FNUS75 KABQ 101755
FWSABQ

SPOT FORECAST FOR CHINO...SANTA FE NATIONAL FOREST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
1155 AM MDT TUE JUL 10 2012

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

DISCUSSION...
HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT CENTERED OVER THE LOWER GREAT BASIN RESULTS IN
WEAK NORTH TO SOUTH STEERING FLOW FOR SCATTERED AFTERNOON SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS IN NORTH CENTRAL NEW MEXICO TODAY. HIGH PRESSURE
ALOFT WILL EDGE A LITTLE CLOSER TO THE FOUR CORNERS WEDNESDAY...
WHICH SHOULD LIMIT THE NUMBER OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT
DEVELOP WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL NEW MEXICO.

FOR TODAY
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY CLOUDY. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                       THUNDERSTORMS.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......50 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MAX 80-84.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 40-45 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........TERRAIN DOMINATED LESS THAN 6 MPH BECOMING
                       SOUTHEAST 6 TO 9 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
                       GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS NEAR THUNDERSTORMS
                       IN THE AFTERNOON.
   MIXING HEIGHT.......10000 FT AGL.
   TRANSPORT WIND......SOUTH 13 KNOTS.
   MAX VENT RATE.......GOOD/66500 KNOT-FT AT 1500 LOCAL.
   VENTILATION TREND...POOR/25632 KNOT-FT AROUND MID-MORNING
                       BECOMING GOOD/66500 KNOT-FT BY
                       MID-AFTERNOON.

FOR TONIGHT
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                       THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......30 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MIN 52-56.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MAX 89-94 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........SOUTHEAST WINDS 6 TO 10 MPH IN THE EVENING
                       BECOMING TERRAIN DOMINATED LESS THAN 7 MPH.
                       GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR
                       EVENING THUNDERSTORMS.
   VENTILATION TREND...FAIR/52901 KNOT-FT BY EARLY-EVENING BECOMING
                       FAIR/45500 KNOT-FT BY LATE-EVENING.

FOR WEDNESDAY
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF
                       SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......20 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MAX 83-87.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 35-40 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........TERRAIN DOMINATED LESS THAN 7 MPH BECOMING
                       SOUTH 6 TO 9 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. GUSTY AND
                       ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
   MIXING HEIGHT.......10000 FT AGL.
   TRANSPORT WIND......NORTHEAST 7 KNOTS.
   MAX VENT RATE.......GOOD/64436 KNOT-FT AT 1700 LOCAL.
   VENTILATION TREND...POOR/8400 KNOT-FT AROUND MID-MORNING
                       BECOMING GOOD/64436 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...691
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
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