FNUS75 KABQ 052106
FWSABQ

SPOT FORECAST FOR HOLY INDIAN...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
306 PM MDT FRI OCT 5 2012

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

DISCUSSION...
A BACK DOOR COLD FRONT WILL PUSH UP INTO THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS BY
LATE EVENING OR EARLY TOMORROW MORNING. DUE TO THE ELEVATION OF
THE FIRE AREA...THE WIND SPEEDS WONT BE NEARLY AS STRONG AS FOUND
DOWN NEAR THE GAPS...SUCH AS TO THE WEST OF GLORIETTA MESA.
HUMIDITY VALUES WILL RISE HOWEVER. COOLER TEMPERATURES AND HIGHER
HUMIDITY EXPECTED ON SATURDAY. CLOUDS WILL ALSO THICKEN UP DOWN
ACROSS THE LOWER ELEVATIONS AND MID SLOPE AREAS AND THIS COULD
ULTIMATELY CLIP THE FIRE AREA LATER TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING.
WINDS ALOFT WILL REMAIN WESTERLY DURING THE PERIOD...SUCH AS
BETWEEN THE 10000 TO 12000 FOOT MEAN SEA LEVEL.

FOR TODAY
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY CLOUDY.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......0 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MAX 64-66.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 21-23 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........SOUTH/SOUTHEAST WINDS 8 TO 15 MPH. CANT
                       RULE OUT SOME WESTERLY WINDS COMING
                       UP AND OVER THE HIGH RIDGE TO THE WEST.
                       THUS CREATING SWITCHING WINDS.
   MIXING HEIGHT.......8500 FT AGL.
   TRANSPORT WIND......WEST 24 KNOTS.
   MAX VENT RATE.......EXCELLENT/186160 KNOT-FT AT 1600 LOCAL.
   VENTILATION TREND...VERY GOOD/108856 KNOT-FT AROUND MID-MORNING
                       BECOMING EXCELLENT/186160 KNOT-FT BY
                       MID-AFTERNOON.

FOR TONIGHT
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY CLOUDY IN THE EVENING THEN BECOMING
                       MOSTLY CLOUDY.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......0 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MIN 34-38.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MAX 67-72 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........NORTH/NORTHEAST WINDS 4 TO 8 MPH BECOMING
                       SOUTHEAST 7 TO 9 MPH AROUND MIDNIGHT.
   VENTILATION TREND...EXCELLENT/160000 KNOT-FT BY EARLY-EVENING
                       BECOMING POOR/31500 KNOT-FT BY LATE-EVENING.

FOR SATURDAY
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......MOSTLY CLOUDY.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......0 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MAX 54-58.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 38-43 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........SOUTH/SOUTHWEST WINDS 7 TO 9 MPH
                       INCREASING TO 10 TO 15 MPH AND BECOMING
                       MORE SOUTHWESTERLY DURING THE AFTERNOON.
   MIXING HEIGHT.......9500 FT AGL.
   TRANSPORT WIND......WEST 27 KNOTS.
   MAX VENT RATE.......EXCELLENT/258400 KNOT-FT AT 1600 LOCAL.
   VENTILATION TREND...FAIR/53906 KNOT-FT AROUND MID-MORNING
                       BECOMING EXCELLENT/258400 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...50

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REQUESTED BY...SANTA FE NATIONAL FOREST
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
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