FNUS75 KABQ 080426
FWSABQ

SPOT FORECAST FOR COLORADO PEAK...SANTA FE NATIONAL FOREST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
1026 PM MDT THU JUN 7 2012

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

DISCUSSION...WINDS WILL OCCASIONALLY BE FROM THE SOUTHEAST LATE THIS
EVENING AND THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT WHICH COULD PUSH SOME BETTER LOW
LAYER MOISTURE AND LOW CLOUDS TOWARD THE BURN AREA. THIS SHOULD
ALLOW FOR GOOD HUMIDITY RECOVERY THROUGH SUNRISE...NEAR 80 PERCENT.
BY LATE FRIDAY MORNING WINDS WILL BE TURNING BREEZY FROM THE
SOUTHWEST AND THIS TREND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AS
TEMPERATURES WARM TO THE UPPER 80S AND RELATIVE HUMIDITY FALLS BELOW
15 PERCENT AGAIN.


FOR TONIGHT
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......MOSTLY CLEAR THROUGH 0200 TO 0400 LOCAL. SOME
                       LOW CLOUDS WILL THEN BE VISIBLE TO THE
                       EAST SOUTHEAST BEFORE AND DURING SUNRISE.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......0 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MIN 53-57.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MAX 71-80 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........SOUTHEAST AT 5 TO 9 MPH WITH SOME OCCASIONAL
                       GUSTS TO 13 MPH.
   VENTILATION TREND...EXCELLENT/175000 KNOT-FT BY EARLY-EVENING
                       BECOMING POOR/500 KNOT-FT BY LATE-EVENING.

FOR FRIDAY
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......SOME LOW CLOUDS WILL BE VISIBLE TO THE EAST
                       AND SOUTHEAST NEAR AND JUST AFTER SUNRISE.
                       TURNING MOSTLY SUNNY FROM 0900 ON.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......0 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MAX 85-89.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 7-12 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........SOUTHEAST WINDS 7 TO 9 MPH INCREASING TO
                       SOUTHWEST 9 TO 13 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON WITH
                       SOME OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 20 MPH.
   MIXING HEIGHT.......14000 FT AGL.
   TRANSPORT WIND......SOUTHWEST 16 KNOTS.
   MAX VENT RATE.......EXCELLENT/221235 KNOT-FT AT 1700 LOCAL.
   VENTILATION TREND...GOOD/69574 KNOT-FT AROUND MID-MORNING
                       BECOMING EXCELLENT/221235 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...SFHS
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
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