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Spot Forecast for Desert Willow Complex...VCFD
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
525 AM MDT Wed Jul 2 2025

If conditions become unrepresentative, contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...
Scattered showers and thunderstorms are forecast to develop over
the central mountains of New Mexico this afternoon with a couple
coming very close to the burn area. Prevailing breezes will tend to
be light from the south southeast, but any nearby or passing storm
will create abrupt and erratic wind gusts. Storm chances increase
on Thursday as an upper level disturbance arrives. Hotter and drier
weather is still forecast for the Fourth of July and into Saturday.

.TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy. Scattered rain showers and
                    isolated thunderstorms in the afternoon. Any
                    thunderstorms will move very slowly and
                    erratically at less than 5 mph.
Chance of Pcpn......30 percent.
Max Temperature.....86-90.
Min Humidity........31-35 percent.
20 Foot Winds.......Light and variable winds in the morning will
                    become south southeast 5 to 10 mph in the
                    afternoon. Gusty and erratic winds expected
                    near thunderstorms in the afternoon.
Mixing Height.......10000 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South 8 knots.
Max Vent Rate.......Good/72000 knot-ft at 1800 local.
Ventilation Trend...Poor/15200 knot-ft around mid morning and
                    good/71037 knot-ft by mid afternoon.

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy then becoming mostly cloudy.
                    Scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms.
Chance of Pcpn......40 percent.
Min Temperature.....61-65.
Max Humidity........91-95 percent.
20 Foot Winds.......South winds 5 to 7 mph. Gusty and erratic winds
                    expected near thunderstorms.
Ventilation Trend...Good/72000 knot-ft by early evening and
                    poor/4500 knot-ft by late evening.

.THURSDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy then becoming partly cloudy.
                    Isolated showers and thunderstorms in the
                    morning, then scattered showers and
                    thunderstorms in the afternoon. Storms will
                    tend to drift toward the east northeast at
                    5 to 15 mph.
Chance of Pcpn......50 percent.
Max Temperature.....87-91.
Min Humidity........33-37 percent.
20 Foot Winds.......Light and variable at 6 mph or less in the morning,
                    turning south southeast in the late morning. By the
                    early afternoon winds will turn from the southwest
                    at 5 to 15 mph. Gusty and erratic winds expected
                    near thunderstorms.
Mixing Height.......9500 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest 8 knots.
Max Vent Rate.......Good/76000 knot-ft at 1500 local.
Ventilation Trend...Poor/33259 knot-ft around mid morning and
                    good/76000 knot-ft by mid afternoon.

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Forecaster...52
Requested by...Jason Askew
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2516882.3/ABQ
.DELDT 07/02/25
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