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SPOT FORECAST FOR FREEDOM 4TH...ALBUQUERQUE FIRE DEPARTMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
446 PM MDT THU JUL 4 2013

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

DISCUSSION...
HIGH CLOUDS STREAMING SOUTHWARD OUT OF COLORADO CONTINUE TO
INHIBIT THUNDERSTORM FORMATION OVER THE JEMEZ MOUNTAINS THIS
AFTERNOON. THIS WEATHER PATTERN LESSENS THE CHANCES FOR
THUNDERSTORMS FOR THE NORTHERN PORTION OF ALBUQUERQUE AND BALLOON
FIESTA PARK SOMEWHAT. THEY ARE...HOWEVER...STILL A SLIGHT
POSSIBILITY THROUGH EARLY TONIGHT AS THE HIGH CLOUDS THIN SOME AND
THUNDERSTORMS FARTHER NORTH NEAR CHAMA MOVE SOUTHWARD TOWARD THE JEMEZ
MOUNTAINS...ACTING TO SPAWN ISOLATED/SPOT STORMS DURING THE NEXT 3
TO 5 HOURS FROM THE JEMEZ MOUNTAINS SOUTHWARD INTO THE NORTHERN
PORTIONS OF THE ALBUQUERQUE METRO AREA. ANY STORMS THAT DEVELOP
WILL MOVE SOUTH-SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

FOR TONIGHT
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF
                       SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......20 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MIN 58-62.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MAX 57-62 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS TO 5 MPH. GUSTY
                       AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR
                       THUNDERSTORMS.
   VENTILATION TREND...POOR/39000 KNOT-FT BY EARLY-EVENING BECOMING
                       POOR/11807 KNOT-FT BY LATE-EVENING.

FOR FRIDAY
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY CLOUDY. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                       THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......30 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MAX 93-97.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 20-25 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........TERRAIN DOMINATED LESS THAN 8 MPH BECOMING
                       WEST 7 TO 9 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. GUSTY AND
                       ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN
                       THE AFTERNOON.
   MIXING HEIGHT.......12500 FT AGL.
   TRANSPORT WIND......WEST 11 KNOTS.
   MAX VENT RATE.......VERY GOOD/135988 KNOT-FT AT 1700 LOCAL.
   VENTILATION TREND...GOOD/63711 KNOT-FT AROUND MID-MORNING
                       BECOMING VERY GOOD/135988 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...33

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REQUESTED BY...CHIEF JAMES BREEN
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20130704.FREED.01/ABQ