FNUS75 KABQ 282256
FWSABQ

SPOT FORECAST FOR SALAZAR...US FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
456 PM MDT TUE AUG 28 2012

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

DISCUSSION...
PRETTY DRY PATTERN OVERALL FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS AS HIGH PRESSURE
ALOFT FURTHER STRENGTHENS ITS GRIP OVER THE AREA. ONLY FAIR TO GOOD
RH RECOVERIES NEXT FEW NIGHTS. WINDS PRETTY LIGHT OVERALL.

FOR TONIGHT
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......MOSTLY CLEAR. A VERY SLIGHT CHANCE OF A SHOWER
                       OR THUNDERSTORM IN THE EVENING.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......LESS THAN 10 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MIN 45-49.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MAX 60-65 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........MAINLY EAST 5 TO 9 MPH THEN MORE TERRAIN
                       DOMINATED AT SIMILAR SPEEDS AFTER 9 OR 10 PM.
                       GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR ANY
                       THUNDERSTORM IN THE EVENING.
   VENTILATION TREND...GOOD/92000 KNOT-FT BY EARLY-EVENING BECOMING
                       POOR/2500 KNOT-FT BY LATE-EVENING.

FOR WEDNESDAY
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY CLOUDY. A VERY SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS
                       AND THUNDERSTORMS AFTER 2 OR 3 PM.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......10 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MAX 79-83.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 17-22 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........TERRAIN DOMINATED 5 TO 10 MPH. GUSTY AND
                       ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN
                       THE AFTERNOON.
   MIXING HEIGHT.......14000 FT AGL.
   TRANSPORT WIND......EAST 9 KNOTS.
   MAX VENT RATE.......VERY GOOD/117000 KNOT-FT AT 1500 LOCAL.
   VENTILATION TREND...FAIR/44644 KNOT-FT AROUND MID-MORNING
                       BECOMING VERY GOOD/117000 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...43

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REQUESTED BY...I C
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120828.SALAZ.01/ABQ