FNUS75 KABQ 302226 FWSABQ SPOT FORECAST FOR HONDO CANYON I...USFS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 426 PM MDT TUE AUG 30 2011 IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. DISCUSSION...SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE TO REMAIN BELOW AVERAGE THROUGH WEDNESDAY. ONLY ISOLATED FOOTPRINTS OF WETTING RAINFALL EXPECTED REMAINDER OF THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EVENING...AND AGAIN WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. STORM MOTIONS WILL BE SLOWLY TOWARD THE EAST AT 10 TO 15 MPH. MAIN CONCERN WILL BE ERRATIC AND GUSTY WINDS OVER AND NEAR THE FIRE AREA. DAYTIME TEMPERATURES WILL BE NEARLY 10 DEGREES ABOVE AVERAGE WITH MINIMUM HUMIDITIES DIPPING INTO THE UPPER TEENS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. FOR TONIGHT CLOUDS/WEATHER......ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS UNTIL AROUND 8 PM. OTHERWISE...PARTLY CLOUDY WITH 3/10 TO 5/10 CLOUD COVER THROUGH THE EVENING. CLOUD COVER DECREASING TO 2/10 OR LESS AFTER MIDNIGHT. CHC OF PRECIP.......20 PERCENT. TEMPERATURE.........MIN 50-53. RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MAX 57-60 PERCENT. 20 FOOT WIND........NORTHWEST WINDS 7 TO 9 MPH IN THE EVENING BECOMING TERRAIN DOMINATED LESS THAN 7 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING. FOR WEDNESDAY CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY CLOUDY. VERY WARM. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. CHC OF PRECIP.......20 PERCENT. TEMPERATURE.........MAX 84-88. RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 19-24 PERCENT. 20 FOOT WIND........NORTHWEST WINDS 7 TO 9 MPH SHIFTING TO THE WEST 7 TO 10 MPH 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...41 $$ REQUESTED BY...TDC REASON FOR REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20110830.HONDO.01/ABQ