FNUS75 KABQ 301617
FWSABQ

SPOT FORECAST FOR D5 ADMIN SITE BURN...USFS-SANDIA DIST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
1017 AM MDT FRI APR 30 2010

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

DISCUSSION..BROAD UPPER LEVEL TROUGH TO BRING UNSETTLED AND
UNSEASONABLY COOL WEATHER TO BURN SITE FOR THE NEW SEVERAL DAYS.
AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE CURRENTLY MOVING THROUGH THE TROUGH WILL
SUPPORT A FEW SPOTTY SHOWERS...SOME WITH SNOW AND GRAUPEL THIS
MORNING.  WINDS WILL BE MOSTLY WEST ALTHOUGH THE SHOWERS WILL
PRODUCE SOME GUSTY AND SOMEWHAT ERRATIC WINDS.  SOME CLEARING
LATER THIS MORNING BUT THEN SOME SPOTTY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON.  TEMPS TONIGHT TO BE BELOW FREEZING.
A LITTLE WARMER TOMORROW BUT STILL COOL WITH SOME SPOT SHOWERS
AND WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS.

FOR PLANNED IGNITION TIME OF 1030 MDT 4/30/10
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY CLOUDY. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SNOW
                       SHOWERS IN THE MORNING...THEN A SLIGHT
                       CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                       AFTERNOON.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......10 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....49-53.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 20-25 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT).........WEST WINDS 13 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
                       25 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS
                       EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                       AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT....... .13000 FT AGL.
   TRANSPORT WIND......WEST 19 KNOTS.
   VENTILATION CAT.....EXCELLENT/247000 KNOT-FT.

FOR TONIGHT
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY CLOUDY. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS
                       AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING...THEN A
                       SLIGHT CHANCE OF SNOW SHOWERS AFTER
                       MIDNIGHT.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......10 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....23-27.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MAX 60-65 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT).........NORTHWEST WINDS 7 TO 15 MPH IN THE EVENING
                       BECOMING TERRAIN DOMINATED LESS THAN 8 MPH.
                       GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS
                       EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING.

FOR SATURDAY
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY CLOUDY. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF
                       SHOWERS...SOME WITH THUNDER IN THE
                       AFTERNOON.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......20 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....56-60.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 20-25 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT).........NORTHWEST WINDS 7 TO 9 MPH INCREASING TO
                       WEST 9 TO 14 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON WITH GUSTS
                       TO 20 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED
                       NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT....... .11500 FT AGL.
   TRANSPORT WIND......WEST 13 KNOTS.
   VENTILATION CAT.....VERY GOOD/149500 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...05

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REQUESTED BY...BRIAN DRINVILLE
REASON FOR REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20100430.D5ADM.01/ABQ