FNUS75 KABQ 250926 FWSABQ SPOT FORECAST FOR BANCO BONITO RX...NPS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 326 AM MDT TUE SEP 25 2012 IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. DISCUSSION...WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL BE SIMILAR TODAY TO MONDAY. THE HIGH TEMPERATURE MAY BE A COUPLE DEGREES COOLER AND MINIMUM HUMIDITY VALUES SLIGHTLY HIGHER. WINDS WILL REMAIN GUSTY BY LATE AFTERNOON... ESPECIALLY NEAR ANY SHOWERS AND STORMS. OVERNIGHT CONDITIONS WILL BE SIMILAR AGAIN TO THIS MORNING. WEDNESDAY WILL BE ANOTHER NEAR REPEAT OF TUESDAY EXCEPT WINDS WILL LIKELY BE SLIGHTLY MORE SOUTHWEST TO SOUTHERLY. FOR PLANNED IGNITION TIME OF 0845 MDT 9/25/12 CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS IN THE MORNING...THEN MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. CHC OF PRECIP.......30 PERCENT. TEMPERATURE.........MAX 67-71. RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 22-28 PERCENT. 20 FOOT WIND........MIXTURE OF NORTHWEST AND TERRAIN DOMINATED LESS THAN 6 MPH IN THE MORNING SHIFTING TO THE WEST SOUTHWEST AND INCREASING TO 8 TO 14 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. GUSTS UP TO 22 MPH POSSIBLE. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS. MIXING HEIGHT.......12500 FT AGL. TRANSPORT WIND......WEST 22 KNOTS. MAX VENT RATE.......EXCELLENT/276821 KNOT-FT AT 1400 LOCAL. VENTILATION TREND...EXCELLENT/202296 KNOT-FT AROUND MID-MORNING BECOMING EXCELLENT/275000 KNOT-FT BY MID-AFTERNOON. FOR TONIGHT CLOUDS/WEATHER......MOSTLY CLOUDY. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING...THEN A CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS AFTER MIDNIGHT. CHC OF PRECIP.......40 PERCENT. TEMPERATURE.........MIN 40-45. RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MAX 75-80 PERCENT. 20 FOOT WIND........WEST WINDS 7 TO 10 MPH IN THE EVENING WITH GUSTS UP TO 18 MPH BECOMING TERRAIN DOMINATED LESS THAN 8 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING. VENTILATION TREND...EXCELLENT/209000 KNOT-FT BY EARLY-EVENING BECOMING VERY GOOD/144500 KNOT-FT BY LATE-EVENING. FOR WEDNESDAY CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. CHC OF PRECIP.......30 PERCENT. TEMPERATURE.........MAX 66-70. RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 22-28 PERCENT. 20 FOOT WIND........TERRAIN DOMINATED WINDS IN THE MORNING THEN SOUTHWEST WINDS 8 TO 11 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. GUSTS UP TO 18 MPH BY LATE AFTERNOON. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS. MIXING HEIGHT.......12000 FT AGL. TRANSPORT WIND......SOUTHWEST 12 KNOTS. MAX VENT RATE.......VERY GOOD/138400 KNOT-FT AT 1700 LOCAL. VENTILATION TREND...FAIR/46781 KNOT-FT AROUND MID-MORNING BECOMING VERY GOOD/138400 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 $$ REQUESTED BY...DAN OSTMANN REASON FOR REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20120925.BANCO.01/ABQ