FNUS75 KABQ 151700
FWSABQ

SPOT FORECAST FOR RESERVOIR...N2SCIMARRON
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
1100 AM MDT WED MAY 15 2013

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

DISCUSSION...MID LEVEL MOISTURE BRINGING PARTLY CLOUDY CUMULUS SKIES
THIS MORNING WILL DESTABILIZE WITH DAYTIME HEATING THIS AFTERNOON
FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF WET AND DRY THUNDERSTORMS ACCOMPANIED BY
STRONG GUSTY AND EMPHASIZED ERRATIC WINDS. STORMS WILL GENERALLY
MOVE FROM NORTH/NORTHWEST TO SOUTH/SOUTHEAST WITH FASTER MOVEMENT
THAN TUESDAY AND WILL MAINLY END AROUND SUNSET. MID LEVEL MOISTURE
OVER THE SPOT LOCATION WILL RAPIDLY BE PUSHED TO THE EAST OVERNIGHT
AS A MUCH DRIER AIR MASS PUNCHES INTO NORTHERN NEW MEXICO. DRY
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED FOR THURSDAY AS THE DRIER AIR MASS FROM
THE WEST OVERTAKES ALL OF NORTHERN NEW MEXICO. HAINES OF 5 IS
PROJECTED LATE IN THE DAY TODAY AND 6 DURING MOST OF THE AFTERNOON
ON THURSDAY.

FOR TODAY
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN
                       SHOWERS IN THE MORNING...THEN MOSTLY CLOUDY
                       WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
                       IN THE AFTERNOON.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......40 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MAX 78-82.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 18-23 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........WEST WINDS 8 TO 12 MPH...INCREASING TO 12 TO
                       18 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
                       WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                       AFTERNOON.

FOR TONIGHT
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY CLOUDY. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF DRY
                       THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING...THEN A SLIGHT
                       CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS AFTER MIDNIGHT.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......20 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MIN 42-48.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MAX 38-44 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........NORTHWEST WINDS 12 TO 18 MPH....DECREASING TO
                       NORTHWEST 5 TO 10 MPH AROUND SUNSET. GUSTY
                       AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS
                       IN THE EVENING.

FOR THURSDAY
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......MOSTLY SUNNY IN THE MORNING...BECOMING PARTLY
                       CLOUDY WITH CUMULUS IN THE AFTERNOON.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......0 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MAX 80-84.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 10-16 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........WEST WINDS 8 TO 12 MPH...BECOMING 14 TO 20 IN
                       THE 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...19

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REQUESTED BY...S  SANDOVAL
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
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