FNUS75 KABQ 061412
FWSABQ

SPOT FORECAST FOR 31 MILE...TAOS BLM
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
712 AM MST TUE JAN 6 2009

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

DISCUSSION...AFTER LIGHT WINDS AND PATCHY FOG AND LOW CLOUDS IN THE
BURN VICINITY EARLY TO MID MORNING...MODERATE TO BRIEFLY GUSTY WINDS
SHOULD DEVELOP TOWARD NOON AND THIS AFTERNOON. AN ISOLATED SNOW
FLURRY OR TWO CANNOT BE RULED OUT THROUGH TONIGHT...BUT FURTHER
SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS SEEM UNLIKELY THROUGH THIS PERIOD. WHILE
VENTILATION WILL IMPROVE FROM POOR TO FAIR AFTER MORNING INVERSION
DISPERSES...IT APPEARS THAT SLIGHTLY LIGHTER WINDS AT LOW TO MID
LEVELS WEDNESDAY AND ESPECIALLY THURSDAY MAY KEEP RATES IN THE POOR
TO AT BEST MARGINALLY FAIR CATEGORY.


FOR PLANNED IGNITION TIME OF 0800 MST 1/6/09
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......AREAS OF FOG INTO MID MORNING OTHERWISE
                       PARTLY CLOUDY BY LATE MORNING. SLIGHT CHANCE
                       OF FLURRIES.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......10 PERCENT OR LESS FOR MEASURABLE
                       PRECIPITATION.
   TEMPERATURE.........MAX 30-34.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 45-50 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........DIRECTION VARIABLE UNDER 8 MPH...BECOMING NORTH
                       THROUGH WEST 8 TO 16 MPH BY LATE MORNING OR NOON
                       WITH SOME GUSTS BETWEEN 18 AND 23 MPH POSSIBLE.
   MIXING HEIGHT.......2500 FT AGL.
   TRANSPORT WIND......NORTHWEST 16 KNOTS.
   VENTILATION CAT.....FAIR/40000 KNOT-FT.

FOR TONIGHT
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY CLOUDY. VERY SLIGHT CHANCE FEW FLURRIES.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......LESS THAN 10 PERCENT FOR MEASURABLE PRECIP.
   TEMPERATURE.........MIN 9-14.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MAX 80-85 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........NORTH AND NORTHWEST 7 TO 13 MPH...BECOMING
                       MAINLY DOWNSLOPE AT SIMILAR SPEEDS AFTER
                       9 OR 10 PM.

FOR WEDNESDAY
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY CLOUDY.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......0 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MAX 42-46.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 34-39 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........NORTHWEST WINDS 7 TO 15 MPH WITH A FEW MIDDAY TO
                       AFTERNOON GUSTS POSSIBLY UP TO 20 MPH.
   MIXING HEIGHT.......2000 FT AGL.
   TRANSPORT WIND......NORTHWEST 15 KNOTS.
   VENTILATION CAT.....POOR/30000 KNOT-FT.

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...43

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REQUESTED BY...KYLE SAHD
REASON FOR REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20090106.31MIL.01/ABQ