031  
FNUS75 KABQ 051636  
FWSABQ  
 
SPOT FORECAST FOR KIRTLAND LEAK...SAN JUAN COUNTY FIRE AND RESCUE  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM  
1036 AM MDT MON MAY 5 2025  
 
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER  
SERVICE.  
   
DISCUSSION  
 
NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL TAKE SHAPE TODAY,  
PERIODICALLY IMPACTING KIRTLAND AND NEARBY AREAS WITH BRIEF HEAVY  
DOWNPOURS, SMALL HAIL, DANGEROUS CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING, AND  
ERRATIC WIND GUSTS. OUTSIDE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS, THE  
PREVAILING WIND WILL TEND TO BE FROM THE EAST THROUGH THE LATE  
MORNING, TURNING MORE FROM THE SOUTH THIS AFTERNOON. SHOWERS AND  
THUNDERSTORMS WILL REDUCE IN NUMBER THIS EVENING, BUT STILL  
SCATTERED ACTIVITY WILL PERSIST THROUGH MIDNIGHT.  
   
REST OF TODAY  
 
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND  
THUNDERSTORMS. THUNDERSTORMS WILL DRIFT FROM  
SOUTH TO NORTH AT 20-25 MPH.  
CHANCE OF PCPN......80 PERCENT.  
MAX TEMPERATURE.....58-62.  
MIN HUMIDITY........32-36 PERCENT.  
MAX APPARENT TEMP...AROUND 58.  
SURFACE WINDS (MPH).SOUTH WINDS 12 TO 15 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS  
TO 22 MPH. ANY PASSING SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS  
WILL CREATE ABRUPT AND GUSTY WINDS FROM ERRATIC  
DIRECTIONS.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......8500 FT AGL.  
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 17 KNOTS.  
MAX VENT RATE.......VERY GOOD/148257 KNOT-FT AT 1300 LOCAL.  
VENTILATION TREND...VERY GOOD/120870 KNOT-FT AROUND MID MORNING AND  
VERY GOOD/104000 KNOT-FT BY MID AFTERNOON.  
 
 
 
FOR MORE INFORMATION AND SITUATIONAL AWARENESS GRAPHICS, PLEASE VISIT:  
HTTPS://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/ABQ/FORECASTS-FIREWEATHER-DSS  
 
FORECASTER...52  
REQUESTED BY...LT VEST, JOSHUA  
TYPE OF REQUEST...HAZMAT  
.TAG 2513038.0/ABQ  
.DELDT 05/05/25  
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0  
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