FNUS75 KABQ 252233
FWSABQ

SPOT FORECAST FOR CATFISH...BLM
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
433 PM MDT THU AUG 25 2011

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

DISCUSSION...
PERSISTENT PATTERN THROUGH FRIDAY. THUNDERSTORMS BUILDING EAST OF
THE FIRE BY LATE FRIDAY MORNING WILL DRIFT WEST TOWARD THE FIRE
BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON. LIMITED INDIVIDUAL STORM DURATION WILL
KEEP STORM COVERAGE ISOLATED BEFORE STORMS TAPER OFF EARLY
FRIDAY EVENING. HIGH PRESSURE NORTH AND EAST OF THE FIRE WILL KEEP
MORNING WIND FLOW SOUTHERLY AND SOUTHWESTERLY BEFORE THUNDERSTORMS
DISTURB THE BROADER PATTERN WITH GUSTY AND SHIFTING WINDS AT
TIMES IN THE AFTERNOON.

FOR TONIGHT
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY CLOUDY. ISOLATED
                       SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......20 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MIN 64-66.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MAX 65-68 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........SOUTH WINDS 7 TO 9 MPH IN THE EVENING
                       BECOMING TERRAIN DOMINATED LESS THAN 8 MPH.
                       GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR
                       THUNDERSTORMS.

FOR FRIDAY
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY CLOUDY. ISOLATED
                       SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......10 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MAX 94-96.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 27-30 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........SOUTHWEST WINDS 7 TO 9 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
                       SOUTH 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...25

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REQUESTED BY...QUINTEN HENDERSON
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20110825.CATFI.01/ABQ