FNUS75 KABQ 221502
FWSABQ

SPOT FORECAST FOR QUESTA LAMA RX...NM-TDC
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
902 AM MDT THU MAR 22 2012

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

DISCUSSION...
CLOUDS WILL GIVE WAY TO QUITE A BIT OF SUN BY THIS AFTERNOON.
HUMIDITY VALUES WILL LOWER SLIGHTLY WHILE TEMPERATURES FINALLY BUMP
INTO THE ABOVE NORMAL CATEGORY. ANOTHER ROUND OF COOLER
TEMPERATURES TONIGHT WITH GOOD TO EXCELLENT RECOVERIES. WINDS ALOFT
WILL START OUT NORTH/NORTHWESET BUT GRADUALLY BECOME MORE WESTERLY
AS THE AFTERNOON GOES ON. THUS...YOU COULD SEE SOME VARIABILITY
IN WIND DIRECTIONS TODAY. SPEEDS WILL BE LIGHTER THAN YESTERDAY
BUT LOOK FOR SOME BREEZES DURING THE AFTERNOON.

FOR PLANNED IGNITION TIME OF 0835 MDT 3/22/12
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY CLOUDY EARLY BECOMING MOSTLY SUNNY
                       BY LATE MORNING.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......0 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MAX 58-62.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 23-26 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........LIGHT NORTHERLY WINDS 3 TO 6 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
                       WEST/NORTHWEST 6 TO 10 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
                       SOME GUSTS IN THE MID/UPPER TEENS.
   MIXING HEIGHT.......6500 FT AGL.
   TRANSPORT WIND......NORTH 15 KNOTS.
   MAX VENT RATE.......GOOD/97500 KNOT-FT.
   VENTILATION TREND...FAIR/45344 KNOT-FT AROUND MID-MORNING
                       BECOMING GOOD/71500 KNOT-FT BY
                       MID-AFTERNOON.

FOR TONIGHT
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......MOSTLY CLEAR.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......0 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MIN 21-25.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MAX 75-80 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........SOUTHWEST WINDS 7 TO 9 MPH IN THE EVENING
                       BECOMING TERRAIN DOMINATED LESS THAN 8 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...50

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