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SPOT FORECAST FOR PEAK...US FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
1242 PM MDT TUE AUG 14 2012

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

DISCUSSION...CONDITIONS TODAY WILL BE MORE ACTIVE THAN MONDAY.  AN
UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE OVER WESTERN COLORADO WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST
OVER THE AREA ENHANCING SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT THIS
AFTERNOON. SOME STORMS MAY PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS.
RECOVERIES TONIGHT WILL BE FAIR.  CONDITIONS WEDNESDAY WILL BE LESS
ACTIVE THAN TODAY AS ANOTHER UPPER DISTURBANCE PASSES FARTHER TO THE
NORTHEAST.

FOR TODAY
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                       THUNDERSTORMS.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......40 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MAX 78-82.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 24-29 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......WEST 17 KNOTS.
   MAX VENT RATE.......EXCELLENT/203970 KNOT-FT AT 1400 LOCAL.
   VENTILATION TREND...GOOD/87593 KNOT-FT AROUND MID-MORNING
                       BECOMING EXCELLENT/188059 KNOT-FT BY
                       MID-AFTERNOON.

FOR TONIGHT
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                       THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EARLY EVENING.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......30 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MIN 55-59.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MAX 57-62 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........WEST WINDS 7 TO 9 MPH IN THE EVENING
                       BECOMING TERRAIN DOMINATED LESS THAN 8 MPH.
                       GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR
                       THUNDERSTORMS.
   VENTILATION TREND...VERY GOOD/136500 KNOT-FT BY EARLY-EVENING
                       BECOMING POOR/1000 KNOT-FT BY LATE-EVENING.

FOR WEDNESDAY
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF
                       SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......10 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MAX 80-84.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 24-29 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........NORTHWEST WINDS 7 TO 10 MPH. GUSTY AND
                       ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
   MIXING HEIGHT.......14500 FT AGL.
   TRANSPORT WIND......NORTHWEST 12 KNOTS.
   MAX VENT RATE.......EXCELLENT/166589 KNOT-FT AT 1600 LOCAL.
   VENTILATION TREND...GOOD/79606 KNOT-FT AROUND MID-MORNING
                       BECOMING EXCELLENT/166589 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...24

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