FNUS75 KABQ 020449
FWSABQ

SPOT FORECAST FOR BIXLER RX...FS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
1049 PM MDT FRI MAY 1 2009

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

DISCUSSION...

OBSERVATION FROM 1430 IS NOT CURRENTLY REPRESENTATIVE.

A COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH THE REGION AROUND MIDNIGHT WITH A
WIND SHIFT TO THE SOUTHEAST EXPECTED. THE WIND SHIFT IS EXPECTED
TO BE BRIEF AND TRANSITION BACK TO THE SOUTH BY EARLY MORNING AND
THEN TO THE WEST BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON. IN THE MEANTIME...AN UPPER
LEVEL TROUGH WILL APPROACH FROM THE FOUR CORNERS REGION SATURDAY
AFTERNOON. THE TROUGH WILL PROVIDE ADDED MOISTURE AND INCREASING
CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON INTO
THE EVENING HOURS. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED IN AND
NEAR ANY THUNDERSTORMS. THE SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS
EXPECTED TO DIMINISH FROM WEST TO EAST DURING SATURDAY EVENING
WITH DIRER CONDITIONS TO FOLLOW SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY.

FOR PLANNED IGNITION TIME OF 2215 MDT 5/1/09FOR TONIGHT
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......MOSTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS
                       AFTER MIDNIGHT.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......10 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MIN 36-40.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MAX 42-47 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........SOUTHWEST WINDS 7 TO 13 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
                       SOUTHEAST 7 TO 11 MPH AROUND MIDNIGHT.

FOR SATURDAY
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS IN THE
                       MORNING...THEN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
                       LIKELY IN THE AFTERNOON.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......60 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MAX 55-59.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 41-46 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........SOUTH WINDS 7 TO 9 MPH INCREASING TO WEST 10
                       TO 15 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. GUSTY AND
                       ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN
                       THE AFTERNOON.
   MIXING HEIGHT.......6000 FT AGL.
   TRANSPORT WIND......WEST 15 KNOTS.
   VENTILATION CAT.....GOOD/90000 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...17

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REQUESTED BY...PAUL DELMERICO
REASON FOR REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20090501.BIXLE.03/ABQ