FNUS75 KABQ 111336
FWSABQ

SPOT FORECAST FOR HEIFER...BLM RPB
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
736 AM MDT THU AUG 11 2011

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

DISCUSSION...COPIOUS AMOUNTS OF CLOUD COVER WILL LINGER THROUGH THE
MORNING WITH A FEW LIGHT SHOWERS PRODUCING BASICALLY A FEW SPRINKLES
TO A FEW HUNDREDTHS OF AN INCH. SOME CLEARING IS EXPECTED TOWARD THE
LATE AFTERNOON...WHICH WILL ALLOW HEATING AND DESTABILIZATION OF THE
ATMOSPHERE AGAIN. NEW ROUNDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE THUS
EXPECTED TOWARD THE LATE AFTERNOON AND INTO THE LATE EVENING. WINDS
WILL SLOWLY TURN SOUTHWESTERLY THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON WITH LIGHT
SPEEDS OF 10 MPH OR LESS. THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE ERRATIC WIND
GUSTS.


FOR TODAY
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH SLIGHT CHANCE OF
                       SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                       MORNING...THEN PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE
                       OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                       AFTERNOON.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......40 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MAX 83-87.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 25-30 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........TERRAIN DOMINATED...TURNING WEST AT 7 TO 10
                       MPH BY LATE AFTERNOON. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
                       WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
   MIXING HEIGHT.......12000 FT AGL.
   TRANSPORT WIND......WEST 7 KNOTS.
   MAX VENT RATE.......GOOD/84000 KNOT-FT.
   VENTILATION TREND...GOOD/64084 KNOT-FT AROUND MID-MORNING
                       BECOMING GOOD/77575 KNOT-FT BY
                       MID-AFTERNOON.

FOR TONIGHT
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY CLOUDY. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                       THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING...THEN A SLIGHT
                       CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AFTER
                       MIDNIGHT.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......30 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MIN 50-54.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MAX 65-70 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........TERRAIN DOMINATED LESS THAN 7 MPH. GUSTY
                       AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.

FOR FRIDAY
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                       THUNDERSTORMS.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......30 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MAX 85-89.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 16-21 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........NORTHWEST WINDS 7 TO 10 MPH. GUSTY AND
                       ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
   MIXING HEIGHT.......15000 FT AGL.
   TRANSPORT WIND......SOUTHWEST 6 KNOTS.
   MAX VENT RATE.......GOOD/90000 KNOT-FT.
   VENTILATION TREND...POOR/39000 KNOT-FT AROUND MID-MORNING
                       BECOMING FAIR/52185 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...52

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REQUESTED BY...FOREST PETTERMAN
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20110811.HEIFE.01/ABQ