FNUS75 KABQ 080013
FWSABQ

SPOT FORECAST FOR JOSE...SANTA FE NATIONAL FOREST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
613 PM MDT SAT JUL 7 2012

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

DISCUSSION...
THE UPPER LEVEL HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL SHIFT ITS CENTROID OVER
UTAH TONIGHT AND SUNDAY. THIS WILL CHANGE THE STORM TRACK FROM
NORTHWESTWARD MOVING STORMS THIS EVENING TO NORTHEASTWARD MOVING
STORMS SUNDAY. THIS STORM MOTION WILL STEER NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS THAT FORM OVER THE SAN PEDRO PARKS WILDERNESS
NORTHEASTWARD OVER THE FIRE LOCATION SUNDAY. THE STEERING FLOW
SHOULD SHIFT OUT OF THE NORTH MONDAY AND TUESDAY WITH SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS REDEVELOPING EACH AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

   CLOUDS/WEATHER......CLOUDY WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                       THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING...THEN A
                       SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS AFTER
                       MIDNIGHT.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......10 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MIN 50-54.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MAX 85-90 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........SOUTHEAST WINDS 4 TO 8 MPH. GUSTY AND
                       ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
   VENTILATION TREND...FAIR/49500 KNOT-FT BY EARLY-EVENING BECOMING
                       POOR/7000 KNOT-FT BY LATE-EVENING.

FOR SUNDAY
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF
                       SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE LATE
                       MORNING...THEN CLOUDY WITH NUMEROUS
                       SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......10 PERCENT IN THE LATE MORNING...THEN 60
                       PERCENT IN THE AFTERNOON.
   TEMPERATURE.........MAX 72-76.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 41-46 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........SOUTH WINDS 4 TO 8 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
                       WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
   MIXING HEIGHT.......8500 FT AGL.
   TRANSPORT WIND......SOUTH 6 KNOTS.
   MAX VENT RATE.......FAIR/48000 KNOT-FT AT 1200 LOCAL.
   VENTILATION TREND...FAIR/46815 KNOT-FT AROUND MID-MORNING
                       BECOMING FAIR/40000 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...44

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REQUESTED BY...WILFRED VILAPANDO
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
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