FNUS75 KABQ 151723
FWSABQ

SPOT FORECAST FOR PEAK...US FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
1123 AM MDT WED AUG 15 2012

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

DISCUSSION...
TODAY WILL BE VERY SIMILAR TO YESTERDAY...ALTHOUGH PERHAPS A TAD
DRIER. A BACKDOOR COLD FRONT WILL PUSH INTO THE AREA THURSDAY...BUT
WON'T MAKE IT TO THE PEAK WILDFIRE UNTIL THE EVENING HOURS. LOOK FOR
AN INCREASE IN RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND CHANCES FOR WETTING RAIN
THURSDAY EVENING INTO FRIDAY.

FOR TODAY
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......MOSTLY SUNNY...BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY
                       AFTERNOON. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS
                       AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......20 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MAX 80-83.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 28-31 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........TERRAIN DOMINATED LESS THAN 8 MPH BECOMING
                       NORTHWEST 8 TO 11 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
                       GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR
                       THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
   MIXING HEIGHT.......12500 FT AGL.
   TRANSPORT WIND......NORTHWEST 10 KNOTS.
   MAX VENT RATE.......VERY GOOD/127377 KNOT-FT AT 1700 LOCAL.
   VENTILATION TREND...GOOD/63432 KNOT-FT AROUND MID-MORNING
                       BECOMING VERY GOOD/127377 KNOT-FT BY
                       MID-AFTERNOON.

FOR TONIGHT
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY CLOUDY. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS
                       AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......20 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MIN 54-58.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MAX 54-59 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........NORTH WINDS 7 TO 9 MPH SHIFTING TO THE EAST
                       7 TO 9 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
                       WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                       EVENING.
   VENTILATION TREND...VERY GOOD/115000 KNOT-FT BY EARLY-EVENING
                       BECOMING POOR/1500 KNOT-FT BY LATE-EVENING.

FOR THURSDAY
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......MOSTLY SUNNY MORNING...BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY
                       WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......30 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MAX 80-83.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 27-31 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........TERRAIN DOMINATED LESS THAN 8 MPH.
                       GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR
                       THUNDERSTORMS.
   MIXING HEIGHT.......13500 FT AGL.
   TRANSPORT WIND......SOUTHEAST 17 KNOTS.
   MAX VENT RATE.......FAIR/59844 KNOT-FT AT 1900 LOCAL.
   VENTILATION TREND...FAIR/40067 KNOT-FT AROUND MID-MORNING
                       BECOMING POOR/39000 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...11

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REQUESTED BY...I C
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
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