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SPOT FORECAST FOR STAIR STEP PILE BURN...NPS-ELMA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
847 AM MDT TUE SEP 11 2012

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

DISCUSSION...
UPPER LOW WILL CONTINUE ITS TREK EASTWARD FROM SOUTHERN ARIZONA
INTO PORTIONS OF WESTERN AND NW NEW MEXICO CREATING AN ACTIVE AND
WET WEATHER PATTERN FOR BURN LOCATION THROUGH MID WEEK. AS THIS LOW
MOVES INTO THE STATE THIS AFTERNOON WITH PLENTY OF MOISTURE TO WORK
WITH SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED
INTO THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. WINDS WILL BECOME GUSTY AND
ERRATIC NEAR ANY THUNDERSTORMS WITH GUSTS INTO THE 40 MPH RANGE
POSSIBLE.

FOR PLANNED IGNITION TIME OF 0930 MDT 9/11/12
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY CLOUDY IN THE MORNING THEN BECOMING
                       MOSTLY CLOUDY. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                       THUNDERSTORMS.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......50 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MAX 66-70.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 54-59 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........LIGHT AND VARIABLE IN THE MORNING INCREASING
                       TO SOUTHWEST 5 TO 7 MPH WITH SOME HIGHER
                       GUSTS IN THE AFTERNOON. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
                       WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
   MIXING HEIGHT.......9000 FT AGL.
   TRANSPORT WIND......WEST 12 KNOTS.
   MAX VENT RATE.......FAIR/42500 KNOT-FT AT 1500 LOCAL.
   VENTILATION TREND...POOR/32211 KNOT-FT AROUND MID-MORNING
                       BECOMING FAIR/42500 KNOT-FT BY
                       MID-AFTERNOON.

FOR TONIGHT
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                       THUNDERSTORMS.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......50 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MIN 46-50.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MAX 95-100 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........WEST WINDS 3 TO 5 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
                       WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
   VENTILATION TREND...POOR/31807 KNOT-FT BY EARLY-EVENING BECOMING
                       POOR/22500 KNOT-FT BY LATE-EVENING.

FOR WEDNESDAY
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                       THUNDERSTORMS.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......50 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MAX 62-66.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 73-78 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........WEST WINDS 5 TO 7 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS IN
                       THE AFTERNOON. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
                       WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
   MIXING HEIGHT.......4500 FT AGL.
   TRANSPORT WIND......NORTHWEST 7 KNOTS.
   MAX VENT RATE.......POOR/22856 KNOT-FT AT 1600 LOCAL.
   VENTILATION TREND...POOR/21000 KNOT-FT AROUND MID-MORNING
                       BECOMING POOR/22856 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...21

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REQUESTED BY...DAVE DUKART
REASON FOR REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20120911.STAIR.01/ABQ