FNUS75 KABQ 041840
FWSABQ

SPOT FORECAST FOR MEDIO...SANTA FE NATIONAL FOREST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
1240 PM MDT WED JUL 4 2012

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

DISCUSSION...A MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS WILL ALLOW FOR DAILY
SCATTERED SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT THROUGH AT LEAST
FRIDAY. SHOWERS AND STORMS COULD GENERATE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL.
ERRATIC AND GUSTY WINDS SHOULD BE EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
MOST OF THE SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL OCCUR BETWEEN
NOON AND MIDNIGHT.

FOR TODAY
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY. SHOWERS AND
                       THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY DURING THE AFTERNOON.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......60 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MAX 76-80.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 38-43 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........TERRAIN DOMINATED LESS THAN 7 MPH BECOMING
                       SOUTHWEST 7 TO 10 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
                       GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR
                       THUNDERSTORMS.
   MIXING HEIGHT.......10000 FT AGL.
   TRANSPORT WIND......SOUTHWEST 15 KNOTS.
   MAX VENT RATE.......VERY GOOD/104000 KNOT-FT AT 1800 LOCAL.
   VENTILATION TREND...POOR/31639 KNOT-FT AROUND MID-MORNING
                       BECOMING GOOD/94801 KNOT-FT BY
                       MID-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 54-58.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MAX 80-85 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........SOUTH WINDS 6 TO 10 MPH IN THE EVENING BECOMING
                       TERRAIN DOMINATED LESS THAN 7 MPH. GUSTY AND
                       ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
   VENTILATION TREND...VERY GOOD/104000 KNOT-FT BY EARLY-EVENING
                       BECOMING FAIR/52500 KNOT-FT BY LATE-EVENING.

FOR THURSDAY
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......MOSTLY CLOUDY. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS
                       AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MORNING...THEN
                       SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY IN THE
                       AFTERNOON.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......60 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MAX 74-78.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 40-45 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........SOUTH WINDS 6 TO 10 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
                       WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
   MIXING HEIGHT.......10000 FT AGL.
   TRANSPORT WIND......SOUTH 14 KNOTS.
   MAX VENT RATE.......VERY GOOD/124689 KNOT-FT AT 1600 LOCAL.
   VENTILATION TREND...POOR/37370 KNOT-FT AROUND MID-MORNING
                       BECOMING VERY GOOD/124689 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...I C   T  MATT SMITH
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120704.MEDIO.01/ABQ