FNUS75 KABQ 201339
FWSABQ

SPOT FORECAST FOR CROW CANYON...FARMINGTON
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
739 AM MDT THU OCT 20 2011

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

DISCUSSION...CLEAR SKIES AND DRY CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED OVER THE
BURN AREA TODAY. SOME MODERATE BREEZES WILL DEVELOP...AND THIS
SHOULD HELP VENTILATION TOWARD THE AFTERNOON HOURS. WINDS AT 20 FOOT
LEVEL WILL STAY NORTHWESTERLY AS THE MORNING WEARS ON WITH PEAK
SPEEDS EXPECTED BETWEEN NOON AND 1600 LOCAL WHERE OCCASIONAL GUSTS
TO 15 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE. HUMIDITY WILL FALL TO NEAR 20 PERCENT BY
LATE AFTERNOON AND TEMPERATURES WILL REACH THE UPPER 60S.


FOR PLANNED IGNITION TIME OF 0755 MDT 10/20/11
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......SUNNY.
   TEMPERATURE.........MAX 67-71.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 16-21 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........LIGHT WEST NORTHWEST...INCREASING TO 7 TO 9
                       MPH BY NOON WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 15 MPH.
   MIXING HEIGHT.......7000 FT AGL.
   TRANSPORT WIND......WEST 11 KNOTS.
   MAX VENT RATE.......GOOD/77000 KNOT-FT.
   VENTILATION TREND...POOR/14185 KNOT-FT AROUND MID-MORNING
                       BECOMING GOOD/67231 KNOT-FT BY
                       MID-AFTERNOON.

FOR TONIGHT
   TEMPERATURE.........MIN 31-35.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MAX 53-58 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........NORTHWEST WINDS 7 TO 9 MPH IN THE EVENING
                       BECOMING TERRAIN DOMINATED LESS THAN 7 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...DONNIE VAN KOMEN
REASON FOR REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20111020.CROWC.01/ABQ