FNUS75 KABQ 050643
FWSABQ

SPOT FORECAST FOR THOMPSON RIDGE...SANTA FE NATIONAL FOREST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
1243 AM MDT WED JUN 5 2013

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

DISCUSSION...
BORDERLINE POOR TO FAIR HUMIDITY RECOVERIES ARE EXPECTED
OVERNIGHT. THERE COULD BE A STRAY VIRGA SHOWER IN THE AREA WHICH
COULD RESULT IN ERRATIC WIND GUSTS OVERNIGHT AS INSTABILITY WILL
REMAIN HIGH. OTHERWISE...GENERALLY LIGHT WINDS ARE EXPECTED. FOR
WEDNESDAY...MAY SEE A DRY THUNDERSTORM OR TWO OVER THE AREA LATE
IN THE MORNING AND DURING THE AFTERNOON...WHICH AGAIN MAY RESULT
IN GUSTY WINDS. INSTABILITY WILL REMAIN HIGH WITH HAINES VALUE OF
5. THEN...A BACK DOOR COLD FRONT WILL USHER IN SUBSTANTIAL
MOISTURE INTO THE AREA WEDNESDAY EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. THIS
INFLUX OF MOISTURE WILL INCREASE HUMIDITIES BUT WILL ALSO AID IN
THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT FOR THURSDAY.

FOR TODAY
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY CLOUDY. AREAS OF SMOKE IN THE
                       MORNING. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF DRY
                       THUNDERSTORMS LATE IN THE MORNING AND IN
                       THE AFTERNOON.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......20 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MAX 69-73.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 15-20 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........WEST WINDS 5 TO 9 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
                       SOUTHWEST 7 TO 9 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. GUSTY
                       AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR
                       THUNDERSTORMS.
   MIXING HEIGHT.......17400 FT AGL.
   TRANSPORT WIND......SOUTHEAST 14 KNOTS.
   MAX VENT RATE.......EXCELLENT/160914 KNOT-FT AT 1300 LOCAL.
   VENTILATION TREND...VERY GOOD/116676 KNOT-FT AROUND MID-MORNING
                       BECOMING VERY GOOD/108000 KNOT-FT BY
                       MID-AFTERNOON.

FOR TONIGHT
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                       THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING...THEN SLIGHT
                       CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AFTER
                       MIDNIGHT.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......50 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MIN 34-38.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MAX 95-100 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........SOUTH WINDS 7 TO 10 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
                       WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
   VENTILATION TREND...FAIR/42914 KNOT-FT BY EARLY-EVENING BECOMING
                       POOR/31500 KNOT-FT BY LATE-EVENING.

FOR THURSDAY
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                       THUNDERSTORMS.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......50 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MAX 68-72.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 24-29 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS 7 TO 10 MPH.
                       GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR
                       THUNDERSTORMS.
   MIXING HEIGHT.......11500 FT AGL.
   TRANSPORT WIND......SOUTH 19 KNOTS.
   MAX VENT RATE.......VERY GOOD/115526 KNOT-FT AT 1300 LOCAL.
   VENTILATION TREND...GOOD/60769 KNOT-FT AROUND MID-MORNING
                       BECOMING GOOD/75125 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...34

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