FNUS75 KABQ 210020
FWSABQ

SPOT FORECAST FOR ROMERO...N6S FORESTRY.
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
620 PM MDT WED JUN 20 2012

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

DISCUSSION...
LIGHT TO MODERATE WINDS MUCH OF THE EVENING...THEN A BACK DOOR COLD
FRONT IS EXPECTED TO COME IN TO FIRE AREA BETWEEN 930 AND 11 PM WITH
A SHIFT TO MORE OF AN EAST TO NORTHEAST WIND. ONE CONCERN WITH WINDS
IN FIRE AREA IS THE BLOCKING EFFECT OF THE SANDIAS...ESPECIALLY
SANDIA PEAK...SO WINDS SHOULD BE A LITTLE MORE LIKELY TO COME AROUND
THE NORTH SIDE OF THE PEAK AND BE MORE OF A NORTHEAST WIND. WINDS WILL
ALSO COME ROARING THROUGH THE LOWER PASSES AND CANYONS TO THE SOUTH OF
SANDIA PEAK...INCLUDING TIJERAS CANYON. THIS WILL FORCE AT LEAST A
LITTLE WIND UP VALLEY AND THAT MAY REACH AS FAR NORTH AS THE FIRE
MAKING AN OCCASIONAL SHIFT TO THE SOUTHEAST POSSIBLE. FRONT WILL BRING
SOME HUMIDITY INCREASE LATE TONIGHT THROUGH AT LEAST THURSDAY NIGHT.

FOR TONIGHT
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......MOSTLY CLEAR.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......0 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MIN 62-66.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MAX 45-50 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........WEST THROUGH NORTH 6 TO 12 MPH SHIFTING TO
                       NORTHEAST AND ONCE IN AWHILE EAST 8 TO 18 MPH
                       STARTING BETWEEN 930 AND 11 PM INCREASING TO
                       14 TO 23 MPH STARTING BETWEEN 11 PM AND 1230
                       AM AND CONTINUING THEREAFTER. SOME GUSTS AT
                       TIMES BETWEEN 25 AND 32 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.
                       WINDS MAY OCCASIONALLY BLOW FROM THE SOUTHEAST
                       LATE TONIGHT...BUT SHOULD BE MAINLY FROM EAST
                       AND NORTHEAST.

FOR THURSDAY
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......MOSTLY SUNNY. A LITTLE COOLER.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......0 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MAX 90-94.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 23-28 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........NORTHEAST THROUGH SOUTHEAST 10 TO 18 MPH
                       WITH SOME GUSTS TO BETWEEN 20 AND 25 IN THE
                       MORNING SHIFTING TO THE SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST
                       7 TO 15 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON WITH A FEW
                       BETWEEN 15 AND 20 MPH.

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...ROBERT BROWN
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120620.ROMER.01/ABQ