FNUS75 KABQ 300352
FWSABQ

SPOT FORECAST FOR BALES...US FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
952 PM MDT SUN JUL 29 2012

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

DISCUSSION...
A QUIET NIGHT IS IN STORE AS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DIMINISHED EARLY
THIS EVENING. GOOD RELATIVE HUMIDITY RECOVERIES ARE EXPECTED
TONIGHT. MID LEVEL DRY AIR WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE INTO THE STATE ON
MONDAY...LIMITING THE POTENTIAL FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
HOWEVER...RESIDUAL LOW LEVEL MOISTURE MAY BE ENOUGH FOR A STRAY
STORM. SHOULD A STORM DEVELOP...GUSTY AND ERRATIC WIND GUSTS ARE
POSSIBLE. OTHERWISE...LOOK FOR NEAR NORMAL TEMPERATURES.

FOR TONIGHT
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY CLOUDY.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......0 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MIN 51-55.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MAX 66-71 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........TERRAIN DOMINATED LESS THAN 6 MPH.
   VENTILATION TREND...POOR/24000 KNOT-FT BY LATE-EVENING.

FOR MONDAY
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY CLOUDY. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS
                       AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......20 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MAX 72-76.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 33-38 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........TERRAIN DOMINATED LESS THAN 8 MPH BECOMING
                       SOUTHWEST 7 TO 9 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. GUSTY
                       AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR
                       THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
   MIXING HEIGHT.......11500 FT AGL.
   TRANSPORT WIND......SOUTHWEST 5 KNOTS.
   MAX VENT RATE.......FAIR/58409 KNOT-FT AT 1600 LOCAL.
   VENTILATION TREND...POOR/27421 KNOT-FT AROUND MID-MORNING
                       BECOMING FAIR/58409 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...34

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REQUESTED BY...BLACK CANYON
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
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