FNUS75 KABQ 031346
FWSABQ

SPOT FORECAST FOR SANTA FE WATERSHED RX...SANTA FE NATIONAL FOREST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
746 AM MDT SAT OCT 3 2009

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

DISCUSSION...
DRY CONDITIONS CONTINUE. EXPECTING FAIR HUMIDITY RECOVERY
OVERNIGHT ACROSS THE MIDSLOPE AREAS. EXPECT SOME BREEZINESS
THIS AFTERNOON WITH SOUTHWEST TO SOUTH WINDS. EXPECT STRONGER
WINDS FOR SUNDAY AS AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH APPROACHES BRINGING
THE POTENTIAL FOR AN ISOLATED LATE AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORM.

FOR PLANNED IGNITION TIME OF 0755 MDT 10/3/09
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY CLOUDY IN THE MORNING THEN CLEARING.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......0 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MAX 55-59.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 14-19 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........TERRAIN DOMINATED LESS THAN 8 MPH BECOMING
                       SOUTHWEST 9 TO 14 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
   MIXING HEIGHT.......7500 FT AGL.
   TRANSPORT WIND......SOUTHWEST 18 KNOTS.
   VENTILATION CAT.....VERY GOOD/135000 KNOT-FT.

FOR TONIGHT
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY CLOUDY.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......0 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MIN 32-36.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MAX 61-66 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........SOUTH WINDS 7 TO 9 MPH IN THE EVENING
                       BECOMING TERRAIN DOMINATED LESS THAN 8 MPH.

FOR SUNDAY
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SNOW SHOWERS
                       IN THE MORNING...THEN SLIGHT CHANCE OF
                       SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......10 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MAX 59-63.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 36-41 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........WEST WINDS 7 TO 12 MPH INCREASING TO
                       SOUTHWEST 15 TO 20 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
                       GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS
                       EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                       AFTERNOON.
   MIXING HEIGHT.......5500 FT AGL.
   TRANSPORT WIND......SOUTHWEST 35 KNOTS.
   VENTILATION CAT.....EXCELLENT/192500 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...01

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REQUESTED BY...DONALD VIGIL
REASON FOR REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20091003.SANTA.01/ABQ