FNUS75 KABQ 041510
FWSABQ

SPOT FORECAST FOR SANTA BARBARA...TAOS DISPATCH CENTER
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
910 AM MDT TUE OCT 4 2011

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

DISCUSSION...
EXPECT INCREASING SHOWERS THIS MORNING WITH EMBEDDED ISOLATED STORMS
THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL BE COOLER THAN
MONDAY OR SLIGHTLY BELOW SEASONAL VALUES. WITH INCREASED SHOWERS AND
CLOUD COVER...MINIMUM HUMIDITIES WILL BE ELEVATED TODAY. WINDS WILL
INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON...GENERALLY OUT OF THE SOUTH WITH GUSTS UP
TO 21 MPH. THE THREAT FOR SHOWERS WILL REMAIN ELEVATED INTO THE
OVERNIGHT HOURS WITH EXCELLENT HUMIDITY RECOVERIES EXPECTED. SHOWER
ACTIVITY WILL GRADUALLY DWINDLE BY LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING WITH A FEW
THUNDERSTORMS REDEVELOPING BY AFTERNOON. TEMPERATURES WILL BE
SLIGHTLY WARMER WITH LOWER HUMIDITIES. WINDS WILL BE STRONGER OUT OF
THE SOUTHWEST TOMORROW WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. WITH THE INCREASED
WINDS...EXPECT VERY GOOD VENTILATION RATES.

FOR PLANNED IGNITION TIME OF 0905 MDT 10/4/11
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......CHANCE OF SHOWERS DEVELOPING BY LATE MORNING
                       THEN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY IN THE
                       AFTERNOON.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......70 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MAX 54-58.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 58-63 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........TERRAIN DOMINATED UNDER 6 MPH IN THE MORNING
                       THEN BECOMING SOUTH 6 TO 11 MPH BY EARLY
                       AFTERNOON AND 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO
                       21 MPH BY MID-AFTERNOON. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
                       WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
   MIXING HEIGHT.......6000 FT AGL.
   TRANSPORT WIND......SOUTH 15 KNOTS.
   MAX VENT RATE.......GOOD/90000 KNOT-FT.
   VENTILATION TREND...GOOD/88622 KNOT-FT AROUND MID-MORNING
                       BECOMING FAIR/58679 KNOT-FT BY
                       MID-AFTERNOON.

FOR TONIGHT
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......60 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MIN 40-44.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MAX 85-90 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........SOUTH WINDS 6 TO 11 MPH WITH BRIEF GUSTS UP
                       TO 16 MPH THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT. GUSTY AND
                       ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.

FOR WEDNESDAY
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......MOSTLY CLOUDY. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
                       LIKELY IN THE MORNING...THEN A CHANCE OF
                       SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......60 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MAX 56-60.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 42-47 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........SOUTHWEST WINDS 7 TO 12 MPH INCREASING TO 12
                       TO 17 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. GUSTS UP TO 25
                       MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR
                       THUNDERSTORMS.
   MIXING HEIGHT.......6000 FT AGL.
   TRANSPORT WIND......SOUTHWEST 20 KNOTS.
   MAX VENT RATE.......VERY GOOD/120000 KNOT-FT.
   VENTILATION TREND...VERY GOOD/104148 KNOT-FT AROUND MID-MORNING
                       BECOMING GOOD/88370 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...21/46

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REASON FOR REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
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