FNUS75 KABQ 210018
FWSABQ

SPOT FORECAST FOR TRES LAGUNAS...US FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
618 PM MDT THU JUN 20 2013

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

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING...
...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 8 PM MDT FRIDAY...
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
SATURDAY EVENING...

DISCUSSION...
TEMPERATURES AS WELL AS WIND SPEEDS WILL CONTINUE TO COME DOWN
THIS EVENING ACROSS THE BURN AREA. CHALLENGING MAXIMUM RELATIVE
HUMIDITY FORECAST TONIGHT. AT THIS TIME...DO NOT BELIEVE THE
DRYLINE WILL BACK INTO THE AREA AS STRONGLY AS LAST NIGHT...THUS
MAXIMUM HUMIDITIES SHOULD NOT BE AS HIGH. THOUGH IF THE DRYLINE
RETREATS FURTHER WEST THAN ANTICIPATED...MAXIMUM RELATIVE
HUMIDITIES MAY BE MUCH HIGHER THAN FORECAST. OTHERWISE...MORE OF
THE SAME IN STORE FOR FRIDAY. PERHAPS A FEW HOURS OF SINGLE DIGIT
HUMIDITIES ARE IN STORE WITH STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS REDEVELOPING
IN THE AFTERNOON. A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR FRIDAY.
THIS PATTERN WILL PERSIST INTO THE WEEKEND...WITH DAILY ROUND OF
CRITICAL OR NEAR CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS.

FOR TODAY
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......SUNNY.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......0 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MAX 75-78.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 8-13 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 8 TO 16 MPH IN THE
                       AFTERNOON. GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH.
   MIXING HEIGHT.......15100 FT AGL.
   TRANSPORT WIND......SOUTHWEST 30 KNOTS.
   MAX VENT RATE.......EXCELLENT/345000 KNOT-FT AT 1500 LOCAL.
   VENTILATION TREND...EXCELLENT/336375 KNOT-FT BY MID-AFTERNOON.

FOR TONIGHT
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......CLEAR.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......0 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MIN 48-52.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MAX 26-31 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........SOUTH WINDS 7 TO 14 MPH BECOMING SOUTHWEST
                       4 TO 7 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. GUSTS UP TO 25
                       MPH IN THE EVENING.
   VENTILATION TREND...EXCELLENT/307125 KNOT-FT BY EARLY-EVENING
                       BECOMING EXCELLENT/220500 KNOT-FT BY
                       LATE-EVENING.

FOR FRIDAY
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......MOSTLY SUNNY.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......0 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MAX 75-78.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 8-12 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH INCREASING TO 14
                       TO 22 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. GUSTS UP TO 30
                       MPH.
   MIXING HEIGHT.......15900 FT AGL.
   TRANSPORT WIND......SOUTHWEST 27 KNOTS.
   MAX VENT RATE.......EXCELLENT/384000 KNOT-FT AT 1500 LOCAL.
   VENTILATION TREND...EXCELLENT/313924 KNOT-FT AROUND MID-MORNING
                       BECOMING EXCELLENT/381000 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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REQUESTED BY...IC-TROUTMAN
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20130620.TRESL.02/ABQ