FNUS75 KABQ 081614
FWSABQ

SPOT FORECAST FOR CHAPARRAL RX...SANTA FE NATIONAL FOREST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
914 AM MST MON NOV 8 2010

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

DISCUSSION...
WEATHER PATTERN CHANGE IS ON THE WAY AS A VIGOROUS PACIFIC COLD
FRONT AND ASSOCIATED TROUGH MOVE OVER THE AREA THE NEXT COUPLE OF
DAYS. WINDS WILL TEND TO BE SOUTH/SOUTHWESTERLY AHEAD OF THE FRONT
AND GRADUALLY BECOME WESTERLY LATER TONIGHT AS THE FRONT MOVES
THROUGH. WINDS WEST...SLIGHTLY NORTHWEST ON TUESDAY AS THE FRONT
WILL BE THROUGH. WIND SPEED WILL CERTAINLY INCREASE TODAY AS
COMPARED TO THE PAST FEW DAYS BUT THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE ON
TUESDAY. PERHAPS SOME STEADY WINDS...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE
EXPOSED RIDGES TONIGHT. TEMPERATURES WILL BE ABOVE NORMAL TODAY
BUT BE SEVERAL DEGREES BELOW NORMAL ON TUESDAY. CHANCES OF MEASURABLE
PRECIPITATION ARE A REAL POSSIBILITY LATE TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY
MORNING BUT THE BETTER WETTING POSSIBILITIES LOOK TO BE FURTHER
NORTH.

FOR PLANNED IGNITION TIME OF 1000 MST 11/8/10
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......MOSTLY SUNNY THIS MORNING...BECOMING PARTLY
                       CLOUDY WITH HIGHER CIRRUS THIS AFTERNOON.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......0 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MAX 52-56.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 22-27 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........SOUTH/SOUTHEAST WINDS 4 TO 6 MPH SHIFTING
                       TO THE SOUTHWEST 8 TO 12 MPH IN THE
                       AFTERNOON. SOME GUSTS TO 23 MPH WITHIN
                       THE UPPER CANOPY ALONG THE EXPOSED RIDGES.
   MIXING HEIGHT.......4500 FT AGL.
   TRANSPORT WIND......SOUTH 11 KNOTS.
   VENTILATION CAT.....FAIR/49500 KNOT-FT.

FOR TONIGHT
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY CLOUDY. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN
                       SHOWERS IN THE EVENING...THEN A SLIGHT
                       CHANCE OF SNOW SHOWERS AFTER MIDNIGHT.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......20 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MIN 25-29.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MAX 81-86 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........SOUTHWEST WINDS 7 TO 11 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
                       WEST AFTER MIDNIGHT.

FOR TUESDAY
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SNOW SHOWERS
                       IN THE MORNING...THEN PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A
                       SLIGHT CHANCE OF SNOW SHOWERS IN THE
                       AFTERNOON.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......40 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MAX 38-42.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 38-43 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........WEST WINDS 9 TO 15 MPH INCREASING TO 16 TO
                       23 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
   MIXING HEIGHT.......7000 FT AGL.
   TRANSPORT WIND......WEST 23 KNOTS.
   VENTILATION CAT.....EXCELLENT/161000 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...LOWELL GASSMAN
REASON FOR REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20101108.CHAPA.01/ABQ