FNUS75 KABQ 302144
FWSABQ

SPOT FORECAST FOR ESCOBAS...SANTA FE NATIONAL FOREST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
344 PM MDT MON JUL 30 2012

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

DISCUSSION...
ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING NEAR THE FIRE BY LATE THIS
AFTERNOON WITH ONLY LOCALIZED WETTING RAIN POSSIBLE BY THIS
EVENING. STORMS REDEVELOPING IN THE SAME PATTERN LATE TUESDAY
MORNING WITH COVERAGE EXPANDING BY LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON.
STORM MOTION WILL BE GENERALLY NORTH AND NORTHEAST ONCE INITIATED.
FAIR TO GOOD HUMIDITY RECOVERY OVERNIGHT WITH STEADY HUMIDITY
AND TEMPERATURE TRENDS THROUGH TUESDAY.

   CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY CLOUDY WITH ISOLATED
                       SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......20 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MIN 51-53.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MAX 58-61 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........SOUTHEAST WINDS 7 TO 10 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
                       SOUTH 7 TO 9 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. GUSTY AND
                       ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
   VENTILATION TREND...POOR/17000 KNOT-FT BY EARLY-EVENING BECOMING
                       POOR/3000 KNOT-FT BY LATE-EVENING.

FOR TUESDAY
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY CLOUDY. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND
                       THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MORNING...INCREASING IN
                       COVERAGE TO SCATTERED IN THE
                       AFTERNOON.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......30 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MAX 78-80.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 27-30 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........TERRAIN DOMINATED LESS THAN 8 MPH. GUSTY AND
                       ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
   MIXING HEIGHT.......14000 FT AGL.
   TRANSPORT WIND......SOUTH 10 KNOTS.
   MAX VENT RATE.......VERY GOOD/140833 KNOT-FT AT 1700 LOCAL.
   VENTILATION TREND...FAIR/54302 KNOT-FT AROUND MID-MORNING
                       BECOMING VERY GOOD/140833 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...25

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REQUESTED BY...137
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
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