FNUS75 KABQ 041315
FWSABQ

SPOT FORECAST FOR SOUTH FIRE...NPS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
715 AM MDT THU JUL 4 2013

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

DISCUSSION...HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT WILL SHIFT OVER ARIZONA LATER
TODAY AND THEN OVER NEW MEXICO DURING THE FRIDAY-SATURDAY PERIOD.
THIS SHIFT IN THE UPPER HIGH POSITION WILL ALLOW TEMPERATURES TO
TREND UPWARD ON FRIDAY WITH AFTERNOON HUMIDITY VALUES LOWERING
SLIGHTLY AS COMPARED TO RECENT DAYS.   WHILE MOISTURE WILL REMAIN
SUFFICIENT FOR ANOTHER ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS...THE OVERALL COVERAGE
IS EXPECTED TO BE LESS THAN WILL BE THE CASE TODAY.

FOR FRIDAY
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY CLOUDY. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS
                       AND THUNDERSTORMS LATE MORNING...THEN
                       SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......30 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MAX 84-88.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 25-30 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........WEST WINDS 7 TO 14 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
                       WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
   MIXING HEIGHT.......9500 FT AGL.
   TRANSPORT WIND......WEST 19 KNOTS.
   MAX VENT RATE.......VERY GOOD/141656 KNOT-FT AT 1700 LOCAL.
   VENTILATION TREND...VERY GOOD/101612 KNOT-FT AROUND MID-MORNING
                       BECOMING VERY GOOD/141656 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...41

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REQUESTED BY...EL MALPAIS NM
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20130704.SOUTH.01/ABQ