FNUS75 KABQ 131443
FWSABQ

SPOT FORECAST FOR SIERRA GRANDE...N2S CIMARRON DIST.
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
843 AM MDT FRI JUL 13 2012

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

DISCUSSION...A STRAY SHOWER OR THUNDERSTORM WILL BE POSSIBLE LATE
THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EVENING...BUT THE MAJORITY OF ANY
ACTIVITY WILL BE FOUND WELL WEST OF THE BURN AREA. TEMPERATURES WILL
WARM TO NEAR 80 DEGREES WHILE HUMIDITY FALLS TO NEAR 30 PERCENT.
WINDS WILL BE VARIABLE IN DIRECTION THROUGH THE LATE MORNING..BUT
WILL BE TRENDING SOUTHERLY BY AFTERNOON WITH LIGHT SPEEDS.


FOR TODAY
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......MOSTLY SUNNY IN THE MORNING THEN BECOMING
                       PARTLY CLOUDY WITH ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......10 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MAX 77-81.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 28-33 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........TERRAIN DOMINATED LESS THAN 7 MPH...SHIFTING
                       TO THE SOUTH 7 TO 10 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
                       GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR ANY
                       THUNDERSTORMS.
   MIXING HEIGHT.......14000 FT AGL.
   TRANSPORT WIND......SOUTH 6 KNOTS.
   MAX VENT RATE.......FAIR/54000 KNOT-FT AT 1200 LOCAL.
   VENTILATION TREND...FAIR/51936 KNOT-FT AROUND MID-MORNING
                       BECOMING FAIR/44731 KNOT-FT BY
                       MID-AFTERNOON.

FOR TONIGHT
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY CLOUDY.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......10 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MIN 57-61.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MAX 55-60 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........SOUTH SOUTHEAST WINDS 7 TO 10 MPH...BECOMING
                       LIGHT AND TERRAIN DOMINATED BY 2100 LOCAL.
                       GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR ANY
                       THUNDERSTORMS.
   VENTILATION TREND...FAIR/50000 KNOT-FT BY EARLY-EVENING BECOMING
                       POOR/2500 KNOT-FT BY LATE-EVENING.

FOR SATURDAY
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY CLOUDY. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS
                       AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......10 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MAX 80-84.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 28-33 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........SOUTHWEST WINDS 7 TO 9 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
                       SOUTH 9 TO 12 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. GUSTY
                       AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR
                       THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
   MIXING HEIGHT.......12500 FT AGL.
   TRANSPORT WIND......SOUTH 18 KNOTS.
   MAX VENT RATE.......VERY GOOD/135111 KNOT-FT AT 1900 LOCAL.
   VENTILATION TREND...FAIR/58193 KNOT-FT AROUND MID-MORNING
                       BECOMING VERY GOOD/124267 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...52

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REQUESTED BY...CHRIS ROMO
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
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