FNUS75 KABQ 311624
FWSABQ

SPOT FORECAST FOR TRES LAGUNAS...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
1024 AM MDT FRI MAY 31 2013

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

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING...

DISCUSSION...
STRONG WEST-NORTHWEST RIDGE-TOP WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS
EVENING WITH LIGHT DOWNSLOPE AND DOWNVALLEY WINDS EXPECTED TO
PREVAIL UNTIL APPROXIMATELY 1200. WEST-NORTHWEST WINDS ALOFT WILL
BEGIN TO MIX DOWN INTO THE LOWER PECOS CANYON THEREAFTER. MINIMUM
RELATIVE HUMIDITY LEVELS WILL BOTTOM OUT INTO THE UPPER SINGLE
DIGITS BY LATE AFTERNOON...CONTINUING INTO EARLY EVENING. SURFACE
HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD IN FROM THE NORTHWEST TONIGHT...WITH WINDS
TRANSITIONING TO NORTHERLY AFTER 2200 HOURS...AND RIDGE-TOP WINDS
BECOMING LIGHT AND VARIABLE AFTER 2400 HOURS. AS SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE
SLIDES EAST OF NEW MEXICO SATURDAY MORNING ...WINDS AT ALL LEVELS
WILL BECOME SOUTHERLY BY LATE MORNING. GULF OF MEXICO MOISTURE WILL
BEGIN TO CREEP NORTHWARD TO THE FIRE LOCATION SATURDAY EVENING AND
CONTINUE TO INCREASE SATURDAY NIGHT. SCATTERED...MAINLY WET...SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS APPEAR IN THE CARDS FOR THE PECOS WATERSHED AREA
SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING.


FOR TODAY
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......MOSTLY SUNNY.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......0 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MAX 75-79.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 8-13 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........RIDGE-TOP WEST-NORTHWEST WINDS 14 TO 24 MPH
                       INCREASING TO 18 TO 28 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
                       GUSTS TO 45 MPH. MIDSLOPE AND CANYON/RIVER
                       BOTTOMS NORTH LESS THAN 10 MPH THIS MORNING
                       THEN WEST-NORTHWEST 11 TO 16 MPH WIGHT GUTS TO
                       24 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH.
   MIXING HEIGHT.......10500 FT AGL.
   TRANSPORT WIND......WEST-NORTHWEST 34 KNOTS.
   MAX VENT RATE.......EXCELLENT/337374 KNOT-FT AT 1700 LOCAL.
   VENTILATION TREND...EXCELLENT/244822 KNOT-FT AROUND MID-MORNING
                       BECOMING EXCELLENT/337374 KNOT-FT BY MID-AFTERNOON.

FOR TONIGHT
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......MOSTLY CLEAR.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......0 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MIN 37-41.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MAX 16-21 PERCENT RIDGETOPS...32-37 PERCENT
                       PECOS RIVER VALLEY BOTTOM.
   20 FOOT WIND........RIDGETOPS NORTHWEST WINDS 16 TO 26 MPH BECOMING
                       NORTH 7 TO 9 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. GUSTS UP TO 45
                       MPH DURING THE EARLY EVENING. MID-SLOPE AND
                       CANYON/VALLEY BOTTOMS NORTHWEST 12 TO 18 MPH
                       WITH GUSTS TO 24 MPH EVENING THEN NORTH 7 TO 12
                       MPH AFTER 2200.
   VENTILATION TREND...EXCELLENT/304000 KNOT-FT BY EARLY-EVENING
                       BECOMING FAIR/50000 KNOT-FT BY LATE-EVENING.

FOR SATURDAY
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......MOSTLY SUNNY IN THE MORNING THEN BECOMING
                       PARTLY CLOUDY.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......0 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MAX 73-77.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 9-14 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........RIDGETOPS LIGHT AND VARIABLE IN THE MORNING...BECOMING
                       SOUTH 11 TO 16 MPH. CANYON/VALLEY BOTTOMS
                       DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY 3 TO 7 MPH IN THE MORNING BECOMING
                       SOUTH 6 TO 10 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
   MIXING HEIGHT.......12500 FT AGL.
   TRANSPORT WIND......SOUTH 14 KNOTS.
   MAX VENT RATE.......VERY GOOD/148704 KNOT-FT AT 1700 LOCAL.
   VENTILATION TREND...GOOD/77815 KNOT-FT AROUND MID-MORNING
                       BECOMING VERY GOOD/148704 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...33

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