FNUS75 KABQ 031319 FWSABQ SPOT FORECAST FOR SOUTH FIRE...ELMA NPS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 719 AM MDT WED JUL 3 2013 IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. DISCUSSION...VERY LITTLE CHANGE IN THE OVERALL WEATHER PATTERN THROUGH TOMORROW. THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED TO BECOME SCATTERED IN COVERAGE THIS AFTERNOON...BUT THEY SHOULD NOT BE QUITE AS WIDESPREAD AS ON TUESDAY. NORTH TO SOUTH STEERING WINDS ALOFT WILL CARRY ANY STORMS THAT DO DEVELOP TOWARD THE SOUTH AT 20 TO 25 MPH. POTENTIAL FOR BRIEF BUT HEAVY DOWNPOURS ALONG WITH SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH WITH ANY PASSING STORMS THIS AFTERNOON OR EVENING. FOR TODAY CLOUDS/WEATHER......MOSTLY CLEAR THROUGH 10AM...THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY WITH SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING AFTER NOON. STORM MOTIONS WILL BE TOWARD THE SOUTH AT AROUND 20-25 MPH. CHC OF PRECIP.......30 PERCENT. TEMPERATURE.........MAX 82-86. RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 22-27 PERCENT. 20 FOOT WIND........SOUTH-SOUTHEAST WINDS 7 TO 9 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTH 7 TO 9 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. 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...41 $$ REQUESTED BY...HALBERT MARTIN REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20130703.SOUTH.02/ABQ