FNUS75 KABQ 131418
FWSABQ

SPOT FORECAST FOR WHISKEY CREEK RX...NAVAJO REGION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
718 AM MST FRI NOV 13 2009

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

DISCUSSION...A FRONTAL BOUNDARY STRETCHING FROM NORTHWEST COLORADO
TO NORTHWEST ARIZONA THIS MORNING WILL SLOWLY PRESS EASTWARD TODAY
BRINGING AN INCREASING CHANCE OF WETTING PRECIPITATION TO THE BURN
AREA...MAINLY THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING.  GUSTY SOUTHWEST
WINDS WILL DEVELOP AHEAD OF THE FRONT...WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH
LIKELY THROUGH THE MORNING INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON.  FOLLOWING
A BRIEF LULL ON SATURDAY...AN EVEN STRONGER SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO
THE REGION SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY BRINGING SIGNIFICANTLY COLDER
TEMPERATURES AND MORE PRECIPITATION.


FOR PLANNED IGNITION TIME OF 0900 MST 11/13/09
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......MOSTLY CLOUDY.  ISOLATED RAIN SHOWERS THROUGH
                       MID-MORNING THEN INCREASING TO SCATTERED
                       COVERAGE BY MIDDAY OR EARLY AFTERNOON.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......50 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MAX 48-50.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 48-50 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........SOUTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH. GUSTS UP TO
                       35 MPH.
   MIXING HEIGHT.......5000 FT AGL.
   TRANSPORT WIND......SOUTHWEST 34 KNOTS.
   VENTILATION CAT.....EXCELLENT/170000 KNOT-FT.

FOR TONIGHT
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......MOSTLY CLOUDY. SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS IN
                       THE EVENING...THEN A CHANCE OF SNOW SHOWERS
                       AFTER MIDNIGHT.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......50 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MIN 29-33.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MAX 94-98 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........SOUTHWEST WINDS 8 TO 14 MPH.

FOR SATURDAY
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......MOSTLY CLOUDY. PATCHY FOG IN THE MORNING. A
                       CHANCE OF SNOW SHOWERS IN THE MORNING...THEN
                       A CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......50 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MAX 41-45.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 49-54 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........SOUTHWEST WINDS 7 TO 9 MPH INCREASING TO 8
                       TO 11 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
   MIXING HEIGHT.......6000 FT AGL.
   TRANSPORT WIND......WEST 24 KNOTS.
   VENTILATION CAT.....VERY GOOD/144000 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...KJ

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REQUESTED BY...NATALIE LYNCH
REASON FOR REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20091113.WHISK.01/ABQ