FNUS75 KABQ 311645
FWSABQ

SPOT FORECAST FOR POINT...US FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
1045 AM MDT WED AUG 31 2011

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

DISCUSSION...
A LITTLE DRIER AND WARMER DURING THE AFTERNOON BUT SOME STORMS
SHOULD EVENTUALLY MOVE INTO THE AREA...ESPECIALLY FOCUSED DURING
EVENING AS STORMS ARE FIRING UP ALONG THE ARIZONA STATE LINE.
SLIGHTLY COOLER AND MORE MOIST ON THURSDAY AS STORMS BECOME MORE
PREVALENT DURING THE AFTERNOON PERIOD. WETTING STORMS ARE
CERTAINLY A POSSIBILITY THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS AS THEY WILL
EXIST IN THE AREA. OUTFLOW WINDS GUSTS WOULD BE THE STRONGEST
WINDS DURING THE PERIOD.

FOR TODAY
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY. A SLIGHT CHANCE
                       OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                       AFTERNOON.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......20 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MAX 83-85.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 21-26 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........TERRAIN DOMINATED LESS THAN 6 MPH BECOMING
                       WEST/SOUTHWEST 6 TO 9 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
                       GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR
                       THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
   MIXING HEIGHT.......16000 FT AGL.
   TRANSPORT WIND......WEST 15 KNOTS.
   MAX VENT RATE.......EXCELLENT/240000 KNOT-FT.
   VENTILATION TREND...GOOD/94215 KNOT-FT AROUND MID-MORNING
                       BECOMING EXCELLENT/166370 KNOT-FT BY
                       MID-AFTERNOON.

FOR TONIGHT
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                       THUNDERSTORMS.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......40 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MIN 55-59.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MAX 60-63 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........WEST WINDS 7 TO 8 MPH IN THE EVENING
                       BECOMING TERRAIN DOMINATED LESS THAN 6 MPH.
                       GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR
                       THUNDERSTORMS.

FOR THURSDAY
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                       THUNDERSTORMS.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......40 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MAX 80-82.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 29-34 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........SOUTHWEST WINDS 6 TO 8 MPH. GUSTY AND
                       ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
   MIXING HEIGHT.......9500 FT AGL.
   TRANSPORT WIND......SOUTHWEST 10 KNOTS.
   MAX VENT RATE.......GOOD/95000 KNOT-FT.
   VENTILATION TREND...GOOD/72059 KNOT-FT AROUND MID-MORNING
                       BECOMING GOOD/77844 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...50

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REQUESTED BY...CHAVEZ
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
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