FNUS75 KABQ 090210
FWSABQ

SPOT FORECAST FOR BORREGO 2...SANTA FE NATIONAL FOREST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
810 PM MDT SUN JUL 8 2012

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

DISCUSSION...
A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT. A BACK DOOR
COLD FRONT WILL PASS AFTER MIDNIGHT...WITH A LITTLE BETTER CHANCE
OF A SHOWER OR THUNDERSTORM THAN DURING THE EVENING HOURS. MOIST
SOUTHEASTERLY UPSLOPE FLOW OVER THE JEMEZ MOUNTAINS...AND AN UPPER
LEVEL TROUGH TRACKING SOUTHWARD OVER EASTERN NEW MEXICO...WILL
RESULT IN WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ON MONDAY AFTERNOON
AND EVENING. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN AT RATES OVER 1 INCH PER HOUR.

FOR TONIGHT
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY CLOUDY. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS
                       AND THUNDERSTORMS.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......20 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MIN 52-56.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MAX 77-82 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 7 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
                       SOUTHEAST AFTER MIDNIGHT. GUSTY
                       AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR
                       THUNDERSTORMS.
   VENTILATION TREND...GOOD/63000 KNOT-FT BY EARLY EVENING
                       BECOMING POOR/16500 KNOT-FT BY LATE
                       EVENING.

FOR MONDAY
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......MOSTLY CLOUDY. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                       THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MORNING...THEN SHOWERS
                       AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. SOME
                       THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
                       HEAVY RAIN IN THE AFTERNOON.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......80 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MAX 74-78.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 42-47 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........SOUTHEAST WINDS 7 TO 10 MPH. GUSTY AND
                       ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
   MIXING HEIGHT.......8500 FT AGL.
   TRANSPORT WIND......EAST 11 KNOTS.
   MAX VENT RATE.......FAIR/43172 KNOT-FT AT 1300 LOCAL.
   VENTILATION TREND...POOR/37531 KNOT-FT AROUND MID-MORNING
                       BECOMING FAIR/42500 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...BORREGO IC
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120708.BORRE.01/ABQ