FNUS75 KABQ 171751
FWSABQ

SPOT FORECAST FOR SIERRA GRANDE...NM STATE FORESTRY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
1151 AM MDT TUE JUL 17 2012

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

DISCUSSION...
BETTER CHANCE OF STORMS TODAY AS COMPARED TO TOMORROW. VERY LITTLE
CHANGE IN HUMIDITY AND TEMPERATURES THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS.

FOR TODAY
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY TO OCCASIONALLY MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A
                       CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.                        AFTERNOON.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......50 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MAX 78-82.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 30-35 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........SOUTHWEST WINDS 8 TO 13 MPH BECOMING
                       SOUTHEAST LATER IN THE AFTERNOON. GUSTY
                       AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR
                       THUNDERSTORMS.

FOR TONIGHT
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY CLOUDY. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                       THUNDERSTORMS.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......40 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MIN 59-63.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MAX 55-60 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........SOUTHEAST WINDS 7 TO 9 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
                       SOUTHWEST 7 TO 9 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. GUSTY
                       AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR
                       THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING. GUSTY AND
                       ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS
                       AFTER MIDNIGHT.

FOR WEDNESDAY
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY CLOUDY. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS
                       AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MORNING...THEN A
                       CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                       AFTERNOON.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......50 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MAX 79-83.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 32-37 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........NORTH WINDS 4 TO 7 MPH SHIFTING TO THE EAST
                       7 TO 10 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...50

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REQUESTED BY...VALORIE GARCIA
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
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