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SPOT FORECAST FOR PEAK...US FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
349 PM MDT MON AUG 13 2012

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

DISCUSSION...
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTHWEST NEW MEXICO WILL CONTINUE
TO MOVE EASTWARD AND SHOULD IMPACT THE BURN SITE BY 630 PM. HEAVIER
RAIN AMOUNTS HAVE BEEN SPOTTY...HOWEVER...SOME PRECIPITATION WILL
LIKELY FALL OVER THE AREA. TEMPERATURES WILL LIKELY CLIMB A FEW
MORE DEGREES UNDER ABUNDANT SUNSHINE FOR THE NEXT HOUR OR SO.
OTHERWISE...LOOK FOR GOOD TO EXCELLENT RELATIVE HUMIDITY
RECOVERIES THIS EVENING. ANOTHER ROUND OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TUESDAY AFTERNOON...THOUGH CHANCES OF A
STORM DIRECTLY IMPACTING THE BURN SITE ARE NOT AS GREAT AS TODAY.

FOR THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY CLOUDY BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY LATE
                       THIS AFTERNOON. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                       THUNDERSTORMS.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......50 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MAX 80-84.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 29-34 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........WESTERLY 5 TO 8 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS
                       EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
   MIXING HEIGHT.......10500 FT AGL.
   TRANSPORT WIND......SOUTHWEST 12 KNOTS.
   MAX VENT RATE.......VERY GOOD/110467 KNOT-FT AT 1700 LOCAL.
   VENTILATION TREND...BECOMING VERY GOOD/110467 KNOT-FT BY
                       MID-AFTERNOON.

FOR TONIGHT
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
                       LIKELY.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......60 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MIN 54-58.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MAX 76-81 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........SOUTH WINDS 7 TO 10 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
                       WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
   VENTILATION TREND...GOOD/96000 KNOT-FT BY EARLY-EVENING BECOMING
                       POOR/3000 KNOT-FT BY LATE-EVENING.

FOR TUESDAY
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                       THUNDERSTORMS.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......30 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MAX 80-84.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 26-31 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........WEST WINDS 7 TO 9 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
                       NORTHWEST 8 TO 11 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
                       GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR
                       THUNDERSTORMS.
   MIXING HEIGHT.......12000 FT AGL.
   TRANSPORT WIND......NORTHWEST 15 KNOTS.
   MAX VENT RATE.......EXCELLENT/170106 KNOT-FT AT 1300 LOCAL.
   VENTILATION TREND...GOOD/83185 KNOT-FT AROUND MID-MORNING
                       BECOMING EXCELLENT/155881 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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REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
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