FNUS75 KABQ 250255
FWSABQ

SPOT FORECAST FOR CATFISH...CIBOLA NF
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
855 PM MDT WED AUG 24 2011

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

DISCUSSION...
RIDGE CORE SETTING UP NORTHEAST OF THE FIRE OVERNIGHT WILL
KEEP STORM MOTION WEST AND SOUTH THROUGH MIDNIGHT. STORM COVERAGE
TAPERING OFF AFTER MIDNIGHT...WITH STORMS REDEVELOPING THURSDAY
AFTERNOON. THURSDAY STORM TRANSPORT MOSTLY NORTH AND WEST WITH
ISOLATED COVERAGE OF THE FIRE BY LATE AFTERNOON.

FOR TONIGHT
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY CLOUDY. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
                       THUNDERSTORMS TAPERING OFF TO
                       ISOLATED SHOWERS AFTER MIDNIGHT.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......30 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MIN 63-65.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MAX 71-74 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........NORTHEAST WINDS 7 TO 9 MPH IN THE EVENING
                       BECOMING TERRAIN DOMINATED LESS THAN 8 MPH.
                       GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR
                       THUNDERSTORMS.

FOR THURSDAY
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY CLOUDY. ISOLATED SHOWERS
                       AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......20 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MAX 96-98.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 25-28 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........TERRAIN DOMINATED LESS THAN 8 MPH BECOMING
                       SOUTHEAST 7 TO 9 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. GUSTY
                       AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR
                       THUNDERSTORMS IN THE 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...25

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REQUESTED BY...FERNANDO CORTEZ
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20110824.CATFI.01/ABQ