FNUS75 KABQ 211449
FWSABQ

SPOT FORECAST FOR THOMPSON RIDGE RX...SANTA FE NATIONAL FOREST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
849 AM MDT TUE SEP 21 2010

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

DISCUSSION...
ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP WEST OF THE BURN
AND MOVE ACROSS THE BURN TO THE NORTHEAST THIS AFTERNOON...WITH
LINGERING SHOWERS CONTINUING INTO THE EVENING. PATTERN CHANGE IN
FOR WEDNESDAY WITH MAJOR PUSH OF MOISTURE AND INCREASING SHOWER
COVERAGE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON CONTINUING WELL INTO THE OVERNIGHT.
10 DEGREE TEMPERATURE DROP WITH HUMIDITIES REMAINING ABOVE 50
PCT...AND WIND SHIFTS TO EASTERLY AND SOUTHEASTERLY ON
WEDNESDAY.

FOR PLANNED IGNITION TIME OF 0905 MDT 9/21/10
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY CLOUDY. ISOLATED
                       SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......10 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MAX 71-73.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 29-32 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........TERRAIN DOMINATED LESS THAN 8 MPH BECOMING
                       WEST 7 TO 9 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. GUSTY AND
                       ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
   MIXING HEIGHT.......10000 FT AGL.
   TRANSPORT WIND......SOUTHWEST 8 KNOTS.
   VENTILATION CAT.....GOOD/80000 KNOT-FT.

FOR TONIGHT
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY CLOUDY. ISOLATED SHOWERS
                       AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......10 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MIN 50-52.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MAX 69-72 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........SOUTHWEST WINDS 8 TO 11 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
                       SOUTHEAST 7 TO 9 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. GUSTY
                       AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR
                       THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING.

FOR WEDNESDAY
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
                       IN THE MORNING INCREASING IN COVERAGE
                       THROUGH THE AFTERNOON.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......100 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MAX 61-63.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 61-64 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........EAST WINDS 7 TO 9 MPH INCREASING TO SOUTH 10
                       TO 13 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. GUSTY AND
                       ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
   MIXING HEIGHT.......5500 FT AGL.
   TRANSPORT WIND......SOUTH 26 KNOTS.
   VENTILATION CAT.....VERY GOOD/143000 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...AMOS CORRALES
REASON FOR REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20100921.THOMP.01/ABQ