Suppression Forecast
Issued by NWS Albuquerque, NM

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SPOT FORECAST FOR LA JOYA...US FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
620 PM MDT TUE MAY 14 2013

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

DISCUSSION...
ISOLATED DRY THUNDERSTORMS NORTHWEST OF THE FIRE WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST
ACROSS THE FIRE THROUGH SUNSET WITH WINDS ERRATIC AND GUSTY AS DRY
STORMS MOVE THROUGH. THUNDERSTORMS REDEVELOPING BY LATE MORNING
WEDNESDAY...WITH STORMS BUILDING NORTHWEST OF THE FIRE MOVING
SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE FIRE THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. WINDS
SHIFTING NORTHWEST AND BECOMING GUSTY THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON.

FOR TONIGHT
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY CLOUDY. ISOLATED DRY
                       THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......10 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MIN 44-46.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MAX 62-65 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........WINDS SHIFTING WEST 7 TO 10 MPH.
                       GUSTY AND ERRATIC
                       WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
   VENTILATION TREND...VERY GOOD/132000 KNOT-FT BY EARLY-EVENING
                       BECOMING POOR/3500 KNOT-FT BY LATE-EVENING.

FOR WEDNESDAY
   CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY CLOUDY. ISOLATED SHOWERS IN
                       THE MORNING...THEN SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
                       THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
   CHC OF PRECIP.......30 PERCENT.
   TEMPERATURE.........MAX 74-76.
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 16-19 PERCENT.
   20 FOOT WIND........NORTHWEST WINDS 7 TO 12 MPH INCREASING TO 13
                       TO 18 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. GUSTS UP TO 30
                       MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR
                       THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
   MIXING HEIGHT.......13500 FT AGL.
   TRANSPORT WIND......NORTHWEST 21 KNOTS.
   MAX VENT RATE.......EXCELLENT/276900 KNOT-FT AT 1700 LOCAL.
   VENTILATION TREND...VERY GOOD/138885 KNOT-FT AROUND MID-MORNING
                       BECOMING EXCELLENT/276900 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...25

$$

REQUESTED BY...IC
REASON FOR REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20130514.LAJOY.01/ABQ







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