FNUS75 KABQ 191539
FWSABQ

SPOT FORECAST FOR CARRACAS EUL CANYON RX...NM-TDC
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
939 AM MDT THU APR 19 2012

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

DISCUSSION...
HIGHER HUMIDITY TODAY AS A STORM SYSTEM PASSES OVER THE CENTRAL
ROCKIES. WINDS WILL ALSO KICK UP AS A COLD FRONT PUSHES INTO THE
AREA. SOME PASSING SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED ALTHOUGH WETTING RAINS
ARE NOT LIKELY. LESSENING CHANCES OF PRECIPITATION DURING THE
EVENING AND GIVING WAY TO MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES ON FRIDAY. WINDS
WILL BE LIGHTER ON FRIDAY WITH LOWERING HUMIDITY. VENTILATION
WILL BE EXCELLENT TODAY AND LOWER SOME ON FRIDAY BUT STILL
BE IN THE FAIR CATEGORY.

FOR PLANNED IGNITION TIME OF 0920 MDT 4/19/12
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY TO OCCASIONALLY MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH
                       SOME PASSING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......40 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MAX 57-61.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 30-35 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........WEST/NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH INCREASING TO
                       10 TO 15 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. GUSTS UP
                       TO 28 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED
                       NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
   MIXING HEIGHT.......10000 FT AGL.
   TRANSPORT WIND......WEST 23 KNOTS.
   MAX VENT RATE.......EXCELLENT/230000 KNOT-FT.
   VENTILATION TREND...EXCELLENT/165970 KNOT-FT AROUND MID-MORNING
                       BECOMING EXCELLENT/222464 KNOT-FT BY
                       MID-AFTERNOON.

FOR TONIGHT
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY CLOUDY. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS
                       AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......10 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MIN 32-36.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MAX 55-60 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........NORTHWEST WINDS 9 TO 15 MPH BECOMING NORTH 5
                       TO 7 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH
                       EARLY TO MID EVENING.
                       GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR
                       THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING.

FOR FRIDAY
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......MOSTLY SUNNY.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......0 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MAX 60-64.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 20-25 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........NORTHWEST/NORTH WINDS 6 TO 8 MPH SHIFTING
                       TO THE WEST...SLIGHTLY NORTHWEST IN THE
                       AFTERNOON. COULD SEE SOME VARIABILITY DUE
                       TO TERRAIN INFLUENCES DURING THAT WIND
                       DIRECTION TRANSITION DURING THE EARLY TO MID
                       AFTERNOON.
   MIXING HEIGHT.......9000 FT AGL.
   TRANSPORT WIND......NORTH 8 KNOTS.
   MAX VENT RATE.......GOOD/72000 KNOT-FT.
   VENTILATION TREND...FAIR/45156 KNOT-FT AROUND MID-MORNING
                       BECOMING FAIR/58911 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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