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EASTERN PLAINS COULD
                       ALLOW FOR GUSTY SOUTHEAST OR EAST WINDS
                       THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS.

FOR FRIDAY
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY CLOUDY IN THE MORNING THEN BECOMING
                       MOSTLY CLOUDY. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                       THUNDERSTORMS ERUPTING BY LATE MORNING OR
                       EARLY AFTERNOON.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......50 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MAX 77-81.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 33-38 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........TERRAIN DOMINATED UNDER 6 MPH...BECOMING
                       SOUTHEAST WINDS 6 TO 11 MPH WITH BRIEF
                       GUSTS UP TO 16 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...21/46

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REQUESTED BY...IC ROSALES
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20110728.COMMA.02/ABQ