FNUS75 KABQ 081754
FWSABQ

SPOT FORECAST FOR ENCERRETO...NM-EMP
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
1154 AM MDT THU AUG 8 2013

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

DISCUSSION...
DRIER AND COOLER AIR HAS PUSHED INTO WESTERN NEW MEXICO IN THE
WAKE OF YESTERDAYS UPPER LEVEL LOW PASSAGE. SCATTERED CLOUDS WITH
ONLY A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR A PASSING LIGHT SHOWER ARE EXPECTED THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A WEAK BACKDOOR FRONT WILL PUSH WEST OF THE
RIO GRANDE VALLEY EARLY FRIDAY MORNING...PERHAPS CHANGING WINDS
BRIEFLY TO EASTERLY TOWARD SUNRISE. AS MOISTURE MAKES A RETURN TO
WESTERN NEW MEXICO TONIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING...SCATTERED SHOWERS
ARE EXPECTED FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING.


FOR TODAY
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF
                       SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......10 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MAX 78-82.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 26-31 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 9 MPH. GUSTY AND
                       ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
   MIXING HEIGHT.......12000 FT AGL.
   TRANSPORT WIND......NORTHWEST 19 KNOTS.
   MAX VENT RATE.......EXCELLENT/173800 KNOT-FT AT 1400 LOCAL.
   VENTILATION TREND...EXCELLENT/153546 KNOT-FT AROUND MID-MORNING
                       BECOMING EXCELLENT/172500 KNOT-FT BY
                       MID-AFTERNOON.

FOR TONIGHT
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                       THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......10 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MIN 47-51.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MAX 73-78 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........NORTHWEST WINDS 7 TO 10 MPH IN THE EVENING
                       BECOMING TERRAIN DOMINATED LESS THAN 8 MPH.
                       GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR
                       THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING.
   VENTILATION TREND...VERY GOOD/138000 KNOT-FT BY EARLY-EVENING
                       BECOMING POOR/6000 KNOT-FT BY LATE-EVENING.

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...MATTHEW KAI
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
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