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SPOT FORECAST FOR COLORADO PEAK...SANTA FE NATIONAL FOREST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
440 PM MDT WED JUN 6 2012

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

DISCUSSION...THROUGH SUNSET...SOUTH SOUTHWEST BREEZES WILL CONTINUE
WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS AS HIGH AS 18 MPH. WINDS WILL THEN BEGIN TO
TURN MORE VARIABLE IN DIRECTION WITH MUCH LIGHTER SPEEDS DURING AND
JUST AFTER SUNSET...BETWEEN 2000 AND 2200 LOCAL. LATER ON...A
LIGHT DRAINAGE WIND FROM THE NORTH NORTHEAST IS EXPECTED AFTER
MIDNIGHT AND INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS WITH WIND SPEEDS REMAINING
AT 7 MPH OR LESS. RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL RECOVER TO ONLY 45 PERCENT
BY SUNRISE THURSDAY. TEMPERATURES WILL WARM INTO THE 80S THURSDAY
AFTERNOON WITH HUMIDITY ONCE AGAIN FALLING BELOW 15 PERCENT. WINDS
WILL BE VERY SIMILAR AS TODAY...GENERALLY BREEZY FROM THE SOUTH
SOUTHWEST.


   CLOUDS/WEATHER......CLEAR.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......0 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MIN 54-58.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MAX 43-48 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........SOUTH SOUTHWEST AT 9 TO 12 MPH WITH
                       OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 18 MPH. BECOMING VARIABLE
                       AND LESS THAN 8 MPH BETWEEN 2000-2200 LOCAL.
                       THEN TERRAIN DOMINATED LESS THAN 7 MPH AFTER
                       MIDNIGHT.
   VENTILATION TREND...EXCELLENT/150000 KNOT-FT BY EARLY-EVENING
                       BECOMING POOR/500 KNOT-FT BY LATE-EVENING.

FOR THURSDAY
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......MOSTLY SUNNY.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......0 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MAX 84-88.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 8-13 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........TERRAIN DOMINATED LESS THAN 8 MPH THROUGH
                       MID MORNING...SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST 9 TO
                       12 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS
                       TO 18 MPH.
   MIXING HEIGHT.......14000 FT AGL.
   TRANSPORT WIND......SOUTHWEST 17 KNOTS.
   MAX VENT RATE.......EXCELLENT/224000 KNOT-FT AT 1500 LOCAL.
   VENTILATION TREND...VERY GOOD/100594 KNOT-FT AROUND MID-MORNING
                       BECOMING EXCELLENT/224000 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...52

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REQUESTED BY...BEAR SPRINGS IC
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
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