FNUS75 KABQ 231918 FWSABQ SPOT FORECAST FOR BUCKMORE RX...USFS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 118 PM MDT TUE APR 23 2013 IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. DISCUSSION... MID LEVEL CLOUDS WILL CLEAR TONIGHT AS A STRONG DRY SLOT PUSHES ACROSS THE AREA. DESPITE OVERNIGHT TEMPERATURES TRENDING DOWN TO NEAR NORMAL...RH RECOVERIES WILL BE FAIR TO POOR AS THE DRY SLOT TAKES HOLD. GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS THROUGH SUNSET EVENTUALLY BECOMING SOUTHEASTERLY AS A SHALLOW BACKDOOR COLD FRONT OOZES IN. SLIGHTLY WARMER AND DRIER CONDITIONS EXPECTED WEDNESDAY WITH SLIGHTLY LESS WIND. MIXING HEIGHTS AND VENTILATION RATES WILL REMAIN VERY GOOD TO EXCELLENT WEDNESDAY. FOR PLANNED IGNITION TIME OF 1000 MDT 4/24/13 FOR TONIGHT CLOUDS/WEATHER......MOSTLY CLEAR. CHC OF PRECIP.......0 PERCENT. TEMPERATURE.........MIN 27-31. RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MAX 38-42 PERCENT. 20 FOOT WIND........NORTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 14 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH THROUGH SUNSET BECOMING EAST/NORTHEAST 3 TO 5 MPH BY MID EVENING. WINDS BECOMING SOUTHEAST 4 TO 7 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. VENTILATION TREND...EXCELLENT/202500 KNOT-FT BY EARLY-EVENING BECOMING POOR/39000 KNOT-FT BY LATE-EVENING. FOR WEDNESDAY CLOUDS/WEATHER......MOSTLY SUNNY IN THE MORNING THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY IN THE AFTERNOON. CHC OF PRECIP.......0 PERCENT. TEMPERATURE.........MAX 59-63. RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 14-18 PERCENT. 20 FOOT WIND........SOUTH/SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 7 MPH THROUGH 1100 BECOMING WEST/SOUTHWEST 8 TO 13 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 23 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......12000 FT AGL. TRANSPORT WIND......WEST 22 KNOTS. MAX VENT RATE.......EXCELLENT/245930 KNOT-FT AT 1400 LOCAL. VENTILATION TREND...VERY GOOD/100222 KNOT-FT AROUND MID-MORNING BECOMING EXCELLENT/240000 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...24 $$ REQUESTED BY...E BACA REASON FOR REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20130423.BUCKM.01/ABQ