FNUS75 KABQ 231647
FWSABQ

SPOT FORECAST FOR STABLE...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
1047 AM MDT TUE JUL 23 2013

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

DISCUSSION...
TODAY LOOKS TO BE ANOTHER DOWN THUNDERSTORM DAY ALTHOUGH STILL
CANT RULE OUT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AFFECTING THE FIRE AREA.
SOME OF THE STORMS WOULD BE OF THE WETTING KIND. GOOD HUMIDITY
RECOVERIES EXPECTED TONIGHT. A BETTER THUNDERSTORM PUSH IS
ANTICIPATED FOR WEDNESDAY. THE STEERING FLOW FOR THE STORMS WOULD
CHANGE FROM AN EAST TO WEST TODAY TO A SOUTHEAST TO NORTHWEST ON
WEDNESDAY. STEERING FLOWS ALSO LOOK TO BE STRONGER ON WEDNESDAY.

FOR TODAY
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY TO OCCASIONALLY MOSTLY CLOUDY. A
                       SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
                       LATE MORNING...THEN A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                       THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......30 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MAX 80-84.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 28-32 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........TERRAIN DOMINATED LESS THAN 8 MPH.
                       GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR
                       THUNDERSTORMS.
   MIXING HEIGHT.......10000 FT AGL.
   TRANSPORT WIND......NORTHEAST 10 KNOTS.
   MAX VENT RATE.......GOOD/61389 KNOT-FT AT 2000 LOCAL.
   VENTILATION TREND...POOR/5056 KNOT-FT AROUND MID-MORNING
                       BECOMING POOR/18296 KNOT-FT BY
                       MID-AFTERNOON.

FOR TONIGHT
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY CLOUDY. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                       THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING...THEN A SLIGHT
                       CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AFTER
                       MIDNIGHT.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......30 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MIN 51-55.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MAX 73-78 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........TERRAIN DOMINATED LESS THAN 8 MPH. GUSTY
                       AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR
                       THUNDERSTORMS.
   VENTILATION TREND...GOOD/61389 KNOT-FT BY EARLY-EVENING BECOMING
                       GOOD/60000 KNOT-FT BY LATE-EVENING.

FOR WEDNESDAY
   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.......40 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MAX 79-83.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 28-32 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 7 MPH INCREASING TO
                       8 TO 13 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
                       GUSTS UP TO 22 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS
                       EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
   MIXING HEIGHT.......13000 FT AGL.
   TRANSPORT WIND......SOUTHEAST 19 KNOTS.
   MAX VENT RATE.......EXCELLENT/222669 KNOT-FT AT 1600 LOCAL.
   VENTILATION TREND...VERY GOOD/118198 KNOT-FT AROUND MID-MORNING
                       BECOMING EXCELLENT/222669 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

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