FNUS75 KABQ 171622
FWSABQ

SPOT FORECAST FOR BRAIDED CAVE...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
1022 AM MDT FRI AUG 17 2012

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

DISCUSSION...ANOTHER ROUND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED
TODAY. STORMS WILL BEGIN TO DEVELOP DURING THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS
AND CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING. WINDS TODAY WILL GENERALLY BE TERRAIN
DOMINATE THIS MORNING BECOMING MORE SOUTHWEST BY AFTERNOON TIME WITH
GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR ANY THUNDERSTORMS. STORM
ACTIVITY WILL DECREASE INTO THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT HOURS.
WINDS WILL BEGIN TO SHIFT FROM SOUTHWEST TO WEST TO NORTHWEST INTO
SATURDAY. SATURDAY WILL BE SIMILAR WITH CONTINUED SHOWER AND
THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT EXPECTED INTO THE AFTERNOON HOURS.

FOR TODAY
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                       THUNDERSTORMS.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......40 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MAX 75-79.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 41-46 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........TERRAIN DOMINATED LESS THAN 8 MPH. GUSTY AND
                       ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.

FOR TONIGHT
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                       THUNDERSTORMS.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......30 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MIN 50-54.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MAX 89-94 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........SOUTHWEST WINDS 7 TO 9 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
                       WEST AFTER MIDNIGHT. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS
                       EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.

FOR SATURDAY
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                       THUNDERSTORMS.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......30 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MAX 80-84.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 31-36 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........NORTHWEST WINDS 7 TO 10 MPH. GUSTY AND
                       ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.

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...21

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REQUESTED BY...BRENDAN USTACE  EMP
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120817.BRAID.01/ABQ