FNUS75 KABQ 211618
FWSABQ

SPOT FORECAST FOR BORREGO 2...SANTA FE NATIONAL FOREST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
1018 AM MDT SAT JUL 21 2012

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

DISCUSSION...
GRADUAL INCREASE IN THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE THIS WEEKEND DURING THE
AFTERNOONS AND EVENINGS. WINDS GENERALLY LIGHT EXCEPT IN VICINITY
OF SHOWERS AND STORMS. FAIR TO MARGINALLY GOOD RH RECOVERY TONIGHT.
POOR VENTILATION THIS MORNING AND AGAIN LATER TONIGHT THROUGH
SUNDAY MORNING.

FOR TODAY
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF
                       SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......20 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MAX 80-84.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 27-32 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........TERRAIN DOMINATED LESS THAN 6 MPH BECOMING
                       SOUTH 6 TO 10 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. GUSTY AND
                       ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
   MIXING HEIGHT.......11500 FT AGL.
   TRANSPORT WIND......SOUTH 5 KNOTS.
   MAX VENT RATE.......FAIR/52500 KNOT-FT AT 1800 LOCAL.
   VENTILATION TREND...POOR/28200 KNOT-FT AROUND MID-MORNING
                       BECOMING FAIR/46227 KNOT-FT BY
                       MID-AFTERNOON.

FOR TONIGHT
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY CLOUDY. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS
                       AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......20 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MIN 56-60.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MAX 56-61 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 8 MPH IN THE EVENING
                       BECOMING TERRAIN DOMINATED LESS THAN 6 MPH.
                       GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR
                       THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING.
   VENTILATION TREND...FAIR/52500 KNOT-FT BY EARLY-EVENING BECOMING
                       POOR/22500 KNOT-FT BY LATE-EVENING.

FOR SUNDAY
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                       THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MORNING...THEN A CHANCE
                       OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                       AFTERNOON.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......30 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MAX 81-85.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 24-29 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........TERRAIN DOMINATED LESS THAN 6 MPH BECOMING
                       SOUTH 7 TO 10 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. GUSTY
                       AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR
                       THUNDERSTORMS.
   MIXING HEIGHT.......13000 FT AGL.
   TRANSPORT WIND......SOUTHEAST 8 KNOTS.
   MAX VENT RATE.......VERY GOOD/104000 KNOT-FT AT 1500 LOCAL.
   VENTILATION TREND...GOOD/62551 KNOT-FT AROUND MID-MORNING
                       BECOMING VERY GOOD/104000 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...40

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REQUESTED BY...BORREGO IC
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120721.BORRE.01/ABQ