FNUS75 KABQ 011506
FWSABQ

SPOT FORECAST FOR PONDEROSA...SANTA FE NATIONAL FOREST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
906 AM MDT FRI JUN 1 2012

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

DISCUSSION...
MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES ALONG WITH LIGHT DRAINAGE WINDS ARE EXPECTED EARLY
THIS MORNING...ALONG WITH MAINLY HIGH BASED CUMULUS CLOUDS DEVELOPING LATE
MORNING. MEASURABLE PRECIPITATION IS UNLIKELY...BUT SOME BRIEF RAIN OR VIRGA
PRODUCING GUSTY SURFACE WINDS OR A STRAY LIGHTNING STRIKE IS POSSIBLE.
CLOUDS WILL DISSIPATE STEADILY AFTER SUNSET WITH MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES
OVERNIGHT AND POOR TO FAIR RH RECOVERIES OVERNIGHT. WINDS WILL BECOME
WEST-SOUTHWEST BY EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...SHIFTING TO THE WEST-NORTHWEST
LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. WARMER CONDITIONS ALONG WITH SLIGHTLY LOWER
MINIMUM RH VALUES ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON. WARM TO HOT CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED ON SATURDAY WITH SLIGHT DRYING.

FOR TODAY
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......MOSTLY CLEAR EARLY THIS MORNING BECOMING
                       PARTLY CLOUDY WITH MAINLY HIGH BASED
                       CUMULUS CLOUDS DEVELOPING AROUND 1100.
                       A SLIGHT CHANCE OF DRY THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                       AFTERNOON.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......20 PERCENT THIS AFTERNOON.
   TEMPERATURE.........MAX 80-82.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 15-20 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........TERRAIN DRIVEN UPSLOPE 4 TO 7 MPH THIS MORNING
                       BECOMING WEST-NORTHWEST 7 TO 10 MPH WITH GUSTS
                       TO 15 MPH AFTER 1300.
   MIXING HEIGHT.......14500 FT AGL.
   TRANSPORT WIND......WEST 12 KNOTS.
   MAX VENT RATE.......VERY GOOD/148500 KNOT-FT AT 1800 LOCAL.
   VENTILATION TREND...FAIR/53833 KNOT-FT AROUND MID-MORNING BECOMING
                       VERY GOOD/142386 KNOT-FT BY MID-AFTERNOON.

FOR TONIGHT
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY CLOUDY EARLY. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF DRY
                       THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING. CLEARING AFTER
                       MIDNIGHT.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......10 PERCENT BEFORE MIDNIGHT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MIN 47-51.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MAX 50-55 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........SOUTH WINDS 7 TO 9 MPH THROUGH MIDNIGHT.
                       GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR
                       THUNDERSTORMS OR VIRGA IN THE EVENING.
                       DRAINAGE WINDS DEVELOPING AFTER MIDNIGHT.
                       GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR
                       THUNDERSTORMS OR VIRGA.
   VENTILATION TREND...VERY GOOD/148500 KNOT-FT BY EARLY-EVENING
                       BECOMING GOOD/60500 KNOT-FT BY LATE-EVENING.

FOR SATURDAY
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF MAINLY
                       DRY THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......15 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MAX 84-86.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 9-12 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........TERRAIN DRIVEN UPSLOPE WINDS 4 TO 7 MPH SHIFTING
                       TO WEST 9 TO 14 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON WITH GUSTS
                       TO 20 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR
                       THUNDERSTORMS OR VIRGA.
   MIXING HEIGHT.......16500 FT AGL.
   TRANSPORT WIND......NORTHWEST 16 KNOTS.
   MAX VENT RATE.......EXCELLENT/261922 KNOT-FT AT 1700 LOCAL.
   VENTILATION TREND...VERY GOOD/112599 KNOT-FT AROUND MID-MORNING
                       BECOMING EXCELLENT/261922 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...33

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REQUESTED BY...TODD LERKE
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120601.PONDE.01/ABQ