FNUS75 KABQ 131717 FWSABQ SPOT FORECAST FOR WILDHORSE MERTZ RX...BLM RIO PUERCO DIST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 1117 AM MDT TUE SEP 13 2011 IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. DISCUSSION...CLOUDS WILL GRADUALLY REDEVELOP INTO THE AFTERNOON... GIVING WAY TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO RUN SLIGHTLY BELOW NORMAL WITH HIGHS NEAR 70 AND A MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY NEAR 45 PERCENT. WINDS WILL GENERALLY BE LIGHT FROM THE WEST...OCCASIONALLY VEERING MORE SOUTHWESTERLY AND NORTHWESTERLY. ERRATIC AND STRONG WIND GUSTS WILL BE POSSIBLE UNDER AND NEAR ANY SHOWERS OR STORMS. MOST OF THE STORMS SHOULD DISPERSE BY THE LATE EVENING WITH EXCELLENT HUMIDITY RECOVERY TOWARD DAWN ON WEDNESDAY. SIMILAR CONDITIONS WILL REDEVELOP ON WEDNESDAY WITH SCATTERED STORMS. FOR PLANNED IGNITION TIME OF 1130 MDT 9/13/11 CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY CLOUDY. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MORNING...THEN A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. CHC OF PRECIP.......30 PERCENT. TEMPERATURE.........MAX 68-72. RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 43-48 PERCENT. 20 FOOT WIND........WEST AT 5 TO 9 MPH...OCCASIONALLY VEERING NORTHWEST AND SOUTHWEST. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS. MIXING HEIGHT.......9500 FT AGL. TRANSPORT WIND......NORTHWEST 9 KNOTS. MAX VENT RATE.......GOOD/85500 KNOT-FT. VENTILATION TREND...FAIR/48577 KNOT-FT AROUND MID-MORNING BECOMING FAIR/57000 KNOT-FT BY MID-AFTERNOON. FOR TONIGHT CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY CLOUDY. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING...THEN A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AFTER MIDNIGHT. CHC OF PRECIP.......30 PERCENT. TEMPERATURE.........MIN 44-48. RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MAX 86-91 PERCENT. 20 FOOT WIND........WEST NORTHWEST WINDS 7 TO 10 MPH IN THE EVENING BECOMING LIGHT AND VARIABLE AFTER 2100 LOCAL. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS. FOR WEDNESDAY CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. CHC OF PRECIP.......40 PERCENT. TEMPERATURE.........MAX 69-73. RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 39-44 PERCENT. 20 FOOT WIND........WEST WINDS 7 TO 11 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS. MIXING HEIGHT.......9500 FT AGL. TRANSPORT WIND......SOUTHWEST 13 KNOTS. MAX VENT RATE.......VERY GOOD/123500 KNOT-FT. VENTILATION TREND...GOOD/62870 KNOT-FT AROUND MID-MORNING BECOMING VERY GOOD/123500 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. FORECASTER...52 $$ REQUESTED BY...JASON JONES REASON FOR REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20110913.WILDH.01/ABQ