FNUS75 KABQ 111529
FWSABQ

SPOT FORECAST FOR ROCK...SANTA FE NATIONAL FOREST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
929 AM MDT WED JUL 11 2012

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

DISCUSSION...
TEMPERATURES WILL GRADUALLY WARM AND HUMIDITIES WILL GRADUALLY
LESSEN DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. MOISTURE TRAPPED UNDER THE
UPPER HIGH WILL RECYCLE OUT IN THE FORM OF SCATTERED SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE GREATER JEMEZ MOUNTAINS. STORMS WILL
TEND TO MOVE FROM NORTH TO SOUTH OR NORTHEAST TO SOUTHWEST THE
NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS BUT THEY WILL BE FAIRLY SLOW MOVING. GUSTY
OUTFLOW WINDS WILL ALWAYS BE POSSIBLE...OTHERWISE THE SURFACE
WIND FLOW WILL BE ON THE LIGHTER SIDE.

FOR TODAY
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......MOSTLY SUNNY...BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY DURING
                       THE AFTERNOON. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS
                       AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......30 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MAX 77-81.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 35-40 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........TERRAIN DOMINATED LESS THAN 7 MPH. LOTS OF
                       VARIABILITY IN WIND DIRECTIONS EXPECTED.
                       GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR
                       THUNDERSTORMS.
   MIXING HEIGHT.......11000 FT AGL.
   TRANSPORT WIND......NORTH 7 KNOTS.
   MAX VENT RATE.......GOOD/77000 KNOT-FT AT 1500 LOCAL.
   VENTILATION TREND...POOR/34005 KNOT-FT AROUND MID-MORNING
                       BECOMING GOOD/77000 KNOT-FT BY
                       MID-AFTERNOON.

FOR TONIGHT
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                       THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING...THEN SLIGHT
                       CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AFTER
                       MIDNIGHT.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......40 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MIN 52-56.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MAX 73-78 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........TERRAIN DOMINATED LESS THAN 7 MPH. GUSTY AND
                       ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
   VENTILATION TREND...FAIR/45000 KNOT-FT BY EARLY-EVENING BECOMING
                       POOR/4000 KNOT-FT BY LATE-EVENING.

FOR THURSDAY
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                       THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MORNING...THEN CHANCE
                       OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                       AFTERNOON.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......30 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MAX 80-84.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 30-35 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........TERRAIN DOMINATED LESS THAN 8 MPH BECOMING
                       NORTH 7 TO 9 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. GUSTY AND
                       ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
   MIXING HEIGHT.......12000 FT AGL.
   TRANSPORT WIND......NORTH 7 KNOTS.
   MAX VENT RATE.......GOOD/89748 KNOT-FT AT 1400 LOCAL.
   VENTILATION TREND...FAIR/48593 KNOT-FT AROUND MID-MORNING
                       BECOMING GOOD/84000 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...139
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
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