FNUS75 KABQ 201322
FWSABQ

SPOT FORECAST FOR SOUTH CERRO CHFLO...TFO BLM
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
722 AM MDT TUE OCT 20 2009

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

DISCUSSION...
SURFACE LOW PRESSURE DEEPENING EAST OF THE BURN COMBINED WITH
LARGE PACIFIC WEATHER SYSTEM SWEEPING FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS
THE BURN TODAY INTO TONIGHT WILL PRODUCE WETTING RAINS FROM
THIS AFTERNOON ONWARD. INITIAL THUNDERSTORMS MOVING FROM
SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST WILL GIVE WAY TO BROADER RAIN COVERAGE
WITH RAIN MIXING WITH SNOW AS TEMPERATURES COOL OFF TO
FREEZING OVERNIGHT TONIGHT. RAIN TAPERING OFF THROUGH
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON WITH LARGE TEMPERATURE DROPS WELL BELOW
NORMAL.

FOR PLANNED IGNITION TIME OF 0900 MDT 10/20/09
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY CLOUDY. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND
                       THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MORNING...THEN
                       SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                       AFTERNOON.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......40 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MAX 63-67.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 29-34 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........SOUTHWEST WINDS 7 TO 9 MPH INCREASING TO 9
                       TO 14 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. GUSTY AND
                       ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
   MIXING HEIGHT.......8000 FT AGL.
   TRANSPORT WIND......SOUTHWEST 15 KNOTS.
   VENTILATION CAT.....VERY GOOD/120000 KNOT-FT.

FOR TONIGHT
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                       EVENING...THEN RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS
                       AFTER MIDNIGHT.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......70 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MIN 32-36.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MAX 95-100 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........WEST WINDS 7 TO 9 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
                       NORTHWEST 7 TO 9 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. GUSTY
                       AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR
                       THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING.

FOR WEDNESDAY
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......MOSTLY CLOUDY. NUMEROUS RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS
                       IN THE MORNING...THEN SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS
                       IN THE AFTERNOON.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......60 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MAX 43-47.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 61-66 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........NORTH WINDS 7 TO 11 MPH.
   MIXING HEIGHT.......3800 FT AGL.
   TRANSPORT WIND......NORTH 20 KNOTS.
   VENTILATION CAT.....GOOD/76000 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...25

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REQUESTED BY...KYLE SAHD
REASON FOR REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20091020.SOUTH.01/ABQ