FNUS75 KABQ 241833
FWSABQ

SPOT FORECAST FOR HYDE...SANTA FE NATIONAL FOREST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
1233 PM MDT WED AUG 24 2011

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

DISCUSSION...
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE ALREADY FORMED JUST SOUTH OF THE
BURN AREA EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORMING TO THE EAST OF THE BURN AREA AND WILL
MOVE WEST THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS. SHOULD A SLOW MOVING STORM
MOVE OVER THE BURN SCAR...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS WILL BE LIKELY.
OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES FROM AREA THUNDERSTORMS MAY RESULT IN ERRATIC
AND GUSTY WINDS THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
SHOULD DIMINISH LATE TONIGHT. GOOD RELATIVE HUMIDITY RECOVERIES
ARE EXPECTED. ANOTHER ROUND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE
EXPECTED ON THURSDAY...THOUGH MOVEMENT WILL BE MORE TOWARD THE
NORTHWEST.

FOR TODAY
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF SHOWERS
                       AND THUNDERSTORMS.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......50 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MAX 75-79.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 39-44 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........TERRAIN DOMINATED LESS THAN 8 MPH BECOMING
                       SOUTHEAST 7 TO 9 MPH LATER THIS AFTERNOON.
                       GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR
                       THUNDERSTORMS.
   MIXING HEIGHT.......13500 FT AGL.
   TRANSPORT WIND......EAST 11 KNOTS.
   MAX VENT RATE.......VERY GOOD/148500 KNOT-FT.
   VENTILATION TREND...VERY GOOD/128630 KNOT-FT AROUND MID-MORNING
                       BECOMING VERY GOOD/112500 KNOT-FT BY
                       MID-AFTERNOON.

FOR TONIGHT
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......MOSTLY CLOUDY BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY. A
                       CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                       EVENING...THEN A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS
                       AND THUNDERSTORMS AFTER MIDNIGHT.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......40 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MIN 53-57.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MAX 66-71 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........EAST WINDS 9 TO 12 MPH DECREASING TO 5 TO 8
                       MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS
                       EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.

FOR THURSDAY
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF
                       SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                       MORNING...THEN MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE
                       OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                       AFTERNOON.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......40 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MAX 74-78.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 39-44 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........SOUTHEAST WINDS 7 TO 9 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
                       SOUTH 7 TO 10 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. GUSTY
                       AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR
                       THUNDERSTORMS.
   MIXING HEIGHT.......9000 FT AGL.
   TRANSPORT WIND......SOUTHEAST 11 KNOTS.
   MAX VENT RATE.......GOOD/99000 KNOT-FT.
   VENTILATION TREND...GOOD/70204 KNOT-FT AROUND MID-MORNING
                       BECOMING GOOD/81000 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...34

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REQUESTED BY...IC
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
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