FNUS75 KABQ 111925
FWSABQ

SPOT FORECAST FOR VALDEZ...NM STATE FORESTRY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
125 PM MDT THU AUG 11 2011

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

DISCUSSION...
A FEW THUNDERSTORMS IN THE VICINITY OF THE FIRE THROUGH AT LEAST MID
AFTERNOON. THESE SHOULD BE MAINLY OF THE WET VARIETY. THEREAFTER THERE
WILL STILL BE A CHANCE OF SHOWERS OR STORMS UNTIL ABOUT MID EVENING.
GOOD TO VERY GOOD RH RECOVERY TONIGHT. SOMEWHAT DRIER AIR WILL TRY TO
ADVANCE INTO THE AREA LATER TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY...BUT THAT WILL BE
CHALLENGED BY MORE MOIST LOW LEVEL AIR BEHIND AN ADVANCING BACK DOOR
COLD FRONT AS THE DAY PROGRESSES FRIDAY. SURFACE WINDS WILL BECOME
GENERALLY NORTHEAST SOMETIME BETWEEN MID MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON.

FOR TODAY
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY CLOUDY. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
                       THUNDERSTORMS.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......50 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MAX 84-88.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 34-39 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST 8 TO 15 MPH WITH NON
                       THUNDERSTORM GUSTS TO NEAR 20 MPH. GUSTY
                       AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.

FOR TONIGHT
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY CLOUDY. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                       THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......30 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MIN 52-57.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MAX 69-75 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........VARIABLE DIRECTION 6 TO 12 MPH...THEN MORE
                       TERRAIN DOMINATED 5 TO 11 MPH AFTER 10 OR 11
                       PM. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR
                       ANY THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING.

FOR FRIDAY
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF
                       SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......20 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MAX 85-90.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 21-26 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........NORTHEAST 7 TO 15 MPH SHIFTING TO THE EAST
                       OR NORTHEAST 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...43

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REQUESTED BY...VALORIE GARCIA
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20110811.VALDE.01/ABQ