FNUS75 KABQ 041502
FWSABQ

SPOT FORECAST FOR PIEDRA...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
902 AM MDT SAT MAY 4 2013

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

...ANOTHER BACK DOOR FRONT THIS EVENING PUSHING THROUGH GAPS IN THE
SANDIAS AND BETWEEN SANDIA CREST AND SOUTH END OF SANGRE DE CRISTOS...

DISCUSSION...
TEMPERATURES WILL REBOUND TO NEAR NORMAL VALUES TODAY WITH ANOTHER
ROUND OF LIGHT SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST WINDS. HIGH HAINES AND A FEW
HOURS OF SINGLE DIGIT RH VALUES IS EXPECTED WITH EXCELLENT VENT
RATES. CLOUDS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE OVERNIGHT WITH RH RECOVERIES
REMAINING FAIR TO POOR. STRENGTHENING EASTERLY WINDS STARTING BETWEEN
8 AND 10 PM THIS EVENING WITH ANOTHER BACK DOOR FRONT COULD BRING
GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH...BUT LOCAL TERRAIN WILL IMPACT EXACT WIND
DIRECTION. MOST LIKELY THE WIND DIRECTION WILL BE SIMILAR TO WHAT FIRE
SITE EXPERIENCED THURSDAY NIGHT. SPEEDS SHOULD BE AT LEAST A LITTLE
HIGHER HOWEVER. WINDS DIMINISHING SOME SUNDAY...BUT THERE WILL BE MORE
AFTERNOON CLOUDINESS SUNDAY ALONG WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF A DRY
THUNDERSTORM IN THE AFTERNOON. LOCALLY GUSTY WINDS ARE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS VERY HIGH BASED AFTERNOON CONVECTION.

FOR TODAY
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......MOSTLY SUNNY.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......0 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MAX 70-75.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 6-11 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........VARIABLE DIRECTION 5 TO 10 MPH THIS MORNING
                       SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHEAST THROUGH SOUTHWEST
                       AT 7 TO 13 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 16 MPH IN
                       THE AFTERNOON.
   MIXING HEIGHT.......16000 FT AGL.
   TRANSPORT WIND......SOUTHEAST 26 KNOTS.
   MAX VENT RATE.......EXCELLENT/166874 KNOT-FT AT 1900 LOCAL.
   VENTILATION TREND...POOR/33667 KNOT-FT AROUND MID-MORNING
                       BECOMING VERY GOOD/102914 KNOT-FT BY
                       MID-AFTERNOON.

FOR TONIGHT
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY CLOUDY.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......0 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MIN 38-42.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MAX 31-35 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........SOUTHEAST TO SOUTH 8 TO 12 MPH THROUGH ABOUT
                       9 OR 10 PM...BECOMING NORTHEAST THROUGH
                       SOUTHEAST 12 TO 20 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 25 OR 30
                       MPH LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.
   VENTILATION TREND...EXCELLENT/166874 KNOT-FT BY EARLY-EVENING
                       BECOMING GOOD/91000 KNOT-FT BY LATE-EVENING.

FOR SUNDAY
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF A DRY
                       AFTERNOON SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......10 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MAX 72-75.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 12-16 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........EAST TO SOUTHEAST 12 TO 17 MPH SHIFTING TO
                       SOUTH 9 TO 12 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. LOCALLY
                       GUSTY WINDS POSSIBLE WITH ANY SHOWERS OR
                       VIRGA.
   MIXING HEIGHT.......13500 FT AGL.
   TRANSPORT WIND......SOUTHEAST 21 KNOTS.
   MAX VENT RATE.......EXCELLENT/185563 KNOT-FT AT 1700 LOCAL.
   VENTILATION TREND...GOOD/77522 KNOT-FT AROUND MID-MORNING
                       BECOMING EXCELLENT/185563 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...24/43

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REQUESTED BY...IC
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
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