FNUS75 KABQ 180004
FWSABQ

SPOT FORECAST FOR CHINO...NM-CAF
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
604 PM MDT FRI MAY 17 2013

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

DISCUSSION...
SOUTHWEST GUSTS BREAKING THROUGH TO THE FIRE SURFACE THROUGH MID
EVENING...WITH WINDS TAPERING OFF AFTER MIDNIGHT AND POOR HUMIDITY
RECOVERIES. WEST WINDS PICKING BACK UP SAT MORNING WITH STRONG
GUSTS REDEVELOPING BY MID AFTERNOON. ISOLATED SHOWERS NORTH AND
WEST OF THE FIRE EXPANDING SOUTH AND EAST THROUGH SATURDAY
AFTERNOON FOR INCREASING COVERAGE AND DEVELOPMENT OF MOSTLY
DRY THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH SAT EVENING. WETTING RAINS IF ANY
WILL BE HIGHLY LOCALIZED. STORMS MOVING NORTH AND EAST ONCE FULLY
DEVELOPED.

FOR TONIGHT
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY CLOUDY.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......0 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MIN 36-38.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MAX 35-38 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........SOUTHWEST WINDS 8 TO 18 MPH DECREASING TO 9
                       TO 12 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. GUSTS UP TO 30
                       MPH.
   VENTILATION TREND...EXCELLENT/240000 KNOT-FT BY EARLY-EVENING
                       BECOMING POOR/2500 KNOT-FT BY LATE-EVENING.

FOR SATURDAY
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY CLOUDY. SCATTERED
                       SHOWERS...SOME WITH THUNDER IN THE
                       AFTERNOON.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......30 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MAX 59-61.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 23-26 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........WEST WINDS 9 TO 14 MPH INCREASING TO 14 TO
                       19 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH.
                       GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR
                       THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
   MIXING HEIGHT.......13000 FT AGL.
   TRANSPORT WIND......SOUTHWEST 21 KNOTS.
   MAX VENT RATE.......EXCELLENT/272230 KNOT-FT AT 1300 LOCAL.
   VENTILATION TREND...EXCELLENT/229943 KNOT-FT AROUND MID-MORNING
                       BECOMING EXCELLENT/237500 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...AMY SIMMS
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20130517.CHINO.01/ABQ