FNUS75 KABQ 181622
FWSABQ

SPOT FORECAST FOR BRAIDED CAVE...NPS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
1022 AM MDT SAT AUG 18 2012

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

DISCUSSION...
BROAD HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT WITH A CENTER OVER NEVADA IS GENERATING LIGHT
NORTHERLY FLOW OVER THE AREA.  TOMORROW WINDS SHIFT TOWARDS SOUTHEAST.
SUBSIDENT AIR GENERATED BY THE HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT IS CAUSING AN OVERNIGHT
AND EARLY MORNING INVERSION RESULTING IN POOR MORNING VENTILATION CONDITIONS.
BY AFTERNOON VENTILATION CONDITIONS IMPROVE TODAY AS THE INVERSION DISSIPATES.
TOMORROW EXPECT POOR VENTILATION CONDITIONS.  AFTERNOON AND EVENING SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL GENERATE A BETTER CHANCE FOR WETTING RAINS TODAY THAN
TOMORROW.


FOR TODAY
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY CLOUDY. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS
                       AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MORNING...THEN A
                       CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                       AFTERNOON.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......40 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MAX 81-85.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 29-34 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........NORTHWEST WINDS 7 TO 10 MPH. GUSTY AND
                       ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
   MIXING HEIGHT.......12500 FT AGL.
   TRANSPORT WIND......NORTH 8 KNOTS.
   MAX VENT RATE.......GOOD/91881 KNOT-FT AT 1700 LOCAL.
   VENTILATION TREND...POOR/20500 KNOT-FT AROUND MID-MORNING
                       BECOMING GOOD/91881 KNOT-FT BY
                       MID-AFTERNOON.

FOR TONIGHT
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                       THUNDERSTORMS.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......30 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MIN 50-54.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MAX 93-98 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........TERRAIN DOMINATED LESS THAN 8 MPH. GUSTY AND
                       ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
   VENTILATION TREND...GOOD/84000 KNOT-FT BY EARLY-EVENING BECOMING
                       POOR/1000 KNOT-FT BY LATE-EVENING.

FOR SUNDAY
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                       THUNDERSTORMS.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......40 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MAX 79-83.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 35-40 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........SOUTHEAST WINDS 7 TO 10 MPH. GUSTY AND
                       ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
   MIXING HEIGHT.......13000 FT AGL.
   TRANSPORT WIND......SOUTHEAST 9 KNOTS.
   MAX VENT RATE.......POOR/31500 KNOT-FT AT 1800 LOCAL.
   VENTILATION TREND...POOR/28969 KNOT-FT AROUND MID-MORNING
                       BECOMING POOR/27941 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...01

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REQUESTED BY...BRENDON
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
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