FNUS75 KABQ 161430
FWSABQ

SPOT FORECAST FOR CERRO COMADRE...ALBUQUERQUE BLM
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
830 AM MDT FRI JUL 16 2010

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

DISCUSSION...
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL INITIATE OVER NEARBY SUMMITS BY
AFTERNOON...WITH STORM MOVEMENT TO THE WEST EXPECTED THROUGH EARLY
EVENING. BEST CHANCES FOR WETTING RAIN MAINLY THIS EVENING AS
SHOWER COVERAGE INCREASES AND IS MOST LIKELY TO OVERSPREAD THE
BURN. WIND DIRECTIONS BROADLY SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST THROUGH SATURDAY
WITH LITTLE CHANGE TO TEMPERATURE OR HUMIDITY PROFILES.
GRADUAL REDUCTIONS IN TRANSPORT WINDS AND MIXING HEIGHTS WILL
PRODUCE SLIGHT DETERIORATION IN VENTILATION CONDITIONS...BUT
STILL REMAINING SOLIDLY IN THE VERY GOOD TO EXCELLENT CATEGORY.

FOR PLANNED IGNITION TIME OF 0900 MDT 7/16/10
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY CLOUDY WITH ISOLATED
                       SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                       MORNING INCREASING COVERAGE TO
                       SCATTERED IN THE
                       AFTERNOON.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......30 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....83-85.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 27-30 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT).........SOUTHEAST WINDS 7 TO 9 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
                       EAST 7 TO 10 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. GUSTY AND
                       ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
MIXING HEIGHT....... .15500 FT AGL.
   TRANSPORT WIND......SOUTH 13 KNOTS.
   VENTILATION CAT.....EXCELLENT/201500 KNOT-FT.

FOR TONIGHT
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
                       THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING DECREASING
                       COVERAGE TO ISOLATED AFTER MIDNIGHT.
                       DECREASING CLOUDS BY MORNING.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......50 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....58-60.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MAX 56-59 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT).........SOUTHEAST WINDS 7 TO 9 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
                       SOUTH 7 TO 9 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. GUSTY AND
                       ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.

FOR SATURDAY
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY CLOUDY WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
                       THUNDERSTORMS.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......30 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....84-86.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 26-29 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT).........SOUTH WINDS 7 TO 10 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
                       WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
MIXING HEIGHT....... .14500 FT AGL.
   TRANSPORT WIND......WEST 8 KNOTS.
   VENTILATION CAT.....VERY GOOD/116000 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...JONATHAN SMITH
REASON FOR REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20100716.CERRO.01/ABQ