FNUS75 KABQ 081600
FWSABQ

SPOT FORECAST FOR SIERRA GRANDE...N2S
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
1000 AM MDT SUN JUL 8 2012

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

DISCUSSION...
INCREASING CLOUDS WITH SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING THIS
AFTERNOON. WINDS BECOMING NORTH LATE THIS MORNING THEN SHIFTING
EAST THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. GUSTS NEAR THUNDERSTORMS. COOLING
TREND FOR MONDAY...WITH EXCELLENT HUMIDITY RECOVERY OVERNIGHT
TONIGHT. SIMILAR THUNDERSTORM STORY FOR MONDAY.

FOR TODAY
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY CLOUDY WITH ISOLATED
                       SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE LATE
                       MORNING...INCREASING CLOUDS WITH SHOWERS
                       AND THUNDERSTORMS BECOMING
                       NUMEROUS IN THE AFTERNOON.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......10 PERCENT IN THE MORNING.
                       60 PERCENT IN THE AFTERNOON.
   TEMPERATURE.........MAX 70-72.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 51-54 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........NORTH WINDS 7 TO 9 MPH IN THE LATE
                       MORNING SHIFTING TO THE EAST
                       7 TO 12 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. GUSTY AND
                       ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
   MIXING HEIGHT.......9000 FT AGL.
   TRANSPORT WIND......EAST 11 KNOTS.
   MAX VENT RATE.......FAIR/40654 KNOT-FT AT 1900 LOCAL.
   VENTILATION TREND...POOR/23611 KNOT-FT AROUND MID-MORNING
                       REMAINING POOR/34811 KNOT-FT BY
                       MID-AFTERNOON.

FOR TONIGHT
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......60 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MIN 52-54.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MAX 96-100 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........EAST WINDS 9 TO 14 MPH DECREASING TO 7 TO 9
                       MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS
                       EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
   VENTILATION TREND...FAIR/40654 KNOT-FT BY EARLY-EVENING BECOMING
                       POOR/33000 KNOT-FT BY LATE-EVENING.

FOR MONDAY
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......MOSTLY CLOUDY. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
                       THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MORNING...THEN SHOWERS
                       AND THUNDERSTORMS BECOMING NUMEROUS
                       IN THE AFTERNOON.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......60 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MAX 64-66.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 75-78 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........EAST WINDS 7 TO 9 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTH
                       7 TO 10 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. GUSTY AND
                       ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
   MIXING HEIGHT.......6000 FT AGL.
   TRANSPORT WIND......NORTHEAST 13 KNOTS.
   MAX VENT RATE.......FAIR/59896 KNOT-FT AT 1600 LOCAL.
   VENTILATION TREND...POOR/20000 KNOT-FT AROUND MID-MORNING
                       BECOMING FAIR/59896 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...25

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REQUESTED BY...PHILLIP BACA
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
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