FNUS75 KABQ 051527
FWSABQ

SPOT FORECAST FOR INDEPENDANCE...SANTA FE NATIONAL FOREST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
927 AM MDT THU JUL 5 2012

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

DISCUSSION...
HIGHER HUMIDITY AND CHANCES OF WETTING STORMS WILL REMAIN THE
NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. STEERING FLOW FOR THE STORMS WILL GENERALLY
BE FROM SOUTH TO NORTH OR SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST TODAY...AROUND 10
MPH AND BE A BIT MORE CONVOLUTED AND SLOWER ON FRIDAY AS THE UPPER
FLOW RELAXES SOME.

FOR TODAY
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF
                       SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                       MORNING...THEN MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH SHOWERS
                       AND THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY IN THE AFTERNOON.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......70 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MAX 70-74.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 49-54 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........TERRAIN DOMINATED LESS THAN 8 MPH BECOMING
                       SOUTHWEST 7 TO 9 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. GUSTY
                       AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR
                       THUNDERSTORMS.
   MIXING HEIGHT.......8000 FT AGL.
   TRANSPORT WIND......SOUTHWEST 6 KNOTS.
   MAX VENT RATE.......FAIR/43870 KNOT-FT AT 1600 LOCAL.
   VENTILATION TREND...POOR/20607 KNOT-FT AROUND MID-MORNING
                       BECOMING FAIR/43870 KNOT-FT BY
                       MID-AFTERNOON.

FOR TONIGHT
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......MOSTLY CLOUDY. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
                       LIKELY IN THE EVENING...THEN A CHANCE OF
                       SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AFTER MIDNIGHT.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......70 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MIN 52-56.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MAX 74-79 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........TERRAIN DOMINATED LESS THAN 8 MPH. GUSTY AND
                       ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
   VENTILATION TREND...FAIR/40000 KNOT-FT BY EARLY-EVENING BECOMING
                       POOR/7500 KNOT-FT BY LATE-EVENING.

FOR FRIDAY
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                       THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MORNING...THEN MOSTLY
                       CLOUDY WITH SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY
                       IN THE AFTERNOON.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......70 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MAX 72-76.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 40-45 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........TERRAIN DOMINATED LESS THAN 8 MPH. GUSTY AND
                       ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
   MIXING HEIGHT.......10000 FT AGL.
   TRANSPORT WIND......SOUTHWEST 8 KNOTS.
   MAX VENT RATE.......POOR/28733 KNOT-FT AT 2000 LOCAL.
   VENTILATION TREND...POOR/15565 KNOT-FT AROUND MID-MORNING
                       BECOMING POOR/19000 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...50

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REQUESTED BY...ANA COHEN
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120705.INDEP.01/ABQ