FNUS75 KABQ 201637
FWSABQ

SPOT FORECAST FOR CHAPARRAL RX...SANTA FE NATIONAL FOREST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
1037 AM MDT TUE OCT 20 2009

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

DISCUSSION...
A COLD CORE TROUGH ALOFT MOVING EAST ACROSS NORTHERN ARIZONA THIS
MORNING WILL INCREASE SOUTHWEST WINDS OVER NORTHERN NEW MEXICO
THIS AFTERNOON AND GENERATE SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
THROUGH THIS EVENING. MUCH COLDER AIR WITH THE UPPER LEVEL TROUGH
MOVES IN FROM THE NORTH TONIGHT AND WILL RESULT IN A CLOUDY...BREEZY
AND RAIN/SNOW SHOWERY DAY WEDNESDAY WITH MUCH COOLER TEMPERATURES.

FOR PLANNED IGNITION TIME OF 1035 MDT 10/20/09
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF
                       SHOWERS THIS MORNING...THEN MOSTLY CLOUDY
                       WITH SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY LATER
                       THIS AFTERNOON.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......70 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MAX 58-62.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 33-38 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........SOUTH WINDS 6 TO 9 MPH THIS MORNING SHIFTING
                       TO THE SOUTHWEST AT 11 TO 15 MPH IN THE
                       AFTERNOON. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS NEAR
                       THUNDERSTORMS.
   MIXING HEIGHT.......6000 FT AGL.
   TRANSPORT WIND......SOUTHWEST 14 KNOTS.
   VENTILATION CAT.....GOOD/84000 KNOT-FT.

FOR TONIGHT
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY IN THE
                       EVENING...THEN SNOW SHOWERS POSSIBLE AFTER
                       MIDNIGHT.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......70 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MIN 30-34.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MAX 95-100 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........SOUTHWEST 11 TO 15 MPH THIS EVENING BECOMING
                       WEST 7 TO 10 MPH THEN NORTHWEST AFTER MIDNIGHT.
                       GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN
                       THE EVENING.

FOR WEDNESDAY
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......CLOUDY. SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS IN THE MORNING...
                       THEN CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS AFTER MID DAY.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......60 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MAX 44-48.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 62-67 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........NORTH WINDS 8 TO 12 MPH.
   MIXING HEIGHT.......3500 FT AGL.
   TRANSPORT WIND......NORTH 21 KNOTS.
   VENTILATION CAT.....GOOD/73500 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...07

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REASON FOR REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
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