FNUS75 KABQ 261117
FWSABQ

SPOT FORECAST FOR SW BANCO BONITO RX...VALLES CALDERA NATIONAL PRESERVE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
517 AM MDT WED SEP 26 2012

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

DISCUSSION...INCREASING CLOUDS DURING THE DAY TODAY WITH GIVE WAY
TO SOME SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS NEAR THE BURN SITE BY LATE MORNING
TO EARLY AFTERNOON. TEMPERATURES SIMILAR TO THOSE ON TUESDAY. RH
RECOVERIES TO BE IN THE HIGH RANGE OF GOOD OR POSSIBLY EXCELLENT.
ANOTHER ROUND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IS FORECAST FOR TOMORROW
WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN AT THE BURN SITE AND TEMPERATURES A
FEW DEGREES WARMER.

FOR PLANNED IGNITION TIME OF 0900 MDT 9/26/12
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......MOSTLY CLEAR THIS MORNING BECOMING PARTLY
                       CLOUDY WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                       THUNDERSTORMS BY LATE MORNING.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......20 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MAX 64-68.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 27-32 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........TERRAIN DOMINATED LESS THAN 8 MPH BECOMING
                       SOUTHWEST 8 TO 11 MPH BY LATE MORNING AND
                       INTO THE AFTERNOON.
                       GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR
                       THUNDERSTORMS.
   MIXING HEIGHT.......13000 FT AGL.
   TRANSPORT WIND......SOUTHWEST 14 KNOTS.
   MAX VENT RATE.......EXCELLENT/169000 KNOT-FT AT 1500 LOCAL.
   VENTILATION TREND...GOOD/95683 KNOT-FT AROUND MID-MORNING
                       BECOMING EXCELLENT/169000 KNOT-FT BY
                       MID-AFTERNOON.

FOR TONIGHT
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY CLOUDY. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                       THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING...THEN A SLIGHT
                       CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS AFTER MIDNIGHT.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......30 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MIN 35-39.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MAX 77-82 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........SOUTH WINDS 7 TO 9 MPH IN THE EVENING
                       BECOMING TERRAIN DOMINATED LESS THAN 8 MPH.
                       GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR
                       THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING.

FOR THURSDAY
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY CLOUDY IN THE AFTERNOON. A SLIGHT
                       CHANCE OF SHOWERS...SOME WITH THUNDER IN THE
                       AFTERNOON.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......20 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MAX 68-72.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 28-33 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 IN THE AFTERNOON.
   MIXING HEIGHT.......12500 FT AGL.
   TRANSPORT WIND......WEST 7 KNOTS.
   MAX VENT RATE.......GOOD/87500 KNOT-FT AT 1500 LOCAL.
   VENTILATION TREND...FAIR/50901 KNOT-FT AROUND MID-MORNING
                       BECOMING GOOD/87500 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...05

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