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SPOT FORECAST FOR TOADLENA LAKE 2...NAVAJO REGION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
1046 AM MDT SUN JUL 1 2012

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

DISCUSSION...UPPER LEVEL HIGH CENTERED OVER NORTHWEST NEW MEXICO WILL
GRADUALLY DRIFT TO THE NORTHEAST EARLY NEXT WEEK. HOT TEMPERATURES TO
PERSIST TODAY AND MONDAY. MOISTURE LIMITED BUT SUFFICIENT TO ALLOW FOR
HIGH BASED LATE DAY THUNDERSTORMS THAT WILL GENERATE GUSTY ERRATIC
WINDS RATHER THAN SIGNIFICANT WETTING RAINFALL. INCREASING MOISTURE AND
LESS DAYTIME HEAT IS EXPECTED STARTING MIDWEEK.


FOR TODAY
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY CLOUDY. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS
                       AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......10 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MAX 87-91.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 12-17 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........TERRAIN DOMINATED LESS THAN 8 MPH. GUSTY AND
                       ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN
                       THE AFTERNOON.
   MIXING HEIGHT.......16000 FT AGL.
   TRANSPORT WIND......SOUTH 6 KNOTS.
   MAX VENT RATE.......GOOD/89916 KNOT-FT AT 1300 LOCAL.
   VENTILATION TREND...GOOD/60830 KNOT-FT AROUND MID-MORNING
                       BECOMING GOOD/64000 KNOT-FT BY
                       MID-AFTERNOON.

FOR TONIGHT
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF EVENING
                       SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......10 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MIN 57-61.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MAX 31-36 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........SOUTHWEST WINDS 6 TO 10 MPH. GUSTY AND
                       ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
   VENTILATION TREND...FAIR/50000 KNOT-FT BY EARLY-EVENING BECOMING
                       POOR/1000 KNOT-FT BY LATE-EVENING.

FOR MONDAY
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY CLOUDY. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS
                       AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......20 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MAX 86-90.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 14-19 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........WEST WINDS 6 TO 9 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
                       WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                       AFTERNOON.
   MIXING HEIGHT.......15000 FT AGL.
   TRANSPORT WIND......NORTHWEST 6 KNOTS.
   MAX VENT RATE.......GOOD/81000 KNOT-FT AT 1800 LOCAL.
   VENTILATION TREND...POOR/35200 KNOT-FT AROUND MID-MORNING
                       BECOMING GOOD/78481 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...07

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REQUESTED BY...PAT WILLETTO
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
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