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FXUS65 KABQ 031604
AFDABQ

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
1004 AM MDT FRI AUG 3 2001

WILL BE UPDATING ZONES THIS MORNING FOR ELIMINATING THE MENTION OF  
MORNING POPS AND REWORDING SKY CONDITIONS. MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES WERE 
NOTED AT MOST LOCALS WITH SOME CLOUDS FORMING OVER THE NORTHERN AND 
EXTEME WESTERN MOUNTAINS. RADAR SHOWS NO ECHOS AS OF 10AM. BEST 
MOISTURE AXIS IS NOTED OVER CENTRAL AZ.  GOOD INSOLATION AND ENOUGH 
MOISTURE TO PRODUCE CLOUDS AND EVENTUAL CONVECTION AROUND NOON OVER 
THE MOUNTAINS WITH AN INCREASE OF TSTMS THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. POPS 
LOOK A BIT HIGH OVER THE NW AND NORTHERN MOUNTAINS AND WILL CUT BACK 
A CATEGORY. WILL ALSO TWEAK TEMPS UPWARD WITH PLENTY OF HEATING TO 
TAKE PLACE BEFORE SKIES BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY. UPDATED ZONES OUT BY 
1030 AM. GB

.ABQ...NONE.