FNUS75 KABQ 031637
FWSABQ

SPOT FORECAST FOR STOUT...NM STATE FORESTRY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
1037 AM MDT MON SEP 3 2012

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

DISCUSSION...
A BAND OF LIGHT SHOWERS...MAINLY SPRINKLES...IS MOVING EASTWARD
ACROSS THE AREA THIS MORNING. AS INSTABILITY INCREASES THIS
AFTERNOON WITH DAYTIME HEATING...EXPECT THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP
OVER THE SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS. THESE STORMS SHOULD MOVE
NORTHEAST TOWARD THE BURN SITE. THOUGH THERE IS A BETTER CHANCE OF
WETTING PRECIPITATION THAN YESTERDAY...THE MAIN THREAT WITH STORMS
TODAY WILL CONTINUE TO BE ERRATIC GUSTY WINDS FROM OUTFLOW
BOUNDARIES. STORMS SHOULD DIMINISH BY THE MIDNIGHT HOUR. A DRY
SLOT WILL MOVE INTO NORTHERN NEW MEXICO ON TUESDAY...DECREASING
HUMIDITIES AND PRECIPITATION CHANCES A BIT FROM TODAY.


FOR TODAY
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY. SPRINKLES IN THE
                       MORNING THEN A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                       THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......30 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MAX 82-86.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 24-29 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........TERRAIN DOMINATED LESS THAN 8 MPH. GUSTY AND
                       ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN
                       THE AFTERNOON.

FOR TONIGHT
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF
                       SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......20 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MIN 51-55.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MAX 55-60 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 7 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
                       NORTHWEST AFTER MIDNIGHT. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
                       WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.

FOR TUESDAY
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF
                       SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......20 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MAX 83-87.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 15-20 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........NORTH WINDS 5 TO 7 MPH IN THE MORNING
                       BECOMING TERRAIN DOMINATED LESS THAN 8 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...34

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REQUESTED BY...MIKE NEATHAMER
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
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