FNUS75 KABQ 261533
FWSABQ

SPOT FORECAST FOR COPPERTON RX...USFS - CIF
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
933 AM MDT THU APR 26 2012

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

DISCUSSION...MOSTLY CLOUDY SKY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGHOUT
THE REST OF THE DAY. WIND SPEEDS WILL BEGIN TO INCREASE DURING THE
LATE MORNING HOURS INTO THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. HIGH WINDS ARE
EXPECTED TO LAST INTO THE LATE EVENING HOURS. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED AT BURN LOCATION THIS AFTERNOON.
PRECIPITATION CHANCES WILL DIMINISH OVERNIGHT INTO EARLY FRIDAY
MORNING. SKY CONDITIONS WILL ALSO BEGIN TO CLEAR OUT OVERNIGHT WITH
MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES EXPECTED INTO FRIDAY WITH LINGERING HIGH CLOUDS
AND BREEZY CONDITIONS.

FOR PLANNED IGNITION TIME OF 1000 MDT 4/26/12
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......MOSTLY CLOUDY. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS IN
                       THE MORNING...THEN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
                       LIKELY IN THE AFTERNOON.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......60 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MAX 62-66.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 20-25 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........SOUTH WINDS LESS THAN 6 MPH INCREASING TO 11
                       TO 21 MPH THROUGH THE LATE MORNING HOURS.
                       BECOMING SOUTHWEST TO WEST BY AFTERNOON
                       INCREASING TO 24 TO 35 MPH.GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH.
                       GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR
                       THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON.
   MIXING HEIGHT.......14000 FT AGL.
   TRANSPORT WIND......SOUTHWEST 44 KNOTS.
   MAX VENT RATE.......EXCELLENT/616000 KNOT-FT.
   VENTILATION TREND...EXCELLENT/376732 KNOT-FT AROUND MID-MORNING
                       BECOMING EXCELLENT/500000 KNOT-FT BY
                       MID-AFTERNOON.

FOR TONIGHT
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY CLOUDY. A CHANCE OF
                       THUNDERSTORMS...RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS IN THE
                       EVENING...THEN A SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN AND
                       SNOW SHOWERS AFTER MIDNIGHT.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......40 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MIN 32-36.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MAX 76-81 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........WEST WINDS 24 TO 36 MPH DECREASING TO 15 TO
                       20 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH IN
                       THE EARLY EVENING.GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS
                       EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING.

FOR FRIDAY
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......MOSTLY SUNNY.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......0 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MAX 55-59.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 26-32 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........WEST NORTHWEST WINDS 12 TO 18 MPH. GUSTS UP
                       TO 30 MPH.
   MIXING HEIGHT.......7000 FT AGL.
   TRANSPORT WIND......NORTHWEST 17 KNOTS.
   MAX VENT RATE.......VERY GOOD/119000 KNOT-FT.
   VENTILATION TREND...GOOD/82198 KNOT-FT AROUND MID-MORNING
                       BECOMING VERY GOOD/104440 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...42/21

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REQUESTED BY...DAVID GARCIA
REASON FOR REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20120426.COPPE.01/ABQ