FNUS75 KABQ 300031
FWSABQ

SPOT FORECAST FOR LOPEZ...US FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
631 PM MDT FRI JUL 29 2011

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

DISCUSSION...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE INTO THE
EVENING HOURS TONIGHT NEAR AND OVER THE BURN SITE.  GUSTY OUTFLOWS
WILL RESULT IN VARIABLE AND ERRATIC WINDS. AN AREA OF SHOWERS
NORTHWEST OF THE BURN SITE WILL SUPPORT WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS FOR
THE NEXT 2 OR 3 HOURS...BUT BOUNDARIES AND THUNDERSTORMS EAST OF THE
SITE COULD PRODUCE GUSTY EAST OR SOUTHEAST WINDS. SHOWERS SHOULD
DIMINISH AFTER MIDNIGHT BUT CLOUDS WILL PERSIST OVERNIGHT. ANOTHER
ROUND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP BY MIDDAY
ON SATURDAY.


FOR TONIGHT
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......MOSTLY CLOUDY IN THE EVENING THEN BECOMING
                       PARTLY CLOUDY. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                       THUNDERSTORMS.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......50 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MIN 55-59.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MAX 80-85 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........NORTHWEST WINDS 7 TO 10 MPH WITH SOME GUSTS
                       TO 15 MPH WITH SOME PERIODS OF GUSTY EAST OR
                       SOUTHEAST WINDS 7 TO 9 MPH IN THE EVENING
                       BECOMING TERRAIN DOMINATED LESS THAN 8 MPH.
                       GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR
                       SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.

FOR SATURDAY
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY CLOUDY IN THE MORNING WITH INCREASING
                       CLOUDS MIDDAY AND A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                       THUNDERSTORMS.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......50 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MAX 70-74.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 38-42 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.
   MIXING HEIGHT.......8500 FT AGL.
   TRANSPORT WIND......SOUTHEAST 8 KNOTS.
   MAX VENT RATE.......GOOD/68000 KNOT-FT.
   VENTILATION TREND...POOR/39805 KNOT-FT AROUND MID-MORNING
                       BECOMING GOOD/60563 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...05

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REQUESTED BY...LOPEZ IC
REASON FOR REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20110729.LOPEZ.01/ABQ