FNUS75 KABQ 060044
FWSABQ

SPOT FORECAST FOR PIEDRA...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
644 PM MDT SUN MAY 5 2013

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

DISCUSSION...
SHOWERS EARLY TONIGHT WILL BE OF THE DRY VARIETY WITH LITTLE RAIN
BUT STRONG WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH POSSIBLE. A LITTLE MORE ATMOSPHERIC
MOISTURE COMING IN TONIGHT AND MONDAY WHICH WILL IMPROVE HUMIDITY
RECOVERIES A LITTLE TONIGHT AND KEEP VALUES IN THE 30S MONDAY.
CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND ISOLATED STORMS TO INCREASE SIGNIFICANTLY
MONDAY WITH A DECENT SHOT AT WETTING RAIN. TUESDAY RAIN CHANCES
LOWER...TEMPERATURES WARM UP AND MINIMUM RH VALUES IN THE TEENS
TO NEAR 20.

FOR TONIGHT
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY CLOUDY IN THE EVENING...THEN MOSTLY
                       CLOUDY WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AFTER
                       MIDNIGHT. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS NEAR VIRGA
                       SHOWERS THIS EVENING.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......10 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MIN 46-50.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MAX 45-50 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH.
   VENTILATION TREND...VERY GOOD/130000 KNOT-FT BY EARLY-EVENING
                       BECOMING GOOD/91000 KNOT-FT BY LATE-EVENING.

FOR MONDAY
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......60 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MAX 60-64.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 33-38 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
                       SOUTHWEST 10 TO 15 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
                       GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR
                       THUNDERSTORMS.
   MIXING HEIGHT.......9500 FT AGL.
   TRANSPORT WIND......SOUTHWEST 14 KNOTS.
   MAX VENT RATE.......VERY GOOD/133000 KNOT-FT AT 1800 LOCAL.
   VENTILATION TREND...GOOD/73319 KNOT-FT AROUND MID-MORNING
                       BECOMING VERY GOOD/122116 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...40

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