FNUS75 KABQ 110100
FWSABQ

SPOT FORECAST FOR SOLDIER FIRE...SANTA FE NATIONAL FOREST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
700 PM MDT SUN MAY 10 2009

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

DISCUSSION...
A BACK DOOR COLD FRONT SHOULD PUSH THROUGH THE BURN AREA AROUND
2100L THIS EVENING. UNTIL THEN...WEST AND SOUTHWEST WINDS SHOULD
PREVAIL WITH GUSTS REACHING UP TO 20 MPH AT TIMES. THE FRONT WILL
USHER EAST AND SOUTHEAST WINDS AT SPEEDS FROM 10 TO 15 MPH AND
GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH FOR MUCH OF TONIGHT. MOISTURE WILL ALSO
INCREASE WITH THE FRONT...ESPECIALLY AT LOWER ELEVATIONS. SOME OF
THIS MOISTURE MAY REACH AS HIGH AS THE BURN AREA WITH FOG AND SOME
VERY LIGHT RAIN MAINLY AFTER MIDNIGHT UNTIL AROUND SUNRISE. WINDS
WILL GRADUALLY SHIFT OUT OF THE SOUTH THEN SOUTHWEST ON MONDAY AS
SKIES BECOME PARTLY CLOUDY. SOUTHWESTERLY WIND GUSTS SHOULD REACH
AROUND 25 MPH MONDAY AFTERNOON.


FOR TONIGHT
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......MOSTLY CLEAR UNTIL MIDNIGHT.  AFTER MIDNIGHT
                       BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE
                       OF LIGHT RAIN AND AREAS OF FOG.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......10 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MIN 38-42.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MAX 92-97 PERCENT.

FOR MONDAY
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......MOSTLY CLOUDY IN THE MORNING...THEN BECOMING
                       PARTLY CLOUDY IN THE AFTRNOON.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......0 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MAX 66-70.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 17-22 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........SOUTH WINDS 8 TO 13 MPH INCREASING TO
                       SOUTHWEST 13 TO 18 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
                       GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH.
   MIXING HEIGHT.......12500 FT AGL.
   TRANSPORT WIND......WEST 24 KNOTS.
   VENTILATION CAT.....EXCELLENT/300000 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...44

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REQUESTED BY...E-501
REASON FOR REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20090510.SOLDI.01/ABQ