FNUS75 KABQ 021511
FWSABQ

SPOT FORECAST FOR CHAPPAREL RX...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
911 AM MDT FRI NOV 2 2012

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

DISCUSSION...
SOME BREEZES EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON. LESSENING WIND ON SATURDAY.
HUMIDITY VALUES WILL RISE SOME AS THICKER CIRRUS MOVES OVERHEAD
TODAY. MODERATE RECOVERIES EXPECTED TONIGHT.LESS VENTILATION ON
SATURDAY.

FOR PLANNED IGNITION TIME OF 0930 MDT 11/2/12
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY CLOUDY.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......0 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MAX 56-60.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 15-20 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........TERRAIN WINDS BECOMING WESTERLY 8 TO 11 MPH
                       DURING THE AFTERNOON.
   MIXING HEIGHT.......9000 FT AGL.
   TRANSPORT WIND......WEST 14 KNOTS.
   MAX VENT RATE.......VERY GOOD/129022 KNOT-FT AT 1300 LOCAL.
   VENTILATION TREND...GOOD/66430 KNOT-FT AROUND MID-MORNING
                       BECOMING VERY GOOD/108000 KNOT-FT BY
                       MID-AFTERNOON.

FOR TONIGHT
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY CLOUDY.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......0 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MIN 31-35.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MAX 35-40 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........NORTHWEST WINDS 7 TO 9 MPH IN THE EVENING
                       BECOMING TERRAIN DOMINATED LESS THAN 8 MPH.
   VENTILATION TREND...GOOD/67500 KNOT-FT BY EARLY-EVENING BECOMING
                       POOR/10000 KNOT-FT BY LATE-EVENING.

FOR SATURDAY
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......MOSTLY SUNNY.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......0 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MAX 55-59.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 17-22 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........TERRAIN DOMINATED LESS THAN 7 MPH BECOMING
                       SOUTHWEST 6 TO 8 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
   MIXING HEIGHT.......11000 FT AGL.
   TRANSPORT WIND......SOUTH 5 KNOTS.
   MAX VENT RATE.......FAIR/50919 KNOT-FT AT 1300 LOCAL.
   VENTILATION TREND...POOR/31232 KNOT-FT AROUND MID-MORNING
                       BECOMING FAIR/42000 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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