FNUS75 KABQ 141629
FWSABQ

SPOT FORECAST FOR CERRO DE A...TAOS BLM
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
1029 AM MDT TUE AUG 14 2012

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

DISCUSSION...CONDITIONS TODAY WILL BE SIMILAR TO MONDAY. AN UPPER
LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVING SOUTHEAST OUT OF WESTERN COLORADO WILL
FORCE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON. SOME STORMS MAY
PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS. RECOVERIES TONIGHT WILL BE
EXCELLENT. CONDITIONS WEDNESDAY WILL BE SIMILAR AGAIN TO TODAY AS
ANOTHER UPPER DISTURBANCE SLIDES OVER THE AREA.

FOR TODAY
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY CLOUDY. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
                       LIKELY THIS AFTERNOON.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......60 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MAX 72-76.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 32-37 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........NORTHWEST WINDS 7 TO 11 MPH. GUSTY AND
                       ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
   MIXING HEIGHT.......9500 FT AGL.
   TRANSPORT WIND......NORTHWEST 8 KNOTS.
   MAX VENT RATE.......GOOD/74640 KNOT-FT AT 1300 LOCAL.
   VENTILATION TREND...FAIR/43763 KNOT-FT AROUND MID-MORNING
                       BECOMING FAIR/57469 KNOT-FT BY
                       MID-AFTERNOON.

FOR TONIGHT
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                       THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING THEN SLIGHT
                       CHANCE OF SHOWERS AFTER MIDNIGHT. PERIODS OF
                       MOSTLY CLOUDY IN THE EVENING.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......50 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MIN 47-51.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MAX 80-90 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........TERRAIN DOMINATED LESS THAN 8 MPH. GUSTY AND
                       ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
   VENTILATION TREND...FAIR/54000 KNOT-FT BY EARLY-EVENING BECOMING
                       POOR/2000 KNOT-FT BY LATE-EVENING.

FOR WEDNESDAY
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                       THUNDERSTORMS.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......40 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MAX 74-78.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 30-35 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........NORTHWEST WINDS 7 TO 9 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
                       NORTH IN THE AFTERNOON. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
                       WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
   MIXING HEIGHT.......12500 FT AGL.
   TRANSPORT WIND......NORTH 10 KNOTS.
   MAX VENT RATE.......VERY GOOD/114637 KNOT-FT AT 1300 LOCAL.
   VENTILATION TREND...GOOD/77906 KNOT-FT AROUND MID-MORNING
                       BECOMING GOOD/84000 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...42/24

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REQUESTED BY...ROBERT J  MONTOYA
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120814.CERRO.01/ABQ