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FNUS75 KABQ 051658
FWSABQ

SPOT FORECAST FOR BIG SPRINGS...NM-CIF
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
1058 AM MDT SAT JUL 5 2008

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

DISCUSSION...ANOTHER ROUND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP
BY EARLY TO MID AFTERNOON TODAY. STORM MOVEMENT WILL BE RATHER SLOW
AND VARIABLE IN DIRECTION. ANY STORMS THAT DEVELOP WILL BE CAPABLE 
OF HEAVY DOWNPOURS DUE TO THIS SLUGGISH MOVEMENT. GUSTY OUTFLOW 
WINDS WILL ALSO ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS WHILE TEMPERATURES WARM INTO
THE LOWER 80S. HUMIDITIES WILL RECOVER TONIGHT TO NEAR 60 PERCENT.
FOR SUNDAY...EXPECT ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND STORMS THAT
WILL TEND TO MOVE TO THE NORTH NORTHEAST AT A CONTINUED SLOW PACE.


FOR TODAY  
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF 
                       SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. 
   CHC OF PRECIP.......20 PERCENT. 
   TEMPERATURE.........MAX 80-84. 
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 26-31 PERCENT. 
   20 FOOT WIND........SOUTH WINDS 7 TO 10 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC 
                       WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS. 

FOR TONIGHT
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......MOSTLY CLOUDY. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND 
                       THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING...THEN PARTLY
                       CLOUDY AFTER MIDNIGHT. 
   CHC OF PRECIP.......30 PERCENT. 
   TEMPERATURE.........MIN 56-60. 
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MAX 58-63 PERCENT. 
   20 FOOT WIND........SOUTH WINDS 7 TO 10 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC 
                       WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS. 

FOR SUNDAY
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                       THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. 
   CHC OF PRECIP.......30 PERCENT. 
   TEMPERATURE.........MAX 79-83. 
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 28-33 PERCENT. 
   20 FOOT WIND........SOUTH WINDS 7 TO 9 MPH SHIFTING TO THE 
                       SOUTHWEST 7 TO 10 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...52

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REQUESTED BY...JOAN GALANIS
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20080705.BIGSP.01/ABQ