FNUS75 KABQ 160225
FWSABQ

SPOT FORECAST FOR RIO CHAMA...NM-TDC
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
825 PM MDT WED MAY 15 2013

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

DISCUSSION...
A FEW EVENING THUNDERSTORMS WEST OF THE FIRE WILL DRIFT ACROSS
THE FIRE...WITH STORMS TAPERING OFF QUICKLY BY MIDNIGHT. WINDS
GENERALLY WESTERLY THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. NO THUNDERSTORMS
THURSDAY WITH RIDGE BUILDING OVER THE FIRE. WARMING AND DRYING
TREND CONTINUING THROUGH THE DAY THURSDAY.

FOR TONIGHT
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY CLOUDY. ISOLATED DRY
                       THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......10 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MIN 35-37.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MAX 44-47 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........WEST WINDS 7 TO 15 MPH IN THE EVENING
                       BECOMING TERRAIN DOMINATED LESS THAN 8 MPH.
                       GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS
                       EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING.
   VENTILATION TREND...EXCELLENT/209000 KNOT-FT BY EARLY-EVENING
                       BECOMING POOR/1500 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 75-77.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 12-15 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........NORTHWEST WINDS 7 TO 9 MPH INCREASING TO
                       WEST 9 TO 12 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
   MIXING HEIGHT.......12000 FT AGL.
   TRANSPORT WIND......WEST 14 KNOTS.
   MAX VENT RATE.......EXCELLENT/166133 KNOT-FT AT 1700 LOCAL.
   VENTILATION TREND...GOOD/68704 KNOT-FT AROUND MID-MORNING
                       BECOMING EXCELLENT/166133 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...25

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REQUESTED BY...135
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
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