FNUS75 KABQ 062147
FWSABQ

SPOT FORECAST FOR K 43 RX...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
247 PM MST WED MAR 6 2013

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

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

DISCUSSION...
THE ATMOSPHERE WILL BECOME MORE UNSTABLE ON THURSDAY AS MIXING
HEIGHTS INCREASE SIGNIFICANTLY COMPARED TO TODAY/S PROJECTIONS.
TEMPERATURES WILL BE AROUND 20 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL OR NEAR
RECORD LEVELS. HUMIDITY VALUES WILL START OUT ON THE MODERATE
SCALE BUT QUICKLY DROP INTO THE TEENS AS THE MORNING PROGRESSES
AND MIXING INCREASES. WINDS WILL BE STEADIER DURING THE
MORNING BUT INCREASE AND BECOME GUSTIER VERY LATE MORNING
INTO THE AFTERNOON. THE ONE CAVEAT TO THE FORECAST WILL BE
HOW THICK THE CIRRUS CLOUDS GET TO BE AS THE AFTERNOON
PROGRESSES. IF THE CIRRUS SHIELD BECOMES THICKER THEN MIXING
WILL BE LESS AND THE WIND GUST SPREAD AND ACTUAL WIND
SPEEDS WILL BE LESS. CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL BE
POSSIBLE BUT LOOK MORE LIKELY WEST OF THE FIRE AREA AS WIND
SPEEDS SHOULD BE STRONGER ALONG THE CANADIAN RIVER VALLEY.

FOR PLANNED IGNITION TIME OF 0900 MST 3/7/13

FOR TONIGHT
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......CLEAR.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......0 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MIN 35-39.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MAX 45-50 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........WEST/SOUTHWEST WINDS 9 TO 14 MPH.
   VENTILATION TREND...GOOD/63000 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 CIRRUS
                       DURING THE AFTERNOON.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......0 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MAX 76-77.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 12-15 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........WEST/SOUTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH INCREASING
                       AND BECOMING SOUTHWEST 12 TO 18 MPH IN THE
                       AFTERNOON. GUSTS UP TO 28 MPH MID/LATE
                       AFTERNOON.
   MIXING HEIGHT.......15500 FT AGL.
   TRANSPORT WIND......SOUTHWEST 31 KNOTS.
   MAX VENT RATE.......EXCELLENT/470407 KNOT-FT AT 1300 LOCAL.
   VENTILATION TREND...EXCELLENT/164759 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.K43RX.01/ABQ