FNUS75 KABQ 212315
FWSABQ

SPOT FORECAST FOR CERRO DEL A...BLM
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
515 PM MDT TUE AUG 21 2012

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

DISCUSSION...
DEEPENING LOW PRESSURE EAST OF THE FIRE WILL PULL WINDS AROUND
TO THE SOUTHWEST DURING THE DAY ON WEDNESDAY WITH BROAD AREAS
OF THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING BY LATE MORNING AND CONTINUING INTO
THE EVENING. STORMS INITIATING WEST OF THE FIRE WILL DRIFT
EASTWARD ACROSS THE FIRE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. GENERALLY
POOR VENTILATION CONDITIONS IMPROVING TO FAIR BY MID TO
LATE AFTERNOON.

FOR TONIGHT
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY CLOUDY WITH ISOLATED
                       SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......20 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MIN 49-51.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MAX 92-95 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........SOUTH WINDS 7 TO 10 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
                       WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
   VENTILATION TREND...POOR/36217 KNOT-FT BY EARLY-EVENING BECOMING
                       POOR/26000 KNOT-FT BY LATE-EVENING.

FOR WEDNESDAY
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY CLOUDY IN THE MORNING THEN BECOMING
                       MOSTLY CLOUDY. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
                       THUNDERSTORMS.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......50 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MAX 74-76.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 45-48 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........TERRAIN DOMINATED LESS THAN 8 MPH BECOMING
                       SOUTHWEST 7 TO 9 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. GUSTY
                       AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR
                       THUNDERSTORMS.
   MIXING HEIGHT.......6000 FT AGL.
   TRANSPORT WIND......SOUTHWEST 11 KNOTS.
   MAX VENT RATE.......FAIR/47496 KNOT-FT AT 1700 LOCAL.
   VENTILATION TREND...POOR/15395 KNOT-FT AROUND MID-MORNING
                       BECOMING FAIR/47496 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...25

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REQUESTED BY...KYLE SAHD
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120821.CERRO.02/ABQ