FNUS75 KABQ 071843
FWSABQ

SPOT FORECAST FOR GUACAMALLA...US FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
1243 PM MDT WED SEP 7 2011

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

DISCUSSION...
ANOTHER DAY OF SPOTTY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS BEFORE CHANCES
DECREASE TO SLIGHT LATER TONIGHT INTO AT LEAST THURSDAY NIGHT DUE TO
PASSAGE OF A DRYING BACK DOOR COLD FRONT EARLY TONIGHT. ONE MORE NIGHT
OF VERY GOOD TO EXCELLENT RH RECOVERIES THEN THAT WILL DECREASE TO
FAIR TO GOOD THURSDAY NIGHT DUE TO THE DRIER AIR. WINDS WILL INCREASE
SOMEWHAT TONIGHT BEHIND THE COLD FRONT PASSAGE...BUT BE MODERATE AT
BEST.

FOR TODAY
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE
                       OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                       AFTERNOON.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......30 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MAX 69-73.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 30-35 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........VARYING FROM SOUTH THROUGH WEST 6 TO 12 MPH.
                       GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR
                       THUNDERSTORMS.
   MIXING HEIGHT.......6000 FT AGL.
   TRANSPORT WIND......SOUTHEAST 11 KNOTS.
   MAX VENT RATE.......GOOD/66000 KNOT-FT.
   VENTILATION TREND...POOR/11081 KNOT-FT AROUND MID-MORNING
                       BECOMING FAIR/46526 KNOT-FT BY
                       MID-AFTERNOON.

FOR TONIGHT
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF
                       SHOWERS AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......20 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MIN 42-46.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MAX 85-90 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........VARIABLE DIRECTION 5 TO 10 MPH EARLY THEN
                       BECOMING SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST 7 TO 15 MPH
                       AFTER 7 OR 8 PM. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS
                       EXPECTED NEAR EVENING THUNDERSTORMS.

FOR THURSDAY
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF
                       SHOWERS AND AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......10 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MAX 65-70.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 38-43 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........SOUTHEAST THROUGH SOUTH 7 TO 15 MPH. GUSTY
                       AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR STORMS.
   MIXING HEIGHT.......8500 FT AGL.
   TRANSPORT WIND......NORTHEAST 10 KNOTS.
   MAX VENT RATE.......GOOD/85000 KNOT-FT.
   VENTILATION TREND...POOR/27032 KNOT-FT AROUND MID-MORNING
                       BECOMING POOR/24472 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...338
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20110907.GUACA.01/ABQ