FNUS75 KABQ 271409
FWSABQ

SPOT FORECAST FOR CATFISH...BLM / RPD
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
809 AM MDT SAT AUG 27 2011

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

DISCUSSION...
AT MOST EXPECT ONLY ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL ACROSS AREA TODAY
INTO SUNDAY AS HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT AND A LITTLE DRYING OF THE
ATMOSPHERIC COLUMN PARTIALLY INHIBITS STORM FORMATION. ANY STORM
CHANCES MAINLY BETWEEN 3 PM AND MIDNIGHT. RH RECOVERIES NEXT NIGHT OR
TWO GOOD TO VERY GOOD. BY MONDAY OR TUESDAY IF WEAKENING BACK DOOR
FRONT MAKES IT NEAR OR ESPECIALLY A LITTLE WEST OF THE AREA THERE MAY
BE ENOUGH MOISTURE INCREASE TO PROVIDE SLIGHT TO MODERATE STORM UPTICK.

FOR TODAY
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......MOSTLY SUNNY IN THE MORNING...THEN PARTLY
                       CLOUDY WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                       THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......10 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MAX 97-101.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 18-23 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........TERRAIN DOMINATED LESS THAN 8 MPH BECOMING
                       SOUTHEAST TO SOUTH 5 TO 11 MPH IN THE
                       AFTERNOON. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED
                       NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.

FOR TONIGHT
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF
                       SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......20 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MIN 61-65.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MAX 70-75 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........MAINLY SOUTH 5 TO 10 MPH SHIFTING TO NORTH
                       TO NORTHEAST 4 TO 9 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.
                       GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR STORMS.

FOR SUNDAY
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......MOSTLY SUNNY IN THE MORNING...THEN PARTLY
                       CLOUDY WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                       THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......10 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MAX 97-101.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 19-24 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........TERRAIN DOMINATED LESS THAN 8 MPH BECOMING
                       SOUTHEAST TO SOUTH 5 TO 11 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...43

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REQUESTED BY...F  CORTEZ
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20110827.CATFI.01/ABQ