FNUS75 KABQ 230224
FWSABQ

SPOT FORECAST FOR LARGO...BLM
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
824 PM MDT FRI JUN 22 2012

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

NOTE...DEWPOINTS IN/NEAR FARMINGTON ARE RUNNING 12 TO 16 DEGREES
LOWER THAN YOUR OBSERVATION DEWPOINT. GIVEN THAT THE FIRE MAY BE IN
AN AREA OF GREATER VEGETATION DENSITY...WILL START WITH AN INITIAL
DEWPOINT VALUE A FEW DEGREES HIGHER THAN FARMINGTON VICINITY
DEWPOINTS REFERRED TO ABOVE...AROUND 26 DEGREES.

DISCUSSION...
WHILE MOISTURE WILL BE INCREASING A BIT OVER THE NEXT 48 HOURS OR SO
BUT NOT ENOUGH FOR ANY SIGNIFICANT COVERAGE OF WETTING RAINFALL.
THERE WILL A SLIGHT CHANCE OF MOSTLY DRY THUNDERSTORMS BY MID TO LATE
AFTERNOON SATURDAY AND AGAIN SUNDAY. CHANCES FOR ANY STORM TO BE ABLE
TO PRODUCE WETTING RAINFALL THROUGH THE WEEKEND WILL BE QUITE LOW.
EXPECT POOR RH RECOVERY TONIGHT AND AT BEST MARGINALLY FAIR SATURDAY
NIGHT. WIND SPEEDS WILL BE PRETTY LIGHT...BUT OF COURSE ERRATIC IN
DIRECTION AND STRONGER NEAR ANY STORMS.

FOR TONIGHT
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY CLOUDY.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......0 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MIN 62-66.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MAX 26-31 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........WEST 5 TO 11 MPH IN THE EVENING BECOMING
                       TERRAIN DOMINATED...MAINLY EAST OR
                       NORTHEAST...8 MPH OR LESS AFTER 11 PM.
   VENTILATION TREND...EXCELLENT/306000 KNOT-FT BY EARLY-EVENING
                       BECOMING POOR/0 KNOT-FT BY LATE-EVENING.

FOR SATURDAY
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......MOSTLY SUNNY IN THE MORNING...THEN PARTLY
                       CLOUDY WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF MAINLY DRY
                       THUNDERSTORMS AFTER 2 PM.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......10 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MAX 95-99.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 9-14 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........EAST AND SOUTHEAST 5 TO 10 MPH SHIFTING TO
                       SOUTHWEST 6 TO 12 MPH IN AFTERNOON. GUSTY
                       AND ERRATIC WINDS NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN
                       THE AFTERNOON.
   MIXING HEIGHT.......18000 FT AGL.
   TRANSPORT WIND......SOUTHWEST 14 KNOTS.
   MAX VENT RATE.......EXCELLENT/226844 KNOT-FT AT 1300 LOCAL.
   VENTILATION TREND...VERY GOOD/134422 KNOT-FT AROUND MID-MORNING
                       BECOMING EXCELLENT/198000 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...43

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REQUESTED BY...TDC
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120622.LARGO.01/ABQ