FNUS75 KABQ 221536
FWSABQ

SPOT FORECAST FOR MAXWELL RX TRAINING...N2S
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
936 AM MDT THU MAR 22 2012

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

DISCUSSION...
THE PACIFIC LOW WHICH HAS BEEN AFFECTING THE STATE THE PAST FEW
DAYS WILL CONTINUE TO SLOWLY MIGRATE EASTWARD. AS IT DOES...THE
WIND GRADIENT WILL GRADUALLY RELAX SOME. BUT IN THE MEANTIME LOOK
FOR GUSTY NORTHERLY WINDS MOST OF THE DAY. MINIMUM HUMIDITIES SHOULD
BE SIMILAR TO YESTERDAY. TEMPERATURES WILL WARM SOME AND BE AROUND
5 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL DURING THE PEAK HEATING OF THE AFTERNOON.
AS A RESULT OF THE STRONGER WIND GRADIENT ALOFT AND AT THE SURFACE
PLUS RISING MIXING HEIGHTS...VENTILATION RATES WILL BE EXCELLENT
THROUGHOUT THE DAY.

FOR PLANNED IGNITION TIME OF 1030 MDT 3/22/12
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......MOSTLY SUNNY.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......0 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MAX 64-68.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 18-23 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........NORTH WINDS 12 TO 19 MPH. SOME GUSTS TO 28
                       MPH THROUGH THE MORNING TO EARLY AFTERNOON.
   MIXING HEIGHT.......7000 FT AGL.
   TRANSPORT WIND......NORTH 36 KNOTS.
   MAX VENT RATE.......EXCELLENT/252000 KNOT-FT.
   VENTILATION TREND...EXCELLENT/218994 KNOT-FT AROUND MID-MORNING
                       BECOMING EXCELLENT/189000 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...50

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REQUESTED BY...ARNIE FRIEDT
REASON FOR REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20120322.MAXWE.01/ABQ