FNUS75 KABQ 131451
FWSABQ

SPOT FORECAST FOR FOSSIL RX...USFS-SANDIA DIST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
851 AM MDT THU MAY 13 2010

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

DISCUSSION...
LIGHTER WINDS OVERALL EXPECTED TODAY AS THE FLOW ALOFT LIGTENS UP.
PATCH OF THICK CIRRUS CURRENTLY OVER THE FIRE AREA BUT WILL
GRADUALLY THIN THIS MORNING INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON. LEAVING A FEW
PUFFY CUMULUS THIS AFTERNOON. HUMIDITY READINGS SHOULD BE SIMILAR
TO YESTERDAY BUT PROBABLY NOT QUITE AS LOW AS 13 PCT OBSERVED
YESTERDAY. BACK DOOR COLD FRONT WILL EVENTUALLY PUSH HIGHER HUMIDITY
INTO THE AREA MID TO LATE FRIDAY MORNING BUT THE FIRE AREA WILL BE
RIGHT ON THE EDGE OF THIS SHALLOW MOISTURE PUSH.

FOR PLANNED IGNITION TIME OF 0900 MDT 5/13/10
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY CLOUDY OVERALLY. MOST CLOUDY THIS
                       MORNING WITH A PATCH OF HIGH CLOUDS
                       OVERHEAD. THIS WILL THIN AS THE DAY
                       PROGRESSES.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....58-60.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 14-17 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT).........SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 7 MPH INCREASING TO 7
                       TO 9 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. OCCASIONAL GUSTS
                       IN THE LOW/MID TEENS.
MIXING HEIGHT....... .7500 FT AGL.
   TRANSPORT WIND......SOUTHWEST 13 KNOTS.
   VENTILATION CAT.....GOOD/97500 KNOT-FT.

FOR TONIGHT
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY CLOUDY.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......0 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....28-32.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MAX 57-62 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT).........SOUTH/SOUTHWEST WINDS 4 TO 7 MPH.
                       WIND SHIFT POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT BUT
                       MORE LIKE MID MORNING ON FRIDAY TO
                       EAST/SOUTHEAST 3 TO 6 MPH.

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...50

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REQUESTED BY...MT  TAYLOR 3
REASON FOR REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
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