FNUS75 KABQ 231948 FWSABQ SPOT FORECAST FOR GOLONDRINO...SANTA FE DISPATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 148 PM MDT TUE JUL 23 2013 IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. DISCUSSION... SPOT SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE OVER THE GREATER AREA THE REST OF THIS AFTERNOON. MUCH OF THE ACTIVITY SHOULD HAVE DISSIPATED BY MID/LATE EVENING. THE FOOTPRINT OF WETTING RAIN WILL BE ON THE SMALLER SIDE TODAY. HUMIDITY SHOULD BE A LITTLE HIGHER ON WEDNESDAY WITH A LITTLE BETTER WETTING RAIN CHANCE ALTHOUGH THE BETTER CHANCES WILL BE LATE WEEK. STORMS WILL BE SLOW TO MOVE TODAY. STORMS ON WEDNESDAY SHOULD MOVE AT A QUICKER PACE ON WEDNESDAY AND GENERALLY GO FROM SOUTHEAST TO NORTHWEST. FOR TODAY CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MORNING...THEN MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. CHC OF PRECIP.......30 PERCENT. TEMPERATURE.........MAX 83-85. RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 24-26 PERCENT. 20 FOOT WIND........GENERALLY TERRAIN DRIVEN LESS THAN 6 MPH. SOME WEST/NORTHWEST WIND PERIODICALLY DURING THE AFTERNOON. EXPECT SOME STRONGER GUSTS DUE TO SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. MIXING HEIGHT.......11500 FT AGL. TRANSPORT WIND......EAST 5 KNOTS. MAX VENT RATE.......FAIR/50000 KNOT-FT AT 1800 LOCAL. VENTILATION TREND...POOR/8289 KNOT-FT AROUND MID-MORNING BECOMING FAIR/42321 KNOT-FT BY MID-AFTERNOON. FOR TONIGHT CLOUDS/WEATHER......MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING...THEN PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AFTER MIDNIGHT. CHC OF PRECIP.......30 PERCENT. TEMPERATURE.........MIN 55-59. RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MAX 65-70 PERCENT. 20 FOOT WIND........EAST WINDS 7 TO 9 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHEAST AFTER MIDNIGHT. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS. VENTILATION TREND...FAIR/50000 KNOT-FT BY EARLY-EVENING BECOMING POOR/6000 KNOT-FT BY LATE-EVENING. FOR WEDNESDAY CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MORNING...THEN MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. CHC OF PRECIP.......40 PERCENT. TEMPERATURE.........MAX 80-84. RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 26-28 PERCENT. 20 FOOT WIND........SOUTHEAST WINDS 7 TO 10 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MORNING. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. MIXING HEIGHT.......15000 FT AGL. TRANSPORT WIND......SOUTH 13 KNOTS. MAX VENT RATE.......EXCELLENT/191042 KNOT-FT AT 1600 LOCAL. VENTILATION TREND...GOOD/94074 KNOT-FT AROUND MID-MORNING BECOMING EXCELLENT/191042 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...50 $$ REQUESTED BY...IC REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20130723.GOLON.01/ABQ