FNUS75 KABQ 012108
FWSABQ

SPOT FORECAST FOR PETACA LAS TABLAS...CAF
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
308 PM MDT FRI OCT 1 2010

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

DISCUSSION...
A BACK DOOR COLD FRONT IS STILL EXPECTED TO PUNCH IN FROM THE NORTH
LATER THIS EVENING AND PROVIDE FAIR HUMIDITY RECOVERIES OVERNIGHT.
MOST OF THE ISOLATED WETTING RAIN CELLS TONIGHT SHOULD REMAIN TO THE
SOUTH AND EAST OF THE FIRE AREA BUT CANT RULE OUT A STRAY SHOWER OR
TWO THIS EVENING. A BETTER CHANCE OF WETTING RAIN ASSOCIATED WITH
SHOWERS AND STORMS COMES SATURDAY AFTERNOON ALTHOUGH AGAIN...THE
ACTIVITY WOULD BE HIT AND MISS. THE WIND FLOW ACROSS THE FIRE AREA
WILL BE CHANGEABLE SATURDAY DUE TO RESIDUAL INFLUENCES FROM THE
BACK DOOR FRONT. LOOK FOR A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN HUMIDITY
VALUES ON SATURDAY AS COMPARED TO TODAY.

FOR TONIGHT
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                       THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......20 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MIN 49-52.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MAX 44-49 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........WEST/NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 7 MPH SHIFTING TO
                       THE NORTH/NORTHEAST 6 TO 7 MPH AFTER
                       MIDNIGHT. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED
                       NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING.

FOR SATURDAY
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY CLOUDY. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS
                       AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MORNING...THEN A
                       CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                       AFTERNOON.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......40 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MAX 61-65.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 37-42 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........NORTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 7 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
                       SOUTH/SOUTHEAST 4 TO 6 MPH BY LATE MORNING.
                       WINDS BECOMING WEST/SOUTHWEST 5 TO 7 MPH
                       BY MID AFTERNOON. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
                       WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
   MIXING HEIGHT.......8500 FT AGL.
   TRANSPORT WIND......SOUTH 14 KNOTS.
   VENTILATION CAT.....VERY GOOD/119000 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

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REQUESTED BY...TDC
REASON FOR REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20101001.PETAC.01/ABQ