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Spot Forecast for Mestenas Canyon Fire...USFS
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
225 PM MDT Tue Jul 16 2024

If conditions become unrepresentative, contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...
Scattered showers and storms with gusty outflow winds are expected
in the fire area this afternoon and evening. Rain chances will be
greatest within the next couple hours and storms should be out of
the area by 10PM MDT. The majority of the activity is expected to
stay to the east, but a few storms are possible over the area.
Storm wetting footprints will be small, but locally heavy rainfall
rates are still possible. Storm activity will increase tomorrow
and remain high through the end of the week.


.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy. Scattered showers and
                    thunderstorms in the afternoon.
Chance of Pcpn......30 percent.
Max Temperature.....86-90.
Min Humidity........13-17 percent.
20 Foot Winds.......Light winds becoming west 4 to 6 mph in the
                    afternoon. Gusty and erratic winds expected
                    near thunderstorms in the afternoon.
Mixing Height.......14500 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West 11 knots.
Max Vent Rate.......Excellent/165049 knot-ft at 1700 local.
Ventilation Trend...Fair/45111 knot-ft around mid morning and
                    excellent/165049 knot-ft by mid afternoon.

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy. Isolated showers and
                    thunderstorms in the evening.
Chance of Pcpn......20 percent.
Min Temperature.....52-56.
Max Humidity........74-78 percent.
20 Foot Winds.......North winds 4 to 6 mph shifting to the east 5
                    to 7 mph overnight. Gusty and erratic winds
                    expected near thunderstorms in the evening.
Ventilation Trend...Very good/137500 knot-ft by early evening and
                    poor/0 knot-ft by late evening.

.WEDNESDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny then becoming partly cloudy.
                    Scattered showers and thunderstorms in the
                    afternoon.
Chance of Pcpn......50 percent.
Max Temperature.....85-89.
Min Humidity........16-20 percent.
20 Foot Winds.......Southeast winds 3 to 5 mph shifting to the west
                    4 to 6 mph in the afternoon. Gusty and erratic
                    winds expected near thunderstorms in the
                    afternoon.
Mixing Height.......14000 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northeast 13 knots.
Max Vent Rate.......Very good/114631 knot-ft at 1600 local.
Ventilation Trend...Poor/38711 knot-ft around mid morning and very
                    good/114631 knot-ft by mid afternoon.

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Forecaster...16
Requested by...Incident Commander
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2418081.10/ABQ
.DELDT 07/16/24
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