FNUS75 KABQ 101700
FWSABQ

SPOT FORECAST FOR BEAR SPRINGS...SANTA FE NATIONAL FOREST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
1100 AM MDT SUN JUN 10 2012

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

DISCUSSION...
VERY DRY WESTERLY FLOW WILL CONTINUE TO DOMINATE THE AREA TODAY...
THOUGH NOT QUITE AS STRONG AS ON SATURDAY. SPEEDS JUST ABOVE
MOUNTAIN TOP LEVEL SHOULD BE IN THE 15 TO 25 MPH RANGE WITH AN
OCCASIONAL GUST TO AROUND 30 MPH. POOR RH RECOVERY EXPECTED AGAIN
OVERNIGHT. A BACK DOOR COLD FRONT COMING INTO THE AREA BETWEEN 5 AM
AND 9 AM MONDAY WHICH WOULD SWITCH SURFACE WINDS FROM THE NORTH AND
NORTHWEST TO MORE OF AN EAST OR NORTHEAST DIRECTION...THOUGH MOST
LIKELY ONLY IN 5 TO 15 MPH RANGE. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP
MONDAY AFTERNOON...BUT NEARLY ALL WILL BE OF THE DRY VARIETY WITH
LOCALIZED STRONG GUSTY WINDS.

FOR TODAY
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......SUNNY.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......0 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MAX 79-83.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 10-15 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........WEST 8 TO 18 MPH. SOME GUSTS TO NEAR 25 MPH
                       POSSIBLE AFTER 11 AM ALONG WITH SOME
                       DIRECTIONAL VARIABILITY BETWEEN SOUTHWEST AND
                       NORTHWEST.
   MIXING HEIGHT.......13000 FT AGL.
   TRANSPORT WIND......WEST 19 KNOTS.
   MAX VENT RATE.......EXCELLENT/240773 KNOT-FT AT 1600 LOCAL.
   VENTILATION TREND...VERY GOOD/128188 KNOT-FT AROUND MID-MORNING
                       BECOMING EXCELLENT/238639 KNOT-FT BY
                       MID-AFTERNOON.

FOR TONIGHT
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......MOSTLY CLEAR.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......0 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MIN 53-58.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MAX 19-24 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........WEST AND NORTHWEST 7 TO 13 MPH SHIFTING TO
                       NORTH THROUGH EAST 5 TO 11 MPH AFTER 2 OR 3
                       AM.
   VENTILATION TREND...EXCELLENT/186000 KNOT-FT BY EARLY-EVENING
                       BECOMING POOR/2000 KNOT-FT BY LATE-EVENING.

FOR MONDAY
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......MOSTLY SUNNY IN THE MORNING...THEN PARTLY
                       CLOUDY WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                       THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. MOST WILL
                       BE DRY.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......10 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MAX 78-82.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 12-17 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........EAST AND SOUTHEAST 5 TO 11 MPH THROUGH MID TO
                       LATE MORNING BECOMING SOUTHEAST THROUGH
                       SOUTHWEST 7 TO 15 MPH. A FEW GUSTS TO NEAR 20
                       MPH. HIGHER AND MORE ERRATIC GUSTS EXPECTED
                       NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
   MIXING HEIGHT.......17000 FT AGL.
   TRANSPORT WIND......SOUTHWEST 12 KNOTS.
   MAX VENT RATE.......EXCELLENT/206057 KNOT-FT AT 1600 LOCAL.
   VENTILATION TREND...GOOD/78736 KNOT-FT AROUND MID-MORNING
                       BECOMING EXCELLENT/201682 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...43

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REQUESTED BY...ANA COHEN
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
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