FNUS75 KABQ 171704 FWSABQ SPOT FORECAST FOR CANDY KITCHEN RX...BLM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 1104 AM MDT TUE AUG 17 2010 IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. DISCUSSION... DRIER AIR HAS MOVED IN ACROSS NORTHWEST PORTIONS OF NEW MEXICO THIS MORNING AND WILL KEEP SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM COVERAGES MUCH LOWER THAN YESTERDAY. A BETTER CHANCE OF STORMS COMES ON WEDNESDAY AS ANOTHER MOISTURE BURST FLOWS UP FROM MEXICO AHEAD OF THE NEXT TROUGH. FOR PLANNED IGNITION TIME OF 1100 MDT 8/17/10 CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. CHC OF PRECIP.......20 PERCENT. MAX TEMPERATURE.....81-85. RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 37-42 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT).........TERRAIN DOMINATED LESS THAN 6 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS. MIXING HEIGHT....... .11000 FT AGL. TRANSPORT WIND......SOUTHWEST 5 KNOTS. VENTILATION CAT.....FAIR/55000 KNOT-FT. FOR TONIGHT CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING. CHC OF PRECIP.......30 PERCENT. MIN TEMPERATURE.....50-54. RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MAX 95-100 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT).........SOUTHWEST WINDS 4 TO 6 MPH IN THE EVENING BECOMING TERRAIN DOMINATED LESS THAN 5 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS. FOR WEDNESDAY CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MORNING...THEN MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. CHC OF PRECIP.......50 PERCENT. MAX TEMPERATURE.....82-86. RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 36-41 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT).........TERRAIN DOMINATED LESS THAN 6 MPH BECOMING SOUTHWEST 7 TO 9 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS. MIXING HEIGHT....... .12000 FT AGL. TRANSPORT WIND......SOUTH 9 KNOTS. VENTILATION CAT.....VERY GOOD/108000 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...50 $$ REQUESTED BY...RROMERO REASON FOR REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20100817.CANDY.01/ABQ