FNUS75 KABQ 030417
FWSABQ

SPOT FORECAST FOR SOUTH FIRE...NPS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
1017 PM MDT TUE JUL 2 2013

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

DISCUSSION...
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE WETTING RAINS FOR A FEW MORE HOURS
THIS EVENING THEN BEGIN TO DISSIPATE AFTER MIDNIGHT.  OVERNIGHT RH RECOVERIES
WILL BE EXCELLENT.  SLIGHTLY WARMER TEMPERATURES TOMORROW AROUND SEASONAL
NORMALS.  MORE SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TOMORROW WITH A HIGH
PROBABILITY OF WETTING RAINS.  THESE STORMS CAN PRODUCE FREQUENT LIGHTNING
AS WELL AS GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS. GENERALLY POOR VENT RATE DURING THE
MORNING IMPROVING TO FAIR BY AFTERNOON. THE WEATHER PATTERN IS TRENDING
DRIER AND WARMER FOR THE LATTER HALF OF THE WEEK INTO THE UPCOMING WEEKEND.

FOR WEDNESDAY
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                       THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MORNING...THEN A CHANCE
                       OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                       AFTERNOON.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......30 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MAX 83-87.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 24-29 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........SOUTHEAST WINDS 7 TO 9 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
                       NORTHEAST IN THE AFTERNOON. GUSTY AND
                       ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
   MIXING HEIGHT.......14000 FT AGL.
   TRANSPORT WIND......SOUTHEAST 16 KNOTS.
   MAX VENT RATE.......VERY GOOD/128090 KNOT-FT AT 1400 LOCAL.
   VENTILATION TREND...FAIR/55964 KNOT-FT AROUND MID-MORNING
                       BECOMING VERY GOOD/125000 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...01

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REQUESTED BY...EL MALPAIS NM
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20130702.SOUTH.05/ABQ