FNUS75 KABQ 281402
FWSABQ

SPOT FORECAST FOR PINE RIDGE RX...BIA NAVAJO
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
702 AM MST WED NOV 28 2012

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

DISCUSSION...STRONG INVERSIONS IN PLACE ONCE AGAIN THIS MORNING BUT
A PASSING DISTURBANCE ALOFT WILL ALLOW THEM TO BREAK SOONER THAN
WAS THE CASE ON TUESDAY. THUS...EXPECT BETTER VENTILATION BY MIDDAY
OR EARLY AFTERNOON WITH GOOD CONDITIONS EXPECTED FOR SEVERAL HOURS
DURING THE AFTERNOON.  OTHERWISE...DAYTIME TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN
MILD FOR THE SEASON WITH OCCASIONAL HIGH...THIN CLOUDS PASSING
OVERHEAD. VERY SIMILAR CONDITIONS ON THURSDAY ALTHOUGH SURFACE DEW
POINTS WILL VERY SLOWLY TREND UPWARD RESULTING IN SLIGHTLY HIGHER MIN
RH VALUES.

FOR PLANNED IGNITION TIME OF 0900 MST 11/28/12
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......PERIODS OF HIGH CLOUDS...MAINLY DURING THE
                       MORNING AND AGAIN LATE IN THE DAY.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......0 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MAX 54-58.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 21-26 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........TERRAIN DOMINATED LESS THAN 8 MPH BECOMING
                       SOUTHWEST 7 TO 10 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
   MIXING HEIGHT.......7500 FT AGL.
   TRANSPORT WIND......SOUTHWEST 11 KNOTS.
   MAX VENT RATE.......GOOD/86000 KNOT-FT AT 1300 LOCAL.
   VENTILATION TREND...POOR/31259 KNOT-FT AROUND MID-MORNING
                       BECOMING GOOD/77000 KNOT-FT BY
                       MID-AFTERNOON.

FOR TONIGHT
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......OCCASIONAL HIGH CLOUDS.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......0 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MIN 21-25.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MAX 70-75 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........WEST WINDS 7 TO 10 MPH.
   VENTILATION TREND...POOR/3000 KNOT-FT BY EARLY-EVENING BECOMING
                       POOR/0 KNOT-FT BY LATE-EVENING.

FOR THURSDAY
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY CLOUDY.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......0 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MAX 54-58.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 26-31 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........WEST WINDS 8 TO 12 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
   MIXING HEIGHT.......6500 FT AGL.
   TRANSPORT WIND......WEST 11 KNOTS.
   MAX VENT RATE.......GOOD/70986 KNOT-FT AT 1300 LOCAL.
   VENTILATION TREND...POOR/34456 KNOT-FT AROUND MID-MORNING
                       BECOMING GOOD/60000 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...41

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REQUESTED BY...JOHNSON
REASON FOR REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
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