FNUS75 KABQ 071630
FWSABQ

SPOT FORECAST FOR PELONES...US FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
1030 AM MDT FRI JUN 7 2013

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

DISCUSSION...
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ALONG THE PEAKS AND THE
EASTERN SLOPES OF THE JEMEZ MOUNTAINS AND DRIFT TO THE SOUTHEAST AT
15 MPH. STRENGTHENING NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT IN THE AFTERNOON HOURS
MAY LIMIT WETTING PRECIPITATION POTENTIAL ON THE NORTHWEST SIDE OF
THE JEMEZ MOUNTAINS...AND INCREASE DRY LIGHTNING OPPORTUNITIES.  RH
RECOVERIES IS FORECAST TO BE FAIR OVERNIGHT... THOUGH POTENTIAL
EXISTS FOR BETTER RECOVERIES. LOW TEMPERATURES REMAINING WELL ABOVE
NORMAL. DRIER AND WINDIER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED SATURDAY WITH
TEMPERATURES NEAR NORMAL.

FOR TODAY
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......MOSTLY SUNNY IN THE MORNING...THEN MOSTLY
                       CLOUDY WITH A ISOLATED SHOWERS AND
                       THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......20 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MAX 71-74.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 15-18 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........WEST 9 TO 12 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH.
                       GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR
                       THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.

FOR TONIGHT
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY CLOUDY. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS
                       AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......20 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MIN 46-49.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MAX 38-43 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........WEST WINDS 7 TO 10 MPH IN THE EVENING
                       BECOMING TERRAIN DOMINATED LESS THAN 6 MPH.
                       GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR
                       THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING.

FOR SATURDAY
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......MOSTLY SUNNY IN THE MORNING BECOMING
                       PARTLY CLOUDY IN THE AFTERNOON.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......0 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MAX 70-74.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 16-19 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........WEST WINDS 7 TO 14 MPH INCREASING TO
                       NORTHWEST 14 TO 17 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON WITH
                       GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH.

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...24

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REQUESTED BY...PELONES IC
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20130607.PELON.01/ABQ