FNUS75 KABQ 100150
FWSABQ

SPOT FORECAST FOR RED FIRE...USFS - CIF
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
750 PM MDT SAT JUN 9 2012

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

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING...
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY
EVENING...

DISCUSSION...NOTE: RH FORECAST BASED ON SURROUNDING OBSERVATION SITES
AND DEW POINT TEMPERATURES IN THE 10-15 DEGREE RANGE.

VERY DRY WESTERLY FLOW WILL CONTINUE TO DOMINATE THE AREA THROUGH SUNDAY.
EXPECT MORE OF A WEST TO EAST COMPONENT TO THE WINDS LATE TONIGHT INTO
SUNDAY.  WIND SPEEDS NEAR AND JUST ABOVE MOUNTAIN TOP LEVEL WILL PEAK
AFTER SUNSET UNTIL AROUND 2-3 AM...THUS POTENTIAL FOR OCCASIONAL
GUSTS TO 30-35 MPH LATE TONIGHT ON THE EXPOSED RIDGES NEAR AND
JUST WEST OF FIRE.  OTHERWISE...VERY DISMAL RH RECOVERY AGAIN EXPECTED.
WINDS DURING THE PEAK BURNING PERIOD SUNDAY WILL NOT BE QUITE AS STRONG
AS TODAY BUT STILL BREEZY FROM THE WEST WITH VERY LOW RH.

FOR TONIGHT
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......CLEAR.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......0 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MIN 58-60.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MAX 10-15 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........SOUTH-SOUTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
                       WEST 12 TO 18 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. GUSTS UP
                       TO 30 MPH POSSIBLE EARLY.
   VENTILATION TREND...EXCELLENT/336000 KNOT-FT BY EARLY-EVENING
                       BECOMING POOR/5500 KNOT-FT BY LATE-EVENING.

FOR SUNDAY
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......SUNNY.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......0 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MAX 77-81.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 8-12 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........SOUTHWEST WINDS 12 TO 18 MPH BECOMING WEST AND                       MPH INC
                       INCREASING TO 18 TO 28 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
                       GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH.
   MIXING HEIGHT.......14500 FT AGL.
   TRANSPORT WIND......WEST 20 KNOTS.
   MAX VENT RATE.......EXCELLENT/249686 KNOT-FT AT 1700 LOCAL.
   VENTILATION TREND...EXCELLENT/173799 KNOT-FT AROUND MID-MORNING
                       BECOMING EXCELLENT/249686 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...41

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REQUESTED BY...JOE BRUNER
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
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