FNUS75 KABQ 311507
FWSABQ

SPOT FORECAST FOR FRANCISCO...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
907 AM MDT WED OCT 31 2012

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

DISCUSSION...
VENTILATION WONT BE THE BEST TODAY. COMBINATION OF A STRONG
OVERNIGHT INVERSION THAT DEVELOPED PLUS THE STABLE LAYER ALOFT
ASSOCIATED WITH THE UPPER RIDGE. TRANSPORT WINDS WILL ALSO BE ON
THE LOWER SIDE. THUS THE POOR VENTILATION THROUGH THE DAY.
UNSEASONABLY WARM AND DRY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE. IMPROVING
VENTILATION ON THURSDAY BY LEAPS AND BOUNDS.

FOR PLANNED IGNITION TIME OF 0900 MDT 10/31/12
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......SUNNY.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......0 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MAX 60-63.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 14-19 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........TERRAIN DOMINATED LESS THAN 6 MPH BECOMING
                       WEST/NORTHWEST 5 TO 7 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
                       OCCASIONAL GUSTS BETWEEN 12 TO 14 MPH.
   MIXING HEIGHT.......8000 FT AGL.
   TRANSPORT WIND......NORTHWEST 4 KNOTS.
   MAX VENT RATE.......POOR/32000 KNOT-FT AT 1500 LOCAL.
   VENTILATION TREND...POOR/7783 KNOT-FT AROUND MID-MORNING
                       BECOMING POOR/32000 KNOT-FT BY
                       MID-AFTERNOON.

FOR TONIGHT
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......CLEAR.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......0 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MIN 27-28 DRAINAGE BOTTOMS AND 38-40
                       MIDSLOPE.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MAX 48-50 PERCENT DRAINAGE BOTTOMS AND
                       31-33 PERCENT MIDSLOPE.
   20 FOOT WIND........TERRAIN DOMINATED LESS THAN 6 MPH.
   VENTILATION TREND...POOR/5000 KNOT-FT BY EARLY-EVENING BECOMING
                       POOR/819 KNOT-FT BY LATE-EVENING.

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...STEVE MIRANDA
REASON FOR REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20121031.FRANC.01/ABQ