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SPOT FORECAST FOR TRES LAGUNAS...N.NM TYPE 3
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
526 PM MDT TUE JUN 18 2013

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

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 8 PM MDT WEDNESDAY...
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
THURSDAY EVENING...

DISCUSSION...
DRIER AIR IS ALREADY PUSHING INTO THE AREA FROM THE SOUTHWEST.
GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE UNTIL SUNSET...THEN STRENGTHEN FURTHER
WEDNESDAY AS HUMIDITIES CRATER BELOW CRITICAL THRESHOLDS. AFTER
POOR HUMIDITY RECOVERY WEDNESDAY NIGHT...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO RETURN ON THURSDAY. THERE WILL ALSO BE
A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR DRY THUNDERSTORMS ON THURSDAY. WINDS ARE
EXPECTED TO WEAKEN BUT REMAIN GUSTY FRIDAY THROUGH THE
WEEKEND...WHEN THEY WILL BACK MORE OUT OF THE SOUTH ALLOWING SOME
HUMIDITY IMPROVEMENT. THE SLIGHT CHANCE OF MAINLY DRY
THUNDERSTORMS WILL RETURN EACH AFTERNOON AND EVENING FRIDAY
THROUGH THE WEEKEND. HAINES LEVELS OF 6 WILL BE COMMON EACH
AFTERNOON WEDNESDAY THROUGH THE WEEKEND...EXCEPT FOR BRIEF
IMPROVEMENT POSSIBLE FRIDAY.

FOR TONIGHT
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS
                       AND THUNDERSTORMS.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......20 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MIN 47-51.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MAX 55-60 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........SOUTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH THROUGH SUNSET.
                       BECOMING SOUTH 5 TO 8 MPH BY MIDNIGHT. GUSTS UP
                       TO 30 MPH IN THE EVENING. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
                       WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.

FOR WEDNESDAY
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY CLOUDY.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......0 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MAX 75-78.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 9-14 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........SOUTHWEST WINDS 12 TO 17 MPH INCREASING TO
                       19 TO 29 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. GUSTS UP TO
                       40 MPH.

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...44

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REQUESTED BY...C  BROWN
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
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