FNUS75 KABQ 011551
FWSABQ

SPOT FORECAST FOR CORDOVAS...SANTA FE NATIONAL FOREST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
951 AM MDT WED MAY 1 2013

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

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM MDT
THIS EVENING...

DISCUSSION...GUSTY WESTERLY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES WILL CREATE
A PERIOD OF CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON. WEATHER
TODAY WILL BE SIMILAR TO TUESDAY. A COLD FRONT APPROACHING FROM THE
EAST WILL SLIDE INTO THE AREA BY SUNRISE SHIFTING WINDS TO THE EAST
AND BRINGING IN SLIGHTLY BETTER HUMIDITIES AND COLDER TEMPERATURES.
VENTILATION WILL BECOME POOR.

FOR TODAY
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......MOSTLY SUNNY.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......0 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MAX 67-71.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 8-13 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........SOUTHWEST 5 TO 10 MPH BECOMING WEST 15 TO 20
                       MPH BY LATE MORNING. GUSTS UP TO 28 MPH IN
                       THE AFTERNOON.
   MIXING HEIGHT.......10000 FT AGL.
   TRANSPORT WIND......WEST 31 KNOTS.
   MAX VENT RATE.......EXCELLENT/310000 KNOT-FT AT 1500 LOCAL.
   VENTILATION TREND...EXCELLENT/180928 KNOT-FT AROUND MID-MORNING
                       BECOMING EXCELLENT/310000 KNOT-FT BY
                       MID-AFTERNOON.

FOR TONIGHT
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......MOSTLY CLEAR. PERIODS OF PARTLY CLOUDY AFTER
                       MIDNIGHT.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......0 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MIN 26-30.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MAX 40-45 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........WEST WINDS 13 TO 18 MPH THROUGH MIDNIGHT
                       BECOMING TERRAIN DOMINATED AROUND 5 MPH
                       AFTER MIDNIGHT. GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH IN THE
                       EVENING.
   VENTILATION TREND...EXCELLENT/210000 KNOT-FT BY EARLY-EVENING
                       BECOMING FAIR/50000 KNOT-FT BY LATE-EVENING.

FOR THURSDAY
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......MOSTLY SUNNY IN THE MORNING THEN BECOMING
                       PARTLY CLOUDY.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......0 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MAX 50-54.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 15-20 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........SOUTHEAST WINDS 7 TO 9 MPH.
   MIXING HEIGHT.......8500 FT AGL.
   TRANSPORT WIND......EAST 4 KNOTS.
   MAX VENT RATE.......POOR/34000 KNOT-FT AT 1800 LOCAL.
   VENTILATION TREND...POOR/22519 KNOT-FT AROUND MID-MORNING
                       BECOMING POOR/31586 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...42

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REQUESTED BY...137
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
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