FNUS75 KABQ 171648
FWSABQ

SPOT FORECAST FOR RIPARIAN RX...BLM
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
1048 AM MDT SAT APR 17 2010

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

DISCUSSION...CLOUDS WILL TRY TO ERODE AWAY FARTHER EAST TODAY...BUT
A FEW WILL LINGER THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON. CHANCES FOR ANY
SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN QUITE SLIM. TEMPERATURES WILL
WARM INTO THE UPPER 60S AND HUMIDITY WILL FALL TO NEAR 30 PERCENT BY
LATE THIS AFTERNOON. DECENT HUMIDITY RECOVERY IS EXPECTED BY EARLY
SUNDAY MORNING WITH WARMER TEMPERATURES AND A FEW CLOUDS ENSUING
SUNDAY AFTERNOON.


FOR PLANNED IGNITION TIME OF 1050 MDT 4/17/10
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF
                       SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......10 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....67-71.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 31-35 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT).........SOUTH SOUTHEAST 5 TO 9 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
                       WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
MIXING HEIGHT....... .8500 FT AGL.
   TRANSPORT WIND......SOUTHEAST 8 KNOTS.
   VENTILATION CAT.....GOOD/68000 KNOT-FT.

FOR TONIGHT
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY CLOUDY.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......0 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....34-38.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MAX 76-81 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT).........BECOMING TERRAIN DOMINATED LESS THAN 5 MPH
                       BY 2000 LOCAL TIME.

FOR SUNDAY
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY CLOUDY.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....73-77.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 15-20 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT).........TERRAIN DOMINATED LESS THAN 5 MPH...
                       BECOMING WEST SOUTHWEST 7 TO 9 MPH IN THE
                       MID AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT....... .12500 FT AGL.
   TRANSPORT WIND......EAST 7 KNOTS.
   VENTILATION CAT.....GOOD/87500 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...52

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