FNUS75 KABQ 212232
FWSABQ

SPOT FORECAST FOR VACAS...SANTA FE NATIONAL FOREST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
432 PM MDT MON MAR 21 2011

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

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING...

DISCUSSION...VERY DRY CONDITIONS IN ADVANCE OF UPPER TROUGH
OVER GREAT BASIN AND ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT STRETCHED
FROM NEAR BLANDING UTAH THROUGH SHOW LOW ARIZONA THIS AFTERNOON.
SOUTHWEST WINDS ALOFT WILL CONTINUE TO BE STRONG TONIGHT AS THE
FRONT APPROACHES AROUND MIDNIGHT OR THEREAFTER. HUMIDITIES SHOULD
RISE IN THE FRONTS WAKE AS TEMPERATURES COOL...GUSTY WINDS SHOULD
SHIFT TO THE WEST AND THERE MAY EVEN BE A FEW SHOWERS IN THE VICINITY.
HIGHER HUMIDITIES AND COOLER TEMPERATURES EXPECTED TUESDAY ALTHOUGH
WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS MAY BE GUSTY.

FOR TONIGHT
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY CLOUDY. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS
                       LATE IN THE EVENING...THEN A SLIGHT CHANCE
                       OF SNOW SHOWERS AFTER MIDNIGHT.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......20 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MIN 29-33.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MAX 41-46 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........SOUTHWEST WINDS 12 TO 22 MPH BECOMING SOUTHWEST
                       TO WEST 10 TO 20 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. GUSTS UP TO 35
                       MPH.

FOR TUESDAY
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF
                       SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......10 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MAX 45-49.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 23-28 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........WEST WINDS 8 TO 15 MPH INCREASING TO 15 TO
                       20 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. GUSTS NEAR 30 MPH.
                       GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR
                       THUNDERSTORMS.
   MIXING HEIGHT.......7000 FT AGL.
   TRANSPORT WIND......WEST 26 KNOTS.
   MAX VENT RATE.......EXCELLENT/182000 KNOT-FT.
   VENTILATION TREND...VERY GOOD/141141 KNOT-FT AROUND MID-MORNING
                       BECOMING EXCELLENT/169000 KNOT-FT BY
                       MID-AFTERNOON.

FORECASTS FOR WINDS ARE 20 FOOT WIND SPEEDS AND MUST BE ADJUSTED
ACCORDING TO FUEL TYPE AND SHELTERING TO GET EYE LEVEL WIND SPEED.

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REQUESTED BY...LOWELL GASSMAN
REASON FOR REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20110321.VACAS.01/ABQ