FNUS75 KABQ 111648
FWSABQ

SPOT FORECAST FOR BEAR SPRINGS...SANTA FE NATIONAL FOREST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
1048 AM MDT MON JUN 11 2012

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

DISCUSSION...
A BACK DOOR COOL FRONT WILL FUNNEL INTO THE AREA FROM THE SOUTHEAST
THIS EVENING WITH SOMEWHAT ENHANCED MOISTURE. THERE WILL BE A
SLIGHT CHANCE OF A GUSTY AND DRY THUNDERSTORM THIS EVENING...THEN
A BETTER CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ON TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
DRY WEATHER IS THEN EXPECTED FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE WORK WEEK.
AFTER HIGH TEMPERATURES NEAR NORMAL TODAY AND TUESDAY...READINGS
WILL RISE A FEW DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL AGAIN WEDNESDAY.

FOR TODAY
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......MOSTLY SUNNY IN THE MORNING THEN BECOMING
                       PARTLY CLOUDY.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......0 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MAX 79-83.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 13-18 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........EAST WINDS 5 TO 7 MPH INCREASING TO SOUTH 7
                       TO 12 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
   MIXING HEIGHT.......17000 FT AGL.
   TRANSPORT WIND......SOUTHWEST 14 KNOTS.
   MAX VENT RATE.......EXCELLENT/244800 KNOT-FT AT 1600 LOCAL.
   VENTILATION TREND...GOOD/90326 KNOT-FT AROUND MID-MORNING
                       BECOMING EXCELLENT/242639 KNOT-FT BY
                       MID-AFTERNOON.

FOR TONIGHT
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF DRY
                       THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......5 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MIN 49-53.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MAX 77-82 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........SOUTHEAST 8 TO 11 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
                       WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
   VENTILATION TREND...EXCELLENT/202500 KNOT-FT BY EARLY-EVENING
                       BECOMING POOR/25500 KNOT-FT BY LATE-EVENING.

FOR TUESDAY
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A ISOLATED SHOWERS AND
                       THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......20 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MAX 78-82.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 23-28 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........SOUTHEAST WINDS 8 TO 12 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
                       SOUTH IN THE AFTERNOON. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
                       WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
   MIXING HEIGHT.......13000 FT AGL.
   TRANSPORT WIND......SOUTHEAST 15 KNOTS.
   MAX VENT RATE.......VERY GOOD/144000 KNOT-FT AT 600 LOCAL.
   VENTILATION TREND...FAIR/56282 KNOT-FT AROUND MID-MORNING
                       BECOMING VERY GOOD/132215 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...44

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