FNUS75 KABQ 181540
FWSABQ

SPOT FORECAST FOR PIETOWN PILES...SOCORROBLM
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
840 AM MST WED JAN 18 2012

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

DISCUSSION...
BREEZY THIS AFTERNOON AS WEST WINDS CONTINUE. AFTER A BRIEF
PERIOD OF CALMER WINDS THURSDAY...WEST AND SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL
STRENGTHEN AGAIN FRIDAY WITH GUSTS AROUND 40 MPH POSSIBLE.
THEN...WINDS WILL WEAKEN SATURDAY AND ESPECIALLY SUNDAY. A
WARMING TREND WILL COMMENCE TODAY THROUGH THURSDAY WITH HIGH
TEMPERATURES PEAKING AROUND 10 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL THURSDAY
AFTERNOON. TEMPERATURES WILL GRADUALLY COOL THROUGH THE
WEEKEND...AND WILL REMAIN ABOVE NORMAL UNTIL SUNDAY. ON
SUNDAY...AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL CROSS WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF
SNOW SHOWERS. THE CHANCE OF WETTING PRECIPITATION APPEARS MINIMAL
WITH THIS SYSTEM.


FOR PLANNED IGNITION TIME OF 0805 MST 1/18/12
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......MOSTLY SUNNY.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......0 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MAX 48-52.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 20-25 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........WEST WINDS 5 TO 9 MPH INCREASING TO 10 TO
                       15 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH.
   MIXING HEIGHT.......2500 FT AGL.
   TRANSPORT WIND......WEST 21 KNOTS.
   MAX VENT RATE.......FAIR/52500 KNOT-FT.
   VENTILATION TREND...POOR/11958 KNOT-FT AROUND MID-MORNING
                       BECOMING FAIR/52500 KNOT-FT BY
                       MID-AFTERNOON.

FOR TONIGHT
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......MOSTLY CLEAR.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......0 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MIN 30-34.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MAX 33-38 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........WEST WINDS 8 TO 12 MPH.

FOR THURSDAY
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......SUNNY.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......0 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MAX 53-57.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 19-24 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........WEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH.
   MIXING HEIGHT.......2500 FT AGL.
   TRANSPORT WIND......WEST 19 KNOTS.
   MAX VENT RATE.......FAIR/47500 KNOT-FT.
   VENTILATION TREND...POOR/15072 KNOT-FT AROUND MID-MORNING
                       BECOMING FAIR/40000 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...44

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REQUESTED BY...LINO BACA
REASON FOR REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
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