FNUS75 KABQ 111535
FWSABQ

SPOT FORECAST FOR RED FIRE...CIF
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
935 AM MDT MON JUN 11 2012

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

DISCUSSION...
YOUR NE WIND REPORT THIS MORNING INDICATES THAT THE BACK DOOR
COLD FRONT REACHED THE FIRE LOCATION. THIS WILL RESULT IN COOLER
TEMPERATURES AND HIGHER HUMIDITIES TODAY WITH ISOLATED SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS. THESE GUSTY STORMS WILL ONLY BE CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING A FEW HUNDREDTHS OF AN INCH OF RAIN. THIS AFTERNOON...
WINDS SHOULD SHIFT OUT OF THE SOUTHEAST...ALLOWING SOME SMOKE FROM
THE LITTLE BEAR FIRE TO WORK ITS WAY NORTHWARD INTO THE AREA.
AFTER GOOD HUMIDITY RECOVERY TONIGHT...THERE WILL BE A BETTER
CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ON TUESDAY. TUESDAYS STORMS
WILL ALSO BE MORE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WETTING RAIN.

FOR TODAY
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......MOSTLY CLOUDY IN THE MORNING WITH THIN HIGH
                       CLOUDS...THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY WITH
                       ISOLATED AND GUSTY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
                       IN THE AFTERNOON. SOME THUNDERSTORMS WILL
                       PRODUCE LITTLE OR NO RAIN. AREAS OF SMOKE
                       IN THE LATE AFTERNOON.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......10 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MAX 77-81.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 19-24 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........NORTHEAST WINDS 8 TO 11 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
                       SOUTHEAST 9 TO 12 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
                       GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
   MIXING HEIGHT.......16500 FT AGL.
   TRANSPORT WIND......SOUTH 12 KNOTS.
   MAX VENT RATE.......EXCELLENT/201015 KNOT-FT AT 1700 LOCAL.
   VENTILATION TREND...FAIR/41556 KNOT-FT AROUND MID-MORNING
                       BECOMING EXCELLENT/201015 KNOT-FT BY
                       MID-AFTERNOON.

FOR TONIGHT
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY CLOUDY. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS
                       AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING. AREAS OF
                       SMOKE CLEARING UP AFTER MIDNIGHT.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......10 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MIN 52-56.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MAX 71-76 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........SOUTHEAST WINDS 8 TO 12 MPH. GUSTY AND
                       ERRATIC WINDS NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
   VENTILATION TREND...EXCELLENT/186000 KNOT-FT BY EARLY-EVENING BECOMING
                       POOR/3000 KNOT-FT BY LATE-EVENING.

FOR TUESDAY
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY CLOUDY WITH ISOLATED SHOWERS AND
                       THUNDERSTORMS.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......20 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MAX 75-79.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 27-32 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........EAST WINDS 8 TO 11 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
                       SOUTHEAST 9 TO 12 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
                       GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR
                       THUNDERSTORMS.
   MIXING HEIGHT.......13000 FT AGL.
   TRANSPORT WIND......SOUTHEAST 17 KNOTS.
   MAX VENT RATE.......EXCELLENT/175000 KNOT-FT AT 1500 LOCAL.
   VENTILATION TREND...GOOD/82825 KNOT-FT AROUND MID-MORNING
                       BECOMING EXCELLENT/175000 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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