FNUS75 KABQ 141436
FWSABQ

SPOT FORECAST FOR SOUTH PALIZA...BIA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
836 AM MDT TUE MAY 14 2013

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

DISCUSSION...
INCREASED SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON
THOUGH WETTING RAIN WILL BE LIMITED PRIMARILY TO THE HIGHER TERRAIN.
STORMS WILL FORM OVER MOUNTAIN TOPS AND MOVE SLOWLY TOWARDS THE
SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST. LOOK FOR POTENTIALLY GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS
NEAR THESE STORMS. LIGHT RAIN SHOWERS MAY CONTINUE THROUGH
WEDNESDAY MORNING. DESPITE SOME MOISTURE... OVERNIGHT RH RECOVERIES
WILL REMAIN FAIR. A WARMING AND DRYING TREND WILL BEGIN
WEDNESDAY WITH POTENTIALLY BREEZY CONDITIONS IN THE AFTERNOON.
HAINES OF SIX EXPECTED. ANOTHER ROUND OF DRY THUNDERSTORMS ARE
POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON BUT CHANCES LESS THAN TODAY.

FOR TODAY
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......MOSTLY SUNNY IN THE MORNING...THEN PARTLY
                       CLOUDY WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF DRY
                       THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......20 PERCENT OF WETTING RAIN...BUT A 30
x09x09       PERCENT CHANCE OF STORMS IN THE VICINITY.
   TEMPERATURE.........MAX 73-76.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 19-22 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........TERRAIN DOMINATED LESS THAN 6 MPH BECOMING
                       WEST 7 TO 9 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON WITH
x09x09       OCCASIONAL GUST TO 20 MPH. STRONGER GUSTY
x09x09       AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR
x09x09       THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
   MIXING HEIGHT.......12500 FT AGL.
   TRANSPORT WIND......WEST 10 KNOTS.
   MAX VENT RATE.......VERY GOOD/100000 KNOT-FT AT 1500 LOCAL.
   VENTILATION TREND...POOR/29152 KNOT-FT AROUND MID-MORNING
                       BECOMING VERY GOOD/100000 KNOT-FT BY
                       MID-AFTERNOON.

FOR TONIGHT
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY CLOUDY. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF DRY
                       THUNDERSTORMS BEFORE 2100.  A SLIGHT
x09x09       CHANCE OF LIGHT RAIN SHOWERS AFTER 2100.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......10 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MIN 46-50.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MAX 50-53 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........WEST WINDS 7 TO 10 MPH IN THE EARLY EVENING
x09x09       BECOMING TERRAIN DOMINATED LESS THAN 6 MPH.
x09x09       GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR
x09x09       THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING.
   VENTILATION TREND...GOOD/93335 KNOT-FT BY EARLY-EVENING BECOMING
                       GOOD/85000 KNOT-FT BY LATE-EVENING.

FOR WEDNESDAY
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY CLOUDY. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SPRINKLES
                       IN THE MORNING...THEN A SLIGHT CHANCE OF DRY
                       THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......10 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MAX 77-81.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 12-16 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........NORTHWEST WINDS 6 TO 10 MPH INCREASING TO 12
                       TO 18 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. GUSTS UP TO 25
                       MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR
                       THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
   MIXING HEIGHT.......16000 FT AGL.
   TRANSPORT WIND......NORTHWEST 19 KNOTS.
   MAX VENT RATE.......EXCELLENT/298785 KNOT-FT AT 1700 LOCAL.
   VENTILATION TREND...EXCELLENT/195131 KNOT-FT AROUND MID-MORNING
                       BECOMING EXCELLENT/298785 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...24/50

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REQUESTED BY...EDWIN ZUNI
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20130514.SOUTH.01/ABQ