FNUS75 KABQ 201456
FWSABQ

SPOT FORECAST FOR SAN JUAN RX...US FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
856 AM MDT SAT OCT 20 2012

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

DISCUSSION...
SUNNY SKIES AND SIMILAR CONDITIONS TO YESTERDAY ARE EXPECTED.
TEMPERATURES WILL BE 6 TO 10 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL FOR LATE
OCTOBER. DRY SLOT WILL BE MOVING OUT TODAY. STILL LOOKING FOR VERY
LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES TODAY...BUT RELATIVE HUMIDITY RECOVERIES
TONIGHT SHOULD BE BETTER THAN THIS MORNING. CLOUDS SHOULD INCREASE
ON SUNDAY AS A WEAK DISTURBANCE CROSSES THE STATE IN SOUTHWEST
FLOW ALOFT. WITH THIS DISTURBANCE...SLIGHTLY COOLER TEMPERATURES
ARE EXPECTED...SOME INCREASE IN WINDS...BUT NO RAINFALL.


FOR PLANNED IGNITION TIME OF 0900 MDT 10/20/12
   CLOUDS/WEATHER...... SUNNY.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......0 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MAX 65-69.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 10-15 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........BECOMING UPSLOPE WINDS 3 TO 5 MPH
x09x09       THIS MORNING. WEST WINDS 7 TO 10 MPH
                       IN THE AFTERNOON WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO
                       15 MPH AT CANOPY LEVEL.
   MIXING HEIGHT.......8000 FT AGL.
   TRANSPORT WIND......WEST 15 KNOTS.
   MAX VENT RATE.......VERY GOOD/113896 KNOT-FT AT 1700 LOCAL.
   VENTILATION TREND...POOR/24889 KNOT-FT AROUND MID-MORNING
                       BECOMING VERY GOOD/113896 KNOT-FT BY
                       MID-AFTERNOON.

FOR TONIGHT
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......MOSTLY CLEAR.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......0 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MIN 28-32.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MAX 63-68 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........WEST WINDS 7 TO 10 MPH IN THE EVENING...
                       BECOMING LIGHTER DRAINAGE WINDS AT
                       CANYON BOTTOMS. WEST WINDS 6 TO 8 MPH TO
                       CONTINUE AT CANOPY LEVEL.
   VENTILATION TREND...VERY GOOD/112500 KNOT-FT BY EARLY-EVENING
                       BECOMING GOOD/60000 KNOT-FT BY LATE-EVENING.

FOR SUNDAY
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY CLOUDY.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......0 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MAX 60-64.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 24-29 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........WEST WINDS 6 TO 8 MPH INCREASING TO
                       12 TO 15 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. GUSTS UP
                       TO 20 MPH.
   MIXING HEIGHT.......8000 FT AGL.
   TRANSPORT WIND......WEST 17 KNOTS.
   MAX VENT RATE.......VERY GOOD/126835 KNOT-FT AT 1700 LOCAL.
   VENTILATION TREND...GOOD/77478 KNOT-FT AROUND MID-MORNING BECOMING
                       VERY GOOD/126835 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...34

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REQUESTED BY...BILL KING
REASON FOR REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20121020.SANJU.01/ABQ