FNUS75 KABQ 241444
FWSABQ

SPOT FORECAST FOR SCOUT CAMP RX...NM-TAD
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
844 AM MDT SAT MAR 24 2012

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

DISCUSSION...
VERY DRY AND WARM PATTERN THIS WEEKEND WITH TEMPERATURES WELL ABOVE
AVERAGE.  GENERALLY POOR HUMIDITY RECOVERIES TONIGHT AND SUNDAY NIGHT.
VENTILATION RATES ONLY FAIR TODAY AS UPPER RIDGE IS OVERHEAD BUT
IMPROVING SUNDAY AS WINDS START TO INCREASE. MONDAY MAY BRING THE
COMBINATION OF LOW ENOUGH AFTERNOON HUMIDITY AND HIGH ENOUGH WINDS
TO GENERATE LOCALIZED CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS.

FOR PLANNED IGNITION TIME OF 0835 MDT 3/24/12
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......SUNNY.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......0 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MAX 70-75.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 12-17 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........TERRAIN DOMINATED LESS THAN 8 MPH.
   MIXING HEIGHT.......6500 FT AGL.
   TRANSPORT WIND......SOUTHWEST 7 KNOTS.
   MAX VENT RATE.......FAIR/45500 KNOT-FT.
   VENTILATION TREND...POOR/16681 KNOT-FT AROUND MID-MORNING
                       BECOMING FAIR/43926 KNOT-FT BY
                       MID-AFTERNOON.

FOR TONIGHT
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......MOSTLY CLEAR.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......0 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MIN 38-42.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MAX 40-45 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........SOUTH WINDS 7 TO 9 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
                       SOUTHEAST AFTER MIDNIGHT.

FOR SUNDAY
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......MOSTLY SUNNY IN THE MORNING THEN BECOMING
                       PARTLY CLOUDY.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......0 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MAX 70-75.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 10-15 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........SOUTH WINDS 7 TO 9 MPH INCREASING TO
                       SOUTHWEST 9 TO 15 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
                       GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH.
   MIXING HEIGHT.......13500 FT AGL.
   TRANSPORT WIND......SOUTH 24 KNOTS.
   MAX VENT RATE.......EXCELLENT/324000 KNOT-FT.
   VENTILATION TREND...VERY GOOD/119388 KNOT-FT AROUND MID-MORNING
                       BECOMING EXCELLENT/316767 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.

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REQUESTED BY...KYLE SAHD
REASON FOR REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20120324.SCOUT.01/ABQ