500  
FNUS75 KABQ 081950  
FWSABQ  
 
SPOT FORECAST FOR CAJETE...SANTA FE NATIONAL FOREST  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM  
150 PM MDT TUE JUL 8 2008  
 
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER  
SERVICE.  
 
DISCUSSION...  
LONGITUDE ADJUSTED SLIGHTLY EASTWARD TO FIT ELEVATION OF FIRE.  
 
ANOTHER ROUND OR TWO OF THUNDERSTORMS MAY OCCUR OVER THE FIRE AREA  
THROUGH TONIGHT WITH THE BEST CHANCE FOR SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL BETWEEN  
4 AND 8 PM...WHEN CLOUD COVER WILL BE AT ITS THICKEST. STORM  
MOVEMENT WILL BE SLOWLY SOUTHWEST. WIND GUSTS TO 35 MPH ARE POSSIBLE  
NEAR THUNDERSTORMS. MOISTURE WILL REMAIN IN PLACE WEDNESDAY BUT  
OVERALL STORM COVERAGE WILL BE SLIGHTLY LESS IN THE FIRE AREA...KD  
 
FOR TODAY  
CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A CONTINUED CHANCE OF  
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.  
CHC OF PRECIP.......50 PERCENT.  
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 70-74.  
RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 41-46 PERCENT.  
20 FOOT WIND........SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. GUSTY AND  
ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.  
 
FOR TONIGHT  
CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY CLOUDY. A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN  
THE EVENING...THEN A SLIGHT CHANCE OF  
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AFTER MIDNIGHT.  
CHC OF PRECIP.......40 PERCENT.  
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 45-49.  
RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MAX 86-91 PERCENT.  
20 FOOT WIND........EAST WINDS 7 TO 10 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC  
WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.  
 
FOR WEDNESDAY  
CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF  
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.  
CHC OF PRECIP.......20 PERCENT.  
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 71-75.  
RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 35-40 PERCENT.  
20 FOOT WIND........EAST WINDS 7 TO 10 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...19  
 

 
 
REQUESTED BY...SHERI SANCHEZ  
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE  
.TAG 20080708.CAJET.01/ABQ  
 
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