FNUS75 KABQ 152316 FWSABQ SPOT FORECAST FOR SOSO...NM STATE FORESTRY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 516 PM MDT SAT JUN 15 2013 IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. DISCUSSION...DRIER AIR HAS PUSHED EASTWARD...ALLOWING MINIMUM HUMIDITY TO FALL LESS THAN 10 PERCENT. A FEW HIGH-BASED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL STRUGGLE TO DEVELOP BEFORE THE EARLY EVENING...BUT ANY PRECIPITATION WILL BE QUITE MINIMAL...GENERALLY OF JUST A FEW HUNDREDTHS OF AN INCH. MOISTURE IS EXPECTED TO SLOSH BACK WESTWARD SOME TONIGHT...ALLOWING HUMIDITY TO RECOVER TO NEAR 60 PERCENT. SIMILAR CONDITIONS WILL REDEVELOP ON SUNDAY WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. FOR TODAY CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY CLOUDY. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. CHC OF PRECIP.......30 PERCENT. TEMPERATURE.........MAX 82-84. RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 09-13 PERCENT. 20 FOOT WIND........SOUTHWEST AT 8 TO 12 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 20 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS. FOR TONIGHT CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. CHC OF PRECIP.......20 PERCENT. TEMPERATURE.........MIN 42-46. RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MAX 54-59 PERCENT. 20 FOOT WIND........SOUTHWEST 8 TO 12 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 20 MPH THROUGH 2100. TURNING TERRAIN DOMINATED LESS THAN 8 MPH THEREAFTER. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS. FOR SUNDAY CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY CLOUDY. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MORNING...THEN A CHANCE OF DRY THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. CHC OF PRECIP.......30 PERCENT. TEMPERATURE.........MAX 78-83. RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 12-18 PERCENT. 20 FOOT WIND........WEST WINDS 7 TO 10 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS. 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...52 $$ REQUESTED BY...CECILIA ESPARZA REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20130615.SOSA_.01/ABQ