FNUS75 KABQ 122042
FWSABQ

SPOT FORECAST FOR VIRGIN CANYON...SANTA FE NATIONAL FOREST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
242 PM MDT TUE OCT 12 2010

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

DISCUSSION...
SHOWERS ARE STARTING TO FORM TO THE NORTH OF THE FIRE AREA AND MAY
CLIP THE FIRE AREA LATER THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING. RAINFALL
AMOUNTS WOULD BE FAIRLY LIGHT AND LESS THAN A FEW HUNDREDTHS.
WEAK COLD FRONT WILL BACK INTO THE AREA TONIGHT AND PROVIDE
EXCELLENT HUMIDITY RECOVERIES. DRIER CONDITIONS EXPECTED FOR
WEDNESDAY. MIXING HEIGHTS WILL BE LESS ON WEDNESDAY THANKS TO THE
POST COLD FRONTAL INVERSION. ALTHOUGH THE WIND FLOW NEAR THE
SURFACE WILL BE A BIT STRONGER THAN OBSERVED TODAY.

FOR TODAY
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF
                       SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......10 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MAX 65-66.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 33-34 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........SOUTH/SOUTHEAST 4 TO 6 MPH. GUSTY AND
                       ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS
                       IN THE AFTERNOON.
   MIXING HEIGHT.......11000 FT AGL.
   TRANSPORT WIND......EAST 7 KNOTS.
   VENTILATION CAT.....GOOD/77000 KNOT-FT.

FOR TONIGHT
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY CLOUDY. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS
                       AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......10 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MIN 32-35.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MAX 88-92 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........SOUTHEAST WINDS 4 TO 7 MPH. GUSTY AND
                       ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN
                       THE EVENING.

FOR WEDNESDAY
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......MOSTLY SUNNY.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......0 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MAX 63-64.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 35-37 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 7 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
                       SOUTH 6 TO 8 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
   MIXING HEIGHT.......6500 FT AGL.
   TRANSPORT WIND......SOUTHEAST 9 KNOTS.
   VENTILATION CAT.....FAIR/58500 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...JAKE QUINTANA
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20101012.VIRGI.01/ABQ