FNUS75 KABQ 291317
FWSABQ

SPOT FORECAST FOR RT 266 LA CANADA...NM STATE FORESTRY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
717 AM MDT THU MAR 29 2012

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

DISCUSSION...
ANOTHER EXTREMELY DRY DAY IS ON TAP AFTER A NIGHT OF POOR HUMIDITY
RECOVERY. WINDS WILL BEGIN OUT OF THE SOUTHWEST TODAY AFTER A LITTLE
MIXING...BUT THEN INCREASE OUT OF THE NORTHWEST BY AFTERNOON WITH
GUSTS TO NEAR 30 MPH DUE TO AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE PUSHING OVER
THE STATE TODAY. FRIDAY WILL BE SIMILAR...ALTHOUGH NOT QUITE AS WARM
AND WITH LIGHTER WINDS. VENTILATION WILL BE EXCELLENT TODAY...BUT
TREND DOWN FRIDAY WITH DECREASED TRANSPORT WINDS.


FOR PLANNED IGNITION TIME OF 1300 MDT 3/29/12
   TEMPERATURE.........MAX 72-76.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 10-15 PERCENT...BUT LOWER TO NEAR 5
                       PERCENT AT MID SLOPE...UN-SHELTERED IN FULL
                       SUN.
   20 FOOT WIND........DRAINAGE WINDS BECOMING INITIALLY UPSLOPE/
                       UPCANYON BETWEEN 0900-1000. THEN...
                       SOUTHWEST WINDS 7 TO 10 MPH BY NOON.
                       BECOMING WEST...SLIGHTLY NORTHWEST 12 TO 17
                       MPH BY MID AFTERNOON. GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH
                       DURING THE AFTERNOON.

FOR TONIGHT
   TEMPERATURE.........MIN 34-38.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MAX 28-33 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........NORTHWEST WINDS 12 TO 17 MPH DECREASING
                       NORTH 7 TO 9 MPH BY LATE EVENING. GUSTS
                       UP TO 25 MPH THROUGH LATE EVENING.

FOR FRIDAY
   TEMPERATURE.........MAX 70-74.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 10-15 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........MAINLY TERRAIN DRIVEN WINDS 5 TO 8 MPH.
                       POSSIBILITY OF NORTHWEST 7 TO 9 MPH MID TO
                       LATE 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...11

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REQUESTED BY...BOB LINEBACK
REASON FOR REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
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