FNUS75 KABQ 211453
FWSABQ

SPOT FORECAST FOR POT CREEK PILES...TAOS DISPATCH CENTER
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
753 AM MST MON NOV 21 2011

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

DISCUSSION...
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A THUNDERSTORM TODAY...WET SNOW MAY BE MIXED
IN WITH THE RAIN. MUCH LOWER RELATIVE HUMIDITY ON TUESDAY WITH DRY
CONDITIONS AND POOR VENTILATION RATES.

FOR PLANNED IGNITION TIME OF 0900 MST 11/21/11
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN
                       SHOWERS IN THE MORNING...THEN PARTLY CLOUDY
                       WITH A CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS AND A SLIGHT
                       CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......30 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MAX 46-50.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 40-45 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 9 MPH INCREASING TO
                       WEST 8 TO 13 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. GUSTY AND
                       ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN
                       THE AFTERNOON.
   MIXING HEIGHT.......8000 FT AGL.
   TRANSPORT WIND......WEST 17 KNOTS.
   MAX VENT RATE.......VERY GOOD/136000 KNOT-FT.
   VENTILATION TREND...FAIR/56358 KNOT-FT AROUND MID-MORNING
                       BECOMING VERY GOOD/120000 KNOT-FT BY
                       MID-AFTERNOON.

FOR TONIGHT
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SNOW SHOWERS
                       IN THE EVENING.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......10 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MIN 19-23.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MAX 76-81 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........WEST WINDS 7 TO 9 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
                       NORTHWEST 7 TO 9 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.

FOR TUESDAY
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......MOSTLY SUNNY.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......0 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MAX 47-51.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 27-32 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........TERRAIN DOMINATED LESS THAN 8 MPH BECOMING
                       NORTHWEST 7 TO 9 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
   MIXING HEIGHT.......4000 FT AGL.
   TRANSPORT WIND......WEST 8 KNOTS.
   MAX VENT RATE.......POOR/32000 KNOT-FT.
   VENTILATION TREND...POOR/14216 KNOT-FT AROUND MID-MORNING
                       BECOMING POOR/32000 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...40

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REQUESTED BY...TDC
REASON FOR REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20111121.POTCR.01/ABQ