FNUS75 KABQ 182201
FWSABQ

SPOT FORECAST FOR UNIT 25AN...U.S. FISH AND WILDLIFE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
401 PM MDT TUE OCT 18 2011

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

DISCUSSION...
FOR TONIGHT AND EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING  THE COMBINATION OF
DECREASING WINDS...CLEAR SKIES... LOW DEWPOINTS AND SURFACE
HIGH PRESSURE WILL RESULT IN OPTIMAL RADIATIONAL COOLING
ALLOWING TEMPERATURES TO FALL NEAR OR BELOW FREEZING ACROSS MUCH
OF THE AREA.

FLAT RIDGE SOUTH OF THE BORDER IN CONJUNCTION WITH DEEP VORTEX
OVER THE MID WEST AND NORTHEASTERN U.S. WILL SUSTAIN WEST TO
NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT AND SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS AT LOW LEVELS
ACROSS MOST OF NEW MEXICO WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY RESULTING
IN CONTINUED MOSTLY SUNNY DRY WEATHER WITH A WARMING TREND.

TONIGHT
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......CLEAR.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......0 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MIN 27-31.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MAX 75-80 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........TERRAIN DOMINATED LESS THAN 8 MPH.

FOR WEDNESDAY
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......SUNNY.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......0 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MAX 72-76.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 17-22 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........SOUTH WINDS 4 TO 8 MPH INCREASING TO 9 TO 12
                       MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
   MIXING HEIGHT.......4500 FT AGL.
   TRANSPORT WIND......SOUTHWEST 16 KNOTS.
   MAX VENT RATE.......GOOD/72000 KNOT-FT.
   VENTILATION TREND...POOR/31711 KNOT-FT AROUND MID-MORNING
                       BECOMING GOOD/69178 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...05 ROGASH

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REQUESTED BY...JASON RIGGINS
REASON FOR REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
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