FNUS75 KABQ 191920
FWSABQ

SPOT FORECAST FOR WOLF DRAW...SANTA FE NATIONAL FOREST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
120 PM MDT FRI AUG 19 2011

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

DISCUSSION...
PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH RATHER MOIST CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST
THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE NORTHERN HIGH TERRAIN AND CONTINUE INTO
TONIGHT BEFORE DIMINISHING IN COVERAGE. ANY THUNDERSTORM THAT
DEVELOPS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE GUSTY ERRATIC
WINDS...HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING.
GOOD OVERNIGHT RECOVERIES CAN BE EXPECTED. ADDITIONAL SCATTERED
THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY CAN BE EXPECTED ON SATURDAY.

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 AND
                       THUNDERSTORMS AFTER MIDNIGHT.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......40 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MIN 54-58.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MAX 61-66 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........TERRAIN DOMINATED LESS THAN 8 MPH. GUSTY AND
                       ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.

FOR SATURDAY
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY CLOUDY. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS
                       AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MORNING...THEN A
                       CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                       AFTERNOON.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......30 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MAX 82-86.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 27-32 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........TERRAIN DOMINATED LESS THAN 8 MPH. GUSTY AND
                       ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
   MIXING HEIGHT.......7000 FT AGL.
   TRANSPORT WIND......EAST 5 KNOTS.
   MAX VENT RATE.......POOR/35000 KNOT-FT.
   VENTILATION TREND...POOR/10983 KNOT-FT AROUND MID-MORNING
                       BECOMING POOR/21138 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...17

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REQUESTED BY...BRYAN SANDOVAL
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20110819.WOLFD.01/ABQ