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SPOT FORECAST FOR SOQUETE...SANTA FE NATIONAL FOREST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
224 PM MDT WED JUL 23 2014

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

DISCUSSION...
STORMS TODAY WILL MOVE FROM SOUTHEAST TO NORTHWEST. OUTFLOWS WOULD
BE THE MAIN CONCERN IN THE NEAR TERM AS THE HEAVIER CELLS TO THE
SOUTH OF THE FIRE LOCATION SHOULD STAY MORE SOUTH AND WEST. STORMS
ON THURSDAY WILL MOVE FROM WEST TO EAST.

FOR PLANNED IGNITION TIME OF 1435 MDT 7/23/14
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF
                       SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......20 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MAX 83-84.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 20-21 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........EAST/NORTHEAST 5 TO 8 MPH BECOMING
                       SOUTHEAST WINDS 7 TO 10 MPH BY MID TO
                       LATE AFTERNOON. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS
                       EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
   MAX MIXING HEIGHT...10500 FT AGL.
   MAX TRANSPORT WIND..SOUTHEAST 11 KNOTS.
   MAX VENT RATE.......VERY GOOD/116472 KNOT-FT AT 1400 LOCAL.
   VENTILATION TREND...GOOD/61373 KNOT-FT AROUND MID-MORNING
                       BECOMING VERY GOOD/115500 KNOT-FT BY
                       MID-AFTERNOON.

FOR TONIGHT
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF
                       SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EARLY EVENING
                       THEN SOME CLEARING.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......10 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MIN 55-59.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MAX 64-69 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........SOUTH/SOUTHEAST WINDS 7 TO 9 MPH IN THE
                       EVENING BECOMING TERRAIN DOMINATED LESS
                       THAN 8 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS
                       EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
   VENTILATION TREND...GOOD/90000 KNOT-FT BY EARLY-EVENING BECOMING
                       FAIR/44000 KNOT-FT BY LATE-EVENING.

FOR THURSDAY
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY CLOUDY. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                       THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......30 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MAX 80-84.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 23-25 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........TERRAIN DOMINATED LESS THAN 8 MPH BECOMING
                       WEST 7 TO 10 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. GUSTY AND
                       ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN
                       THE AFTERNOON.
   MAX MIXING HEIGHT...12500 FT AGL.
   MAX TRANSPORT WIND..WEST 13 KNOTS.
   MAX VENT RATE.......EXCELLENT/162963 KNOT-FT AT 1700 LOCAL.
   VENTILATION TREND...GOOD/88733 KNOT-FT AROUND MID-MORNING
                       BECOMING EXCELLENT/162963 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...I C   KYLE SANDOVAL
REASON FOR REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
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