FNUS75 KABQ 240941
FWSABQ

SPOT FORECAST FOR SW BANCO BONITO RX...VALLES CALDERA NATIONAL PRESERVE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
341 AM MDT MON SEP 24 2012

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

DISCUSSION...THE POTENTIAL FOR WETTING RAINS WILL INCREASE OVER THIS
LOCATION THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. HUMIDITY VALUES WILL TREND UP AND HIGH
TEMPERATURES WILL COOL DOWN A FEW DEGREES. WINDS WILL BE GENERALLY
WEST TO SOUTHWESTERLY WITH A FEW LATE AFTERNOON GUSTS EXPECTED. EXPECT
TERRAIN DOMINATED WINDS OVERNIGHT SO SMOKE WILL LIKELY DRAIN INTO LOWER
ELEVATIONS...HOWEVER EXCELLENT VENTILATION EXPECTED EACH AFTERNOON WILL
FAVOR DECENT MIXING.

FOR PLANNED IGNITION TIME OF 0900 MDT 9/24/12
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......CLOUDY WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS IN THE
                       MORNING...THEN PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF
                       SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......40 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MAX 68-72.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 22-28 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........TERRAIN DOMINATED WINDS LESS THAN 6 MPH IN
                       THE MORNING BECOMING WEST SOUTHWEST 5 TO 9
                       MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 13 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
                       GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR
                       THUNDERSTORMS.
   MIXING HEIGHT.......11500 FT AGL.
   TRANSPORT WIND......WEST 17 KNOTS.
   MAX VENT RATE.......EXCELLENT/171274 KNOT-FT AT 1400 LOCAL.
   VENTILATION TREND...VERY GOOD/143422 KNOT-FT AROUND MID-MORNING
                       BECOMING EXCELLENT/168000 KNOT-FT BY
                       MID-AFTERNOON.

FOR TONIGHT
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                       THUNDERSTORMS. PERIODS OF MOSTLY CLOUDY.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......30 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MIN 46-51.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MAX 60-65 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........WEST SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 9 MPH IN THE EARLY
                       EVENING BECOMING TERRAIN DOMINATED LESS THAN 6
                       MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR
                       THUNDERSTORMS.
   VENTILATION TREND...VERY GOOD/135000 KNOT-FT BY EARLY-EVENING
                       BECOMING GOOD/90000 KNOT-FT BY LATE-EVENING.

FOR TUESDAY
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                       THUNDERSTORMS. MOSTLY CLOUDY BY LATE AFTERNOON.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......50 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MAX 68-72.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 28-33 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........TERRAIN DOMINATED WINDS LESS THAN 6 MPH IN THE
                       MORNING BECOMING WEST 7 TO 11 MPH WITH GUSTS UP
                       TO 17 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
                       WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
   MIXING HEIGHT.......9500 FT AGL.
   TRANSPORT WIND......WEST 18 KNOTS.
   MAX VENT RATE.......EXCELLENT/170367 KNOT-FT AT 1400 LOCAL.
   VENTILATION TREND...VERY GOOD/147867 KNOT-FT AROUND MID-MORNING
                       BECOMING EXCELLENT/163356 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

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REASON FOR REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
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