FNUS75 KABQ 250510
FWSABQ

SPOT FORECAST FOR PINON...FS CIF
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
1110 PM MDT THU MAY 24 2012

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

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 9 PM MDT FRIDAY...
...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 9 PM MDT SATURDAY...

DISCUSSION...ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND POOR HUMIDITY RECOVERIES
TONIGHT WILL LEAD INTO A CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER PATTERN FRIDAY. VERY
DRY CONDITIONS...ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...
AND UNSTABLE CONDITIONS WILL IMPACT THE FIRE LOCATION THROUGH MUCH
FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. ANOTHER NIGHT OF POOR RECOVERIES AND
ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED FRIDAY NIGHT WITH POTENTIALLY
GUSTY WINDS ALL NIGHT.

FOR TONIGHT
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......CLEAR.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......0 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MIN 53-57.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MAX 24-29 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........MIXTURE OF SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS LESS THAN
                       6 MPH AND TERRAIN DOMINATED WINDS THROUGH THE
                       PREDAWN HOURS. WINDS MAY THEN SHIFT TO THE
                       SOUTH SOUTHWEST BEFORE SUNRISE AND INCREASE
                       TO 5 TO 10 MPH.

FOR FRIDAY
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......SUNNY IN THE MORNING...BECOMING PARTLY
                       CLOUDY BY MID AFTERNOON THEN MOSTLY CLOUDY BY
                       LATE AFTERNOON DUE TO SMOKE FROM THE
                       WHITEWATER-BALDY FIRE IN THE GILA REGION.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......0 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MAX 75-78.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 10-15 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........SOUTH SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH IN THE
                       EARLY MORNING BECOMING SOUTHWEST AND
                       INCREASING TO 20 TO 30 MPH BY LATE MORNING.
                       GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH POSSIBLE BY LATE DAY.

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...MIKE WILLIAMS
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
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