FNUS75 KABQ 251923
FWSABQ

SPOT FORECAST FOR LA PASSADA 2...SANTA FE NATIONAL FOREST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
123 PM MDT THU AUG 25 2011

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

DISCUSSION...
STILL ENOUGH MOISTURE AROUND THAT HEATING AND TERRAIN EFFECTS WILL
GENERATE ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FOR AT LEAST
THE NEXT FEW AFTERNOONS. HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT BUILDING BACK SOUTHWEST
OVER THE AREA TONIGHT AND FRIDAY WILL LIKELY MAKE THE STORMS SLOWER
AND MORE ERRATIC IN MOVEMENT. MOISTURE LEVELS MAY DECREASE A BIT NEXT
24 TO 48 HOURS...BUT SLOWER MOVEMENT STILL ALLOW STORMS TO PRODUCE
LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL...BUT WITH SMALLER WETTING FOOTPRINTS. RH
RECOVERIES NEXT FEW NIGHT GOOD TO VERY GOOD...LOCALLY EXCELLENT OFF
THE SLOPES AND WHERE WETTING RAINS FALL EARLIER IN THE DAY.

FOR TODAY
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY CLOUDY EARLY THEN BECOMING MOSTLY
                       CLOUDY. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
                       MAINLY AFTER 2 PM. A FEW WILL PRODUCE HEAVY
                       RAINFALL.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......40 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MAX 79-82.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 31-36 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........SOUTHEAST THROUGH SOUTHWEST 5 TO 12 MPH. GUSTY
                       AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
   MIXING HEIGHT.......12000 FT AGL.
   TRANSPORT WIND......SOUTH 10 KNOTS.
   MAX VENT RATE.......VERY GOOD/120000 KNOT-FT.
   VENTILATION TREND...GOOD/98096 KNOT-FT AROUND MID-MORNING
                       BECOMING VERY GOOD/115000 KNOT-FT BY
                       MID-AFTERNOON.

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 52-56.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MAX 75-80 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........VARIABLE 5 TO 10 MPH SHIFTING TO MAINLY
                       DOWNSLOPE 6 TO 11 MPH AFTER 11 PM. GUSTY
                       AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR STORMS.

FOR FRIDAY
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY CLOUDY. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS
                       IN THE MORNING...THEN A CHANCE OF SHOWERS
                       AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......30 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MAX 78-82.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 29-34 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........TERRAIN DOMINATED LESS THAN 9 MPH BECOMING
                       SOUTH THROUGH WEST 7 TO 13 MPH IN THE
                       AFTERNOON. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED
                       NEAR STORMS.
   MIXING HEIGHT.......10500 FT AGL.
   TRANSPORT WIND......NORTHEAST 4 KNOTS.
   MAX VENT RATE.......FAIR/42000 KNOT-FT.
   VENTILATION TREND...POOR/20289 KNOT-FT AROUND MID-MORNING
                       BECOMING POOR/20000 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...43

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