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SPOT FORECAST FOR TRES LAGUNAS...NM TYPE 3
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
347 PM MDT SUN JUN 16 2013

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

DISCUSSION...
A BACK DOOR COLD FRONT WILL BANK UP AGAINST THE EAST SLOPES OF THE
SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS TONIGHT...SHIFTING WINDS OUT OF THE
SOUTHEAST BY MONDAY MORNING. THE FRONT WILL USHER ENOUGH MOISTURE
FOR AN UPTICK TO SCATTERED SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE DURING
THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING MONDAY AND TUESDAY. AN UPPER LEVEL LOW
PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL TRACK SLOWLY EASTWARD ACROSS THE NW US
WEDNESDAY THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK. IT WILL CAUSE DRY
SOUTHWEST FLOW TO STRENGTHEN OVER NORTHERN NEW MEXICO WEDNESDAY
THROUGH THURSDAY WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER
CONDITIONS IN THE BURN AREA.

FOR TONIGHT
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY CLOUDY. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS
                       AND THUNDERSTORMS.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......20 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MIN 48-52.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MAX 47-52 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........NORTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH IN THE EARLY
                       EVENING BECOMING TERRAIN DOMINATED LESS THAN
                       8 MPH BY MIDNIGHT. GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. GUSTY
                       AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR
                       THUNDERSTORMS.

FOR MONDAY
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OFSHOWERS
                       AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING BY LATE MORNING.
                       BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY IN THE AFTERNOON WITH
                       A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......40 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MAX 74-77.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 24-29 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........SOUTHEAST WINDS 7 TO 9 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
                       SOUTHWEST 9 TO 12 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
                       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...C  BROWN
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
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