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SPOT FORECAST FOR DIEGO FIRE...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
556 AM MDT WED JUL 9 2014

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

DISCUSSION...
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DISSIPATING OVER THE JEMEZ MOUNTAINS
EARLY THIS MORNING MAY TRIGGER A FEW WIND GUSTS UP TO 15 MPH OUT
OF THE SOUTH OR SOUTHEAST BEFORE 9 AM. OTHERWISE...THE WET MONSOON
PATTERN SHOULD PERSIST THROUGH SATURDAY WITH DAILY ROUNDS OF
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN.
THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR BURN SCAR FLASH FLOODING TO DEVELOP.
WET MICROBURSTS COULD PRODUCE ERRATIC WIND GUSTS OVER 50 MPH. DUE
TO ALL THE MOISTURE AND PRECIPITATION...HIGH TEMPERATURES SHOULD
VARY FROM NEAR TO A FEW DEGREES BELOW NORMAL EACH DAY.

FOR PLANNED IGNITION TIME OF 0550 MDT 7/9/14
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......MOSTLY CLOUDY.  SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                       THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MORNING...THEN SHOWERS
                       AND THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY IN THE AFTERNOON.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......70 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MAX 71-74.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 38-43 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........SOUTHEAST WINDS 6 TO 9 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO
                       15 MPH BEFORE 9 AM. BECOMING SOUTHWEST BY
                       EARLY AFTERNOON. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS
                       EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.

FOR TONIGHT
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......MOSTLY CLOUDY. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
                       LIKELY IN THE EVENING...THEN CHANCE OF
                       SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AFTER MIDNIGHT.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......60 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MIN 49-53.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MAX 71-76 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........TERRAIN DOMINATED LESS THAN 8 MPH. GUSTY AND
                       ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.

FOR THURSDAY
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF
                       SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MORNING.
                       THEN MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH SHOWERS AND
                       THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY IN THE AFTERNOON.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......70 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MAX 73-76.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 40-45 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........WEST 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...44

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REQUESTED BY...BROWN
REASON FOR REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20140709.DIEGO.01/ABQ