FNUS75 KABQ 120104
FWSABQ

SPOT FORECAST FOR AGUA...US FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
704 PM MDT THU AUG 11 2011

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

DISCUSSION...
SPOTTY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN VICINITY THROUGH THE EVENING.
GOOD RH RECOVERY TONIGHT. CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS TO INCREASE
ON FRIDAY AND INTO THE WEEKEND AS A SURFACE FRONT BACKS INTO
NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO FRIDAY AND UP TO THE EAST SLOPES OF THE
SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS FRIDAY EVENING.

FOR TONIGHT
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY CLOUDY. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS
                       AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......10 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MIN 55-60.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MAX 60-65 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
                       WEST AFTER MIDNIGHT. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
                       WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.

FOR FRIDAY
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY CLOUDY. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                       THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......30 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MAX 82-87.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 20-25 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........TERRAIN DOMINATED 5 TO 10 MPH IN THE MORNING
                       BECOMING WEST TO NORTHWEST IN THE AFTERNOON.
                       GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR
                       THUNDERSTORMS.
   MIXING HEIGHT.......15500 FT AGL.
   TRANSPORT WIND......NORTHWEST 9 KNOTS.
   MAX VENT RATE.......VERY GOOD/139500 KNOT-FT.
   VENTILATION TREND...GOOD/73252 KNOT-FT AROUND MID-MORNING
                       BECOMING VERY GOOD 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.

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REQUESTED BY...IC
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
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