FNUS75 KABQ 081806
FWSABQ

SPOT FORECAST FOR WEST MESA...US FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
1206 PM MDT MON JUL 8 2013

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

DISCUSSION...
CHANCES FOR WETTING RAIN CONTINUE WITH FAIR TO GOOD HUMIDITY
RECOVERIES. VENT RATES WILL RANGE FROM POOR TO GOOD AND WILL
BE DEPENDENT ON THE PRESENCE OR ABSENCE OF RAINS. VENT RATES
ARE GENERALLY EXPECTED TO BE POOR TODAY AND TONIGHT.

FOR TODAY
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY CLOUDY. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                       THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......30 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MAX 83-87.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 26-31 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........TERRAIN DOMINATED LESS THAN 8 MPH BECOMING
                       SOUTH 7 TO 9 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. GUSTY AND
                       ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
   MIXING HEIGHT.......9500 FT AGL.
   TRANSPORT WIND......SOUTHEAST 6 KNOTS.
   MAX VENT RATE.......POOR/38000 KNOT-FT AT 1200 LOCAL.
   VENTILATION TREND...POOR/35222 KNOT-FT AROUND MID-MORNING
                       BECOMING POOR/24000 KNOT-FT BY
                       MID-AFTERNOON.

FOR TONIGHT
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF
                       SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......20 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MIN 60-64.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MAX 58-63 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........TERRAIN DOMINATED LESS THAN 8 MPH. GUSTY AND
                       ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
   VENTILATION TREND...POOR/15822 KNOT-FT BY EARLY-EVENING BECOMING
                       POOR/16500 KNOT-FT BY LATE-EVENING.

FOR TUESDAY
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY CLOUDY. A 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 84-88.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 19-24 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........TERRAIN DOMINATED LESS THAN 8 MPH. GUSTY AND
                       ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
   MIXING HEIGHT.......13000 FT AGL.
   TRANSPORT WIND......NORTH 8 KNOTS.
   MAX VENT RATE.......GOOD/75911 KNOT-FT AT 1100 LOCAL.
   VENTILATION TREND...GOOD/75911 KNOT-FT AROUND MID-MORNING
                       BECOMING POOR/12500 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...11

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REQUESTED BY...IC
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
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