FNUS75 KABQ 110737
FWSABQ

SPOT FORECAST FOR HEURFANO RX...BLM
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
137 AM MDT THU JUL 11 2013

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

DISCUSSION...
UPPER LEVEL HIGH CENTER WILL CONTINUE TO DRIFT EASTWARD THIS
MORNING...ALLOWING FOR SLIGHT COOLING ALOFT AND FOR MORE IN THE
WAY OF A SOUTHERLY MONSOON MOISTURE TAP OVER WESTERN AND
NORTHWESTERN NM. MAIN CHANGES FROM PREVIOUS SPOT FORECAST WAS TO
INCREASE SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM CHANCES FROM SLIGHT CHANCE TO
CHANCE AND TO LOWER HIGH TEMPERATURES A FEW DEGREES AND INCREASE
MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES. EXPECT SLOW THUNDERSTORM MOVEMENT
AND WITH THE DEEP MOISTURE MOVING IN...THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY
RAINFALL EXISTS THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY EVENING. LARGE SCALE
SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENT SUGGESTS SOUTHERLY WINDS THROUGH MOST OF
TODAY.


FOR PLANNED IGNITION TIME OF 1100 MDT 7/11/13
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY CLOUDY IN THE MORNING...THEN MOSTLY
                       CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                       THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......30 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MAX 87-91.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 24-29 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........SOUTH WINDS 4 TO 9 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
                       WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                       AFTERNOON.
   MIXING HEIGHT.......10500 FT AGL.
   TRANSPORT WIND......SOUTH 10 KNOTS.
   MAX VENT RATE.......GOOD/70259 KNOT-FT AT 1700 LOCAL.
   VENTILATION TREND...FAIR/53373 KNOT-FT AROUND MID-MORNING
                       BECOMING GOOD/70259 KNOT-FT BY
                       MID-AFTERNOON.

FOR TONIGHT
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......MOSTLY CLOUDY IN THE EVENING THEN BECOMING
                       PARTLY CLOUDY. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                       THUNDERSTORMS.
   TEMPERATURE.........MIN 62-66.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MAX 62-67 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........SOUTH WINDS 7 TO 9 MPH IN THE EVENING
                       BECOMING TERRAIN DOMINATED LESS THAN 8 MPH.
                       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...33

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REQUESTED BY...FOS DONNIE VANKOMEN
REASON FOR REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20130711.HEURF.01/ABQ