FNUS75 KABQ 061350
FWSABQ

SPOT FORECAST FOR HOGBACK 1 FIRE...NAVAJO REGION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
750 AM MDT SAT APR 6 2013

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

DISCUSSION...
HIGH CLOUDS ASSOCIATED WITH A MAINLY DRY AND VERY WEAK PACIFIC TROUGH
OF LOW PRESSURE WILL SLIDE THROUGH NORTHWEST NEW MEXICO THIS
MORNING...GIVING WAY TO MOSTLY SUNNY SKY AND LIGHT TO MODERATE
NORTHWESTERLY BREEZES BY LATE MORNING/EARLY AFTERNOON. TERRAIN
DRIVEN DRAINAGE FLOWS WILL DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT WITH VERY SIMILAR
WEATHER CONDITIONS EXPECTED ONCE AGAIN SUNDAY AFTERNOON...WITH
WINDS MORE WEST THAN NORTHWEST. SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE
SIGNIFICANTLY MONDAY...AHEAD OF A STRENGTHENING PACIFIC STORM
SYSTEM DROPPING INTO NORTHERN ARIZONA. OUTFLOW WINDS ASSOCIATED
WITH ISOLATED SPRINKLES WITH MOST OF THE RAIN EVAPORATING BEFORE
IT REACHES THE GROUND IS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND SLIGHTLY
MORE-SO ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON.


FOR TODAY
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY CLOUDY.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......0 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MAX 70-74.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 13-18 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........TERRAIN DOMINATED LESS THAN 6 MPH BECOMING
                       NORTHWEST 6 TO 9 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 13 MPH IN
                       THE AFTERNOON.
   MIXING HEIGHT.......12000 FT AGL.
   TRANSPORT WIND......WEST 15 KNOTS.
   MAX VENT RATE.......EXCELLENT/177896 KNOT-FT AT 1600 LOCAL.
   VENTILATION TREND...FAIR/52119 KNOT-FT AROUND MID-MORNING BECOMING
                       EXCELLENT/177896 KNOT-FT BY MID-AFTERNOON.

FOR TONIGHT
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY CLOUDY.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......0 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MIN 40-44.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MAX 40-45 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........WEST WINDS 7 TO 9 MPH DECREASING TO 3 TO 5
                       MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.
   VENTILATION TREND...VERY GOOD/132000 KNOT-FT BY EARLY-EVENING
                       BECOMING POOR/2000 KNOT-FT BY LATE-EVENING.

FOR SUNDAY
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY CLOUDY.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......5 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MAX 69-73.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 10-15 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........WEST WINDS 4 TO 7 MPH INCREASING TO 9 TO 14
                       MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH.
   MIXING HEIGHT.......15500 FT AGL.
   TRANSPORT WIND......WEST 21 KNOTS.
   MAX VENT RATE.......EXCELLENT/326840 KNOT-FT AT 1700 LOCAL.
   VENTILATION TREND...GOOD/86956 KNOT-FT AROUND MID-MORNING
                       BECOMING EXCELLENT/326840 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...33

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REQUESTED BY...GOLDEN MOORE
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
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