FNUS75 KABQ 171430
FWSABQ

SPOT FORECAST FOR SOSO...NM STATE FORESTRY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
830 AM MDT MON JUN 17 2013

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

DISCUSSION...
THE AREA WILL BE UNDER A RECYCLE MODE AS FAR AS SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS. THE FOOTPRINT OF WETTING RAIN WILL SHRINK SOME
ALTHOUGH A WEAK BACK DOOR FRONT COULD SLIDE IN FROM THE NORTHEAST
LATER TODAY AND PROVIDE A CATALYST FOR WETTER STORMS. HUMIDITY WILL
GRADUALLY TREND DOWN BUT FLUCTUATE DURING THE AFTERNOONS DUE TO
SHOWER/THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY AS WELL AS VARYING CLOUD COVER. MORE
WIND EXPECTED AND MUCH DRIER CONDITIONS MIDWEEK.

FOR TODAY
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......MOSTLY SUNNY WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN
                       SHOWERS WITH GUSTY WINDS IN THE
                       MORNING...THEN PARTLY CLOUDY TO OCCASIONALLY
                       MOSTLY CLOUDY A CHANCE OF A MIX OF WET AND
                       DRY THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......40 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MAX 77-81.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 17-22 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........DEVELOPING UPSLOPE/UPCANYON 4 TO 8 MPH
                       DURING THE MORNING BECOMING A COMBINATION
                       OF SLOPE WINDS AND SOUTHWEST 7 TO 11 MPH
                       DURING THE AFTERNOON. OCCASIONAL GUSTS
                       TO 20 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED
                       NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
   MIXING HEIGHT.......15500 FT AGL.
   TRANSPORT WIND......WEST 14 KNOTS.
   MAX VENT RATE.......EXCELLENT/199357 KNOT-FT AT 1300 LOCAL.
   VENTILATION TREND...VERY GOOD/112870 KNOT-FT AROUND MID-MORNING
                       BECOMING EXCELLENT/192716 KNOT-FT BY
                       MID-AFTERNOON.

FOR TONIGHT
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY CLOUDY. A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN
                       THE EVENING.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......40 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MIN 44-48.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MAX 62-67 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........WEST WINDS 7 TO 10 MPH BECOMING
                       DOWNSLOPE/DOWNCANYON BY 2100. GUSTY AND
                       ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS
                       IN THE EVENING.
   VENTILATION TREND...EXCELLENT/175500 KNOT-FT BY EARLY-EVENING
                       BECOMING POOR/2000 KNOT-FT BY LATE-EVENING.

FOR TUESDAY
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY CLOUDY. A CHANCE OF A MIX OF
                       WET AND DRY BUT MAINLY DRY THUNDERSTORMS
                       IN THE AFTERNOON.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......30 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MAX 77-81.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 15-20 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........UPSLOPE/UPCANYON 4 TO 8 MPH AFTER 0900
                       BECOMING SOUTHWEST 9 TO 15 MPH IN THE
                       AFTERNOON. GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. GUSTY AND
                       ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS
                       IN THE AFTERNOON.
   MIXING HEIGHT.......13500 FT AGL.
   TRANSPORT WIND......SOUTHWEST 20 KNOTS.
   MAX VENT RATE.......EXCELLENT/266600 KNOT-FT AT 1700 LOCAL.
   VENTILATION TREND...GOOD/81556 KNOT-FT AROUND MID-MORNING
                       BECOMING EXCELLENT/266600 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...50

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REQUESTED BY...CECILIA ESPARZA
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
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