FNUS75 KABQ 162112
FWSABQ

SPOT FORECAST FOR SIERRA GRANDE...NM STATE FORESTRY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
312 PM MDT MON JUL 16 2012

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

DISCUSSION...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO
DEVELOP OVER THE RATON RIDGE...JOHSON MESA...AND CAPULIN VOLCANO
AREAS THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING. STORMS WILL DRIFT TO THE EAST
SOUTHEAST AT 10 TO 15 MPH...AND WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DECENT
DOWNPOURS AND ERRATIC AND STRONG WIND GUSTS. TEMPERATURES WILL
STRUGGLE TO REACH 80 DEGREES TODAY WITH MINIMUM HUMIDITY NEAR 25
PERCENT. STORMS WILL DIMINISH IN COVERAGE BY THE LATE EVENING...AND
HUMIDITY WILL RECOVER TO NEAR 60 PERCENT BEFORE DAWN...POSSIBLY
HIGHER IF WETTING RAINFALL IS RECEIVED. SCATTERED STORMS WILL AGAIN
BE POSSIBLE ON TUESDAY.


FOR TODAY
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY TO MOSTLYCLOUDY. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                       THUNDERSTORMS.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......40 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MAX 77-81.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 28-33 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........SOUTH SOUTHEAST 7 TO 9 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL
                       GUSTS TO 16 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS
                       EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.

FOR TONIGHT
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY CLOUDY. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                       THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING...THEN A SLIGHT
                       CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AFTER
                       MIDNIGHT.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......40 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MIN 58-62.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MAX 53-58 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........SOUTHWEST WINDS 7 TO 9 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
                       WEST 7 TO 9 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. GUSTY AND
                       ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.

FOR TUESDAY
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF
                       SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                       MORNING...THEN MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE
                       OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                       AFTERNOON.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......50 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MAX 77-81.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 33-38 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........NORTH WINDS 7 TO 9 MPH SHIFTING TO THE EAST
                       7 TO 9 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. GUSTY AND
                       ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.

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...VALORIE GARCIA
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
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