FNUS75 KABQ 041447
FWSABQ

SPOT FORECAST FOR FREEDOM FOURTH FIREWORKS...ALBUQUERQUE FIRE DEPARTMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
847 AM MDT WED JUL 4 2012

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

DISCUSSION...A MORE MOIST AIRMASS WILL MOVE NORTHWARD TODAY INTO CENTRAL
AND WESTERN PORTIONS OF NEW MEXICO WHILE AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE OF
SEMI-TROPICAL ORIGIN AFFECTS SOUTHWEST NEW MEXICO WHERE DAYTIME CHANCES
OF SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL WILL BE HIGHEST. LATE AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS
OVER THE SANDIA/MANZANO MOUNTAINS WILL TRY TO DRIFT WEST-NORTHWESTWARD
INTO THE MID RIO GRANDE VALLEY. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO OUR WEST
AND ALSO NEARBY COULD GENERATE OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES THAT INITIATE NEW
CONVECTION OVER THE MID RIO GRANDE VALLEY THIS EVENING...BRINGING THE
THREAT FOR BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL...CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND ERRATIC
STRONG WIND GUSTS WITH THUNDERSTORMS.

FOR PLANNED IGNITION TIME OF 0812 MDT 7/4/12
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY CLOUDY. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS
                       AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......30 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MAX 92-95.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 21-26 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........TERRAIN DOMINATED LESS THAN 8 MPH BECOMING
                       SOUTH 7 TO 10 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. GUSTY
                       AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR
                       THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.

FOR TONIGHT
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                       THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING...THEN PARTLY
                       CLOUDY WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                       THUNDERSTORMS AFTER MIDNIGHT.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......40 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MIN 63-67.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MAX 68-73 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........SOUTH WINDS 7 TO 10 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
                       WINDS EXPECTED NEAR EVENING THUNDERSTORMS.

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...CHIEF JAMES BREEN
REASON FOR REQUEST...HAZMAT
.TAG 20120704.FREED.01/ABQ