FNUS75 KABQ 090147
FWSABQ

SPOT FORECAST FOR MIDGNIGHT...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
647 PM MST THU NOV 8 2012

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

DISCUSSION...
INCREASING SOUTHWEST WINDS SHIFTING WESTERLY AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT
WITH OVERNIGHT TEMPERATURES DIPPING BELOW FREEZING FROM 1 A.M.
ONWARD. WIND SPEED INCREASES CONTINUING THROUGH FRIDAY WITH MUCH
COOLER TEMPERATURES...AND ISOLATED SNOW SHOWERS DEVELOPING SOUTH
AND WEST OF THE FIRE MOVING ACROSS THE FIRE TO THE NORTH AND EAST.
HUMIDITIES REMAINING IN THE 50S PCT THROUGH FRIDAY. WINDS...SNOW
AND COLD CONTINUING INTO SATURDAY.

FOR TONIGHT
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY CLOUDY.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......0 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MIN 30-32.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MAX 55-58 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........SOUTHWEST WINDS 16 TO 26 MPH INCREASING TO
                       WEST 22 TO 32 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. GUSTS UP
                       TO 40 MPH.
   VENTILATION TREND...GOOD/99000 KNOT-FT BY EARLY-EVENING BECOMING
                       POOR/7000 KNOT-FT BY LATE-EVENING.

FOR FRIDAY
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY CLOUDY. ISOLATED SNOW
                       SHOWERS.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......20 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MAX 41-43.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 51-54 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........SOUTHWEST WINDS 23 TO 33 MPH.
   MIXING HEIGHT.......5500 FT AGL.
   TRANSPORT WIND......WEST 41 KNOTS.
   MAX VENT RATE.......EXCELLENT/218452 KNOT-FT AT 1300 LOCAL.
   VENTILATION TREND...VERY GOOD/122656 KNOT-FT AROUND MID-MORNING
                       BECOMING EXCELLENT/203500 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...25

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REQUESTED BY...ELIAS S  HURTADO ICT4
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20121108.MIDGN.01/ABQ