FNUS75 KABQ 221611
FWSABQ

SPOT FORECAST FOR MEADOW FIRE...NPS-GRANTS NM
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
1011 AM MDT MON AUG 22 2011

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

DISCUSSION...MORE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE
AREA TODAY. WINDS WILL BE LIGHT AND MINIMUM HUMIDITY VALUES WILL
AVERAGE NEAR 40 PERCENT. POOR VENTILATION THIS MORNING WILL TREND
TOWARD GOOD BY THIS AFTERNOON. THUNDERSTORMS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL
TO PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL AND GUSTY WINDS. SKIES WILL BECOME MOSTLY
CLOUDY THIS EVENING BEFORE CLEARING OUT VERY LATE TONIGHT. HUMIDITY
RECOVERIES WILL BE EXCELLENT TONIGHT.

FOR TODAY
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......MOSTLY SUNNY THROUGH 11 AM THEN BECOMING PARTLY
                       CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                       THUNDERSTORMS. BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY BY SUNSET.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......40 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MAX 75-79.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 39-43 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........TERRAIN DOMINATED LESS THAN 5 MPH BECOMING
                       SOUTHWEST 5 TO 9 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. GUSTY
                       AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR
                       THUNDERSTORMS.
   MIXING HEIGHT.......12000 FT AGL.
   TRANSPORT WIND......SOUTHWEST 7 KNOTS.
   MAX VENT RATE.......GOOD/84000 KNOT-FT.
   VENTILATION TREND...POOR/39546 KNOT-FT AROUND MID-MORNING
                       BECOMING GOOD/77000 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...GUYER

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REQUESTED BY...HALBERT MARTIN
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20110822.MEADO.01/ABQ