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SPOT FORECAST FOR 4020...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
615 PM MDT FRI SEP 2 2011

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

DISCUSSION...CONDITIONS WILL BE VERY SIMILAR TONIGHT THAN LAST NIGHT
ACROSS THE AREA. WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTHEAST AFTER SUNSET...
THEN BACK TO THE WEST BY MID MORNING SATURDAY. OVERNIGHT RECOVERIES
WILL BE VERY GOOD TONIGHT. THERE IS A SLIGHTLY BETTER CHANCE FOR
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TOMORROW. MINIMUM HUMIDITY VALUES AND
WINDS WILL BE SIMILAR TOMORROW THAN THEY WERE TODAY.

FOR TODAY
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY CLOUDY THROUGH SUNSET.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......5 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MAX 84-85.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 23-25 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........WEST WINDS 5 TO 8 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 13
                       MPH THROUGH SUNSET.

FOR TONIGHT
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY CLOUDY. PERIODS OF MOSTLY CLEAR BY
                       SUNRISE.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......5 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MIN 53-56.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MAX 58-63 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........WEST WINDS 7 TO 10 MPH IN THE EVENING
                       BECOMING A MIXTURE OF NORTHEAST AND TERRAIN
                       DOMINATED LESS THAN 8 MPH AFTER 8 PM.

FOR SATURDAY
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY CLOUDY. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS
                       AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......20 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MAX 86-89.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 16-19 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........NORTHEAST WINDS LESS THAN 8 MPH IN THE
                       MORNING SHIFTING TO THE WEST 5 T0 10 MPH
                       WITH GUSTS TO 15 MPH AFTER 11 AM. 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...42

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REQUESTED BY...TDC
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
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