FNUS75 KABQ 182204
FWSABQ

SPOT FORECAST FOR GAP II...FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
404 PM MDT MON OCT 18 2010

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

DISCUSSION...GOOD HUMIDITY RECOVERY WILL OCCUR INTO EARLY TUESDAY
MORNING. PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED...AND THIS
WILL GIVE WAY TO ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THROUGHOUT MOST
OF THE DAY. THE POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT WETTING RAIN IS QUITE LOW
WITH GENERALLY ONLY A FEW HUNDREDTHS OF AN INCH EXPECTED AROUND THE
BURN SITE. TEMPERATURES WILL TOP OUT IN THE LOW TO MID 60S AS
HUMIDITY VALUES FALL TO NEAR 30 PERCENT WITH OCCASIONAL BOOSTS NEAR
AND DURING ANY SHOWER ACTIVITY.


FOR PLANNED IGNITION TIME OF 1620 MDT 10/18/10FOR TUESDAY
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY CLOUDY. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF
                       SHOWERS...SOME WITH THUNDER IN THE
                       AFTERNOON.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......20 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MAX 62-66.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 25-30 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........TERRAIN DOMINATED LESS THAN 5 MPH BECOMING
                       SOUTH 7 TO 9 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. GUSTY AND
                       ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN
                       THE AFTERNOON.
   MIXING HEIGHT.......9500 FT AGL.
   TRANSPORT WIND......SOUTH 8 KNOTS.
   VENTILATION CAT.....GOOD/76000 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...52

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REQUESTED BY...MARY ANN HAMILTON
REASON FOR REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20101018.GAPII.01/ABQ