FNUS75 KABQ 291330
FWSABQ

SPOT FORECAST FOR HORSESHOE...BLM
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
730 AM MDT THU APR 29 2010

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

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 9 PM MDT
THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES...

DISCUSSION...
COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP EASTWARD ACROSS THE FIRE TODAY...WITH
VERY GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS SHIFTING TO WEST AS THE FRONT
MOVES THROUGH. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS AND POCKETS OF SNOW
DEVELOPING ALONG THE FRONT SOUTHWEST OF THE FIRE WILL
MOVE NORTHEAST ACROSS THE FIRE. TEMPERATURES FALLING
WELL BELOW FREEZING TONIGHT WITH GOOD HUMIDITY RECOVERY.
REDUCED WIND SPEEDS ON FRIDAY WITH TEMPERATURES REMAINING
IN THE 30S WITH MODEST DRYING TREND.

FOR TODAY
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......INCREASING CLOUDS WITH ISOLATED
                       THUNDERSTORMS AND SNOW SHOWERS. AREAS OF
                       BLOWING DUST.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......20 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....39-41.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 38-41 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT).........SOUTHWEST WINDS INCREASING RAPIDLY
                       TO 33 TO 47 MPH. GUSTY AND
                       ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
MIXING HEIGHT....... .6000 FT AGL.
   TRANSPORT WIND......WEST 60 KNOTS.
   VENTILATION CAT.....EXCELLENT/360000 KNOT-FT.

FOR TONIGHT
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......MOSTLY CLOUDY. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS AND
                       SNOW SHOWERS IN THE EVENING...THEN
                       SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS AFTER MIDNIGHT.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......40 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....16-18.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MAX 66-69 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT).........WEST WINDS 21 TO 31 MPH DECREASING TO 12 TO
                       17 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH.
                       GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR
                       THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING.

FOR FRIDAY
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS
                       AND SNOW SHOWERS.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......30 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....32-34.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 33-36 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT).........WEST WINDS 12 TO 17 MPH INCREASING TO 16 TO
                       21 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH.
                       GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR
                       THUNDERSTORMS.
MIXING HEIGHT....... .11000 FT AGL.
   TRANSPORT WIND......WEST 17 KNOTS.
   VENTILATION CAT.....EXCELLENT/187000 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...231
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
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