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Spot Forecast for Middle Mesa...USFS
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
808 PM MDT Tue Aug 5 2025

If conditions become unrepresentative, contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...

Hot and very dry conditions will continue for the remainder of the
week with a high temperature around 6 degrees above average each day
and critically low minimum humidities. Isolated and gusty virga
showers and dry thunderstorms are expected in the area during late
afternoon and early evening both Wednesday and Thursday. Except for
localized, brief, and erratic wind gusts up to 40 mph near stronger
virga showers, winds will be light both day and night.

.WEDNESDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny. Becoming partly cloudy with
                    isolated and gusty virga showers mostly after
                    430 PM.
Chance of Pcpn......10 percent.
Max Temperature.....90-94.
Min Humidity........12-16 percent.
20 Foot Winds.......Light winds becoming west 5 mph in the
                    afternoon.
Mixing Height.......15000 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West 16 knots.
Max Vent Rate.......Excellent/233333 knot-ft at 1600 local.
Ventilation Trend...Good/84044 knot-ft around mid morning and
                    excellent/233333 knot-ft by mid afternoon.

.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy with isolated and gusty virga
                    showers before 8 PM.  Then, becoming
                    Partly cloudy.
Chance of Pcpn......10 percent.
Min Temperature.....53-57.
Max Humidity........52-56 percent.
20 Foot Winds.......Southwest winds 5 mph in the evening
                    becoming light.
Ventilation Trend...Excellent/189000 knot-ft by early evening and
                    poor/0 knot-ft by late evening.

.THURSDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny. Becoming partly cloudy with
                    isolated and gusty virga showers in the
                    late afternoon.  Then, mostly cloudy with
                    isolated and gusty virga showers in the early
                    evening. Becoming partly cloudy by midnight.
Chance of Pcpn......5 percent.
Max Temperature.....91-95.
Min Humidity........10-14 percent.
20 Foot Winds.......Light winds becoming west 5 mph in the
                    afternoon.
Mixing Height.......16000 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West 17 knots.
Max Vent Rate.......Excellent/264375 knot-ft at 1700 local.
Ventilation Trend...Good/93533 knot-ft around mid morning and
                    excellent/264375 knot-ft by mid afternoon.

.FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 5...
.FRIDAY...
Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 50s. Highs in the lower 90s. South
winds around 5 mph.
.SATURDAY...
Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 50s. Highs around 90. Northwest winds
around 5 mph.
.SUNDAY...
Partly cloudy. Isolated and gusty virga showers and thunderstorms in
the afternoon until sunset. Some thunderstorms will produce little or
no rain. Lows in the lower 50s. Highs in the upper 80s. Light winds.


$$

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Forecaster...44
Requested by...FBAN Eric Johnson
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2519395.0/ABQ
.DELDT 08/05/25
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0