FNUS75 KABQ 231346
FWSABQ

SPOT FORECAST FOR PELONA RX...SOCORRO BLM
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
746 AM MDT WED MAR 23 2011

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

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH
THURSDAY EVENING...

DISCUSSION...TRANQUIL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TODAY AS AN UPPER
LEVEL RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS OVER NEW MEXICO. SEASONABLE
TEMPERATURES...LIGHT WINDS...AND VERY DRY CONDITIONS CAN BE
EXPECTED. TEMPERATURES WILL TOP OUT NEAR 60 WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITY
FALLING TO NEAR 10 PERCENT. WINDS WILL BE LIGHT AND ERRATIC...
OCCASIONALLY HAVING AN UPSLOPE COMPONENT IN THE AFTERNOON. DECENT
HUMIDITY RECOVERY IS EXPECTED TONIGHT...HOWEVER DRY CONDITIONS
WILL REDEVELOP BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON AS WINDS QUICKLY STRENGTHEN
FROM THE SOUTHWEST WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS REACHING 35 MPH.


FOR PLANNED IGNITION TIME OF 0930 MDT 3/23/11
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......SUNNY.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......0 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MAX 57-61.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 8-13 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........TERRAIN DOMINATED LESS THAN 8 MPH WITH
                       OCCASIONAL UPSLOPE WINDS IN THE AFTERNOON.

FOR TONIGHT
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......MOSTLY CLEAR.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......0 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MIN 25-29.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MAX 70-75 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........TERRAIN DOMINATED AT LESS THAN 8 MPH THROUGH
                       THE EVENING. OCCASIONAL BREEZES FROM THE
                       SOUTHWEST DEVELOPING ALONG RIDGE TOPS AND
                       HIGHER SLOPES AFTER MIDNIGHT WITH OCCASIONAL
                       GUSTS TO 20 MPH.

FOR THURSDAY
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......MOSTLY SUNNY.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......0 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MAX 57-61.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 14-19 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........SOUTHWEST WINDS 7 TO 15 MPH INCREASING TO 17
                       TO 27 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. GUSTS UP TO 35
                       MPH.

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...LANN MOOORE
REASON FOR REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20110323.PELON.01/ABQ