FNUS75 KABQ 062042
FWSABQ

SPOT FORECAST FOR K-21 RX...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
142 PM MST WED MAR 6 2013

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

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT THURSDAY AFTERNOON FOR THE NORTHEAST
PLAINS...

DISCUSSION...
FOLLOWING MODERATE HUMIDITY RECOVERIES TONIGHT LOOK FOR THE
HUMIDITY VALUES TO FALL DOWN TO BETWEEN 10 TO 15 PERCENT AFTER THE
NOON HOUR ON THURSDAY. WIND WILL BE STEADIER DURING MOST OF THE
MORNING BUT THEN TREND GUSTIER AFTER 1100 AND ESPECIALLY BE THAT
WAY MID/LATE AFTERNOON. THE MOST CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
WILL MOST LIKELY BE FOUND WEST OF THE BURN AREA BUT CANT RULE
OUT A HOUR OF CRITICAL CONDITIONS. TEMPERATURES WILL BE NEARLY 20
DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL WITH A HAINES OF 4 TO 5. ABOVE NORMAL MIXING
HEIGHTS PROJECTED FOR THE FIRE AREA THURSDAY AFTERNOON. THIS WILL
LEAD TO WIDER GUST SPREADS TO THE WINDS ALTHOUGH IF THE CIRRUS
CLOUDS COME IN THICKER THEN THAT WILL MITIGATE MIXING.

FOR PLANNED IGNITION TIME OF 0900 MST 3/7/13FOR TONIGHT
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......CLEAR.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......0 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MIN 33-37.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MAX 47-52 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........WEST/SOUTHWEST WINDS 8 TO 13 MPH.
   VENTILATION TREND...GOOD/66500 KNOT-FT BY EARLY-EVENING BECOMING
                       POOR/0 KNOT-FT BY LATE-EVENING.

FOR THURSDAY
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......MOSTLY SUNNY DURING THE MORNING BECOMING
                       PARTLY CLOUDY WITH SOME HIGHER CIRRUS
                       CLOUDS DURING THE MID/LATE AFTERNOON.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......0 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MAX 74-78.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 12-17 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........WEST/SOUTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH DURING
                       THE MORNING BECOMING 13 TO 19 MPH WITH GUSTS
                       TO 29 MPH DURING THE AFTERNOON.
   MIXING HEIGHT.......15500 FT AGL.
   TRANSPORT WIND......SOUTHWEST 33 KNOTS.
   MAX VENT RATE.......EXCELLENT/471161 KNOT-FT AT 1300 LOCAL.
   VENTILATION TREND...EXCELLENT/158995 KNOT-FT AROUND MID-MORNING
                       BECOMING EXCELLENT/465000 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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REQUESTED BY...CIBOLA NF
REASON FOR REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20130307.K21RX.01/ABQ