FNUS75 KABQ 020110
FWSABQ

SPOT FORECAST FOR THOMPSOM RIDGE...SANTA FE NATIONAL FOREST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
710 PM MDT SAT JUN 1 2013

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

DISCUSSION...TRICKY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT WITH WINDS
BECOMING VARIABLE AND TERRAIN DOMINATED AFTER SUNSET...BUT THEN
SHIFTING TO THE SOUTH SOUTHEAST AND INCREASING AFTER MIDNIGHT AS
MOISTURE SURGES NORTHWARD INTO THE AREA. HUMIDITY RECOVERIES WILL
BE FAIR...BUT MAYBE HIGHER IF MOISTURE SURGES FARTHER NORTH AND
FASTER THAN EXPECTED. CLOUDS WILL INCREASE BY LATE TONIGHT AS HIGH
CLOUDS PUSH NORTHEAST INTO THE AREA. MINIMUM HUMIDITY VALUES WILL
BE LOWEST IN THE MID TO LATE MORNING THEN INCREASE THROUGH THE DAY
AS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOP OVER THE AREA. THERE IS GOOD
POTENTIAL FOR WETTING RAINFALL AT THE SITE THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING
HOWEVER THE AMOUNT WILL ALL DEPEND ON WHERE THE STORMS SET UP AND
HOW LONG THEY CAN LINGER OVER THE AREA. RECOVERIES INTO SUNDAY
NIGHT WILL BE EXCELLENT IF RAIN OCCURS.

FOR TONIGHT
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......CLEAR IN THE EVENING...BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY
                       LATE TONIGHT. SMOKE.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......0 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MIN 40-44.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MAX 45-50 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 8 MPH WITH
                       GUSTS UP TO 12 MPH IN THE EVENING BECOMING
                       VARIABLE AND TERRAIN DOMINATED LESS THAN 6
                       MPH AFTER 9 PM. WINDS WILL THEN BECOME
                       SOUTH SOUTHEAST 7 TO 11 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO
                       18 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.
   VENTILATION TREND...VERY GOOD/130000 KNOT-FT BY EARLY-EVENING
                       BECOMING FAIR/48000 KNOT-FT BY LATE-EVENING.

FOR SUNDAY
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......MOSTLY CLOUDY. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS
                       AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE LATE MORNING...THEN
                       SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY BY LATE
                       AFTERNOON.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......60 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MAX 69-73.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 30-35 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........SOUTH SOUTHEAST WINDS 9 TO 13 MPH WITH GUSTS
                       UP TO 17 MPH IN THE MORNING SHIFTING TO THE
                       SOUTH IN THE AFTERNOON. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
                       WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
   MIXING HEIGHT.......11000 FT AGL.
   TRANSPORT WIND......SOUTHWEST 16 KNOTS.
   MAX VENT RATE.......EXCELLENT/174669 KNOT-FT AT 1300 LOCAL.
   VENTILATION TREND...VERY GOOD/117463 KNOT-FT AROUND MID-MORNING
                       BECOMING EXCELLENT/165000 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...42

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REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
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