FNUS75 KABQ 181511
FWSABQ

SPOT FORECAST FOR TRES LAGUNAS...N.NM TYPE 3
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
911 AM MDT TUE JUN 18 2013

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

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
WEDNESDAY EVENING DUE TO STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY...

DISCUSSION...
BACK DOOR COLD FRONT ENHANCED BY LAST NIGHTS THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS
THE EAST PUSHED ABUNDANT MOISTURE UP INTO THE FIRE AREA. LOOK FOR
THE LOWER CLOUD COVER TO DISSIPATE THROUGH 1030. AS THE ATMOSPHERE
DESTABILIZES...LOOK FOR CUMULUS TO DEVELOP AND THEN TRANSITION TO
SOME SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. STORMS WILL TEND TO MOVE FROM
WEST TO EAST OR SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST TODAY AND THIS EVENING.
ANOTHER MOISTURE PUSH...ALTHOUGH A BIT SHALLOWER IS EXPECTED THIS
EVENING LEADING TO GOOD RECOVERIES. A RAPID DRY OUT IS EXPECTED
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AS STRONGER SOUTHWEST WINDS KICK IN AND DRY
AIR FROM THE DRY SLOT MIXES DOWN TO THE SURFACE. THIS WILL TAKE
SOME TIME BUT BE PRETTY DYNAMIC. A FEW STORMS SHOULD POP UP AHEAD
OF THIS MIX OUT AND MOVE RAPIDLY TO THE NORTHEAST AND LEAD TO A
LIGHTNING FIRE THREAT.

NOTE: TRY TO GET AN OBSERVATION FROM THE FIELD IF AT ALL POSSIBLE
FOR THE NEXT SPOT REQUEST.

FOR TODAY
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......MOSTLY CLOUDY IN THE MORNING THEN BECOMING
                       PARTLY CLOUDY. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                       THUNDERSTORMS.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......60 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MAX 69-72.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 30-35 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........SOUTHEAST WINDS 7 TO 9 MPH INCREASING TO
                       SOUTH BY MIDDAY AND THEN SOUTHWEST MID/LATE
                       AFTERNOON. SPEEDS 10 TO 15 MPH WITH SOME
                       GUSTS TO 25 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
                       WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.

FOR TONIGHT
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                       THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE EVENING. PARTIAL
                       CLEARING AFTER MIDNIGHT.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......40 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MIN 48-52.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MAX 73-78 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........SOUTH/SOUTHEAST WINDS 7 TO 12 MPH WITH THE
                       POTENTIAL OF A STRONGER SOUTHEAST WIND
                       BOUNDARY MOVING THROUGH FOR A HOUR OR SO
                       DURING THE MID EVENING. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
                       WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.

FOR WEDNESDAY
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY CLOUDY. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS
                       AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......20 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MAX 75-78.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 10-15 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........SOUTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH INCREASING TO
                       17 TO 25 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. GUSTY AND
                       ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN
                       THE 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...C  BROWN
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
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