FNUS75 KABQ 110034 FWSABQ SPOT FORECAST FOR ASPEN...SANTA FE NATIONAL FOREST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 634 PM MDT FRI AUG 10 2012 IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. DISCUSSION... SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE MOVING FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS THE FIRE THIS EVENING TAPERING OFF AFTER SUNSET. SOUTHWEST WINDS ENDING BY MIDNIGHT AND BECOMING DRAINAGE WINDS OVERNIGHT. WEST WINDS PEAKING AROUND 10 MPH SATURDAY AFTERNOON...WITH ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS NEAR THE FIRE DEVELOPING AFTER NOON AND MOVING SOUTHEAST ONCE FORMED. RAINFALL AMOUNTS GENERALLY LIGHT. FOR TONIGHT CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY CLOUDY. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING...REDUCING COVERAGE TO ISOLATED AFTER MIDNIGHT. CHC OF PRECIP.......30 PERCENT. TEMPERATURE.........MIN 50-52. RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MAX 52-55 PERCENT. 20 FOOT WIND........SOUTHWEST WINDS 7 TO 9 MPH IN THE EVENING BECOMING TERRAIN DOMINATED LESS THAN 8 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS. VENTILATION TREND...GOOD/77000 KNOT-FT BY EARLY-EVENING BECOMING POOR/6000 KNOT-FT BY LATE-EVENING. FOR SATURDAY CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY CLOUDY WITH ISOLATED AFTERNOON SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. CHC OF PRECIP.......20 PERCENT. TEMPERATURE.........MAX 84-86. RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 19-22 PERCENT. 20 FOOT WIND........WEST WINDS 7 TO 9 MPH INCREASING TO 7 TO 12 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS. MIXING HEIGHT.......13000 FT AGL. TRANSPORT WIND......WEST 16 KNOTS. MAX VENT RATE.......EXCELLENT/175741 KNOT-FT AT 1400 LOCAL. VENTILATION TREND...VERY GOOD/131338 KNOT-FT AROUND MID-MORNING BECOMING EXCELLENT/169000 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 $$ REQUESTED BY...ASPEN IC REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20120810.ASPEN.01/ABQ