747  
FNUS75 KABQ 092147  
FWSABQ  
 
SPOT FORECAST FOR PECOS PASTURES...BANDELIER NATIONAL MONUMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM  
247 PM MST MON NOV 9 2009  
 
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER  
SERVICE.  
 
DISCUSSION...  
LIGHT TERRAIN DOMINATED WINDS TO PERSIST THE REMAINDER OF THIS  
AFTERNOON. A COLD FRONT WILL PUSH THROUGH THE EASTERN PLAINS AND  
APPROACH THE BURN SITE OVERNIGHT. EXPECT VERY GOOD TO EXCELLENT  
OVERNIGHT RECOVERIES WITH 20 FOOT WINDS SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHEAST.  
LOW CLOUDS AND AREAS OF FOG MAY BE COMMON DURING THE EARLY MORNING  
BEFORE MIXING ENSUES BY MIDDAY WITH HUMIDITIES FALLING BACK TO THE  
20 PERCENTILE. SOUTHWEST WINDS TO INCREASE TUESDAY AFTERNOON  
LEADING TO GOOD VENTILATION RATES.  
 
FOR PLANNED IGNITION TIME OF 1100 MST 11/10/09FOR TONIGHT  
CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY CLOUDY. PATCHY FOG AFTER MIDNIGHT.  
CHC OF PRECIP.......5 PERCENT.  
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 29-33.  
RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MAX 65-70 PERCENT.  
20 FOOT WIND........SOUTHEAST WINDS 7 TO 11 MPH.  
 
FOR TUESDAY  
CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY CLOUDY IN THE MORNING THEN CLEARING.  
PATCHY FOG IN THE MORNING...THEN AREAS OF  
FOG IN THE AFTERNOON.  
CHC OF PRECIP.......5 PERCENT.  
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 64-68.  
RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 23-28 PERCENT.  
20 FOOT WIND........SOUTHEAST WINDS 7 TO 10 MPH SHIFTING TO THE  
SOUTH IN THE AFTERNOON.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......6000 FT AGL.  
TRANSPORT WIND......SOUTHWEST 12 KNOTS.  
VENTILATION CAT.....GOOD/72000 KNOT-FT.  
 
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...17  
 
 
 
REQUESTED BY...ROB GAUSS  
REASON FOR REQUEST...PRESCRIBED  
.TAG 20091110.PECOS.01/ABQ  
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