736  
FNUS75 KABQ 241315  
FWSABQ  
 
SPOT FORECAST FOR HWY 150 PILES RX...USFS  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM  
615 AM MST SAT JAN 24 2026  
 
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER  
SERVICE.  
   
DISCUSSION  
 
THE TAOS AVALANCHE CENTER HAS ISSUED AN AVALANCHE WARNING NOW  
THROUGH 6AM MST SUNDAY FOR THE WHEELER PEAK WILDERNESS AREA.  
 
SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY ALONG THE WEST SLOPES  
OF THE SANGRE DE CRISTO MTS, INCLUDING AT THE BURN LOCATION BEFORE  
TAPERING OFF THIS EVENING. LIGHTER SNOW SHOWERS WILL THEN BE  
INTERMITTENT THRU SUNDAY MORNING. TEMPERATURES PLUMMET INTO THE  
SINGLE-DIGITS TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING, BARELY RISING SUNDAY  
INTO THE TEENS. LOWS ARE THEN EXPECTED TO FALL TO NEAR OR BELOW  
ZERO SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING.  
   
REST OF TODAY  
 
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. SNOW SHOWERS.  
CHANCE OF PCPN......90 PERCENT.  
MAX TEMPERATURE.....19-23.  
MIN HUMIDITY........95-100 PERCENT.  
20 FOOT WINDS.......SOUTHWEST WINDS 12 TO 13 MPH.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......2000 FT AGL.  
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 14 KNOTS.  
MAX VENT RATE.......POOR/28000 KNOT-FT AT 1400 LOCAL.  
VENTILATION TREND...POOR/12837 KNOT-FT AROUND MID MORNING AND  
POOR/28000 KNOT-FT BY MID AFTERNOON.  
   
TONIGHT  
 
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. SNOW SHOWERS IN THE EVENING,  
THEN SNOW SHOWERS LIKELY OVERNIGHT.  
CHANCE OF PCPN......80 PERCENT.  
MIN TEMPERATURE.....2-6.  
MAX HUMIDITY........95-100 PERCENT.  
20 FOOT WINDS.......WEST WINDS 9 TO 10 MPH SHIFTING TO THE  
NORTHWEST 8 TO 10 MPH OVERNIGHT.  
VENTILATION TREND...POOR/8000 KNOT-FT BY EARLY EVENING AND  
POOR/4553 KNOT-FT BY LATE EVENING.  
   
SUNDAY  
 
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF SNOW SHOWERS.  
CHANCE OF PCPN......40 PERCENT.  
MAX TEMPERATURE.....12-16.  
MIN HUMIDITY........53-57 PERCENT.  
20 FOOT WINDS.......WEST WINDS AROUND 8 MPH INCREASING TO 10 TO 20  
MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......4000 FT AGL.  
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 19 KNOTS.  
MAX VENT RATE.......GOOD/70262 KNOT-FT AT 1300 LOCAL.  
VENTILATION TREND...POOR/26007 KNOT-FT AROUND MID MORNING AND  
GOOD/66500 KNOT-FT BY MID AFTERNOON.  
 
 
 
FOR MORE INFORMATION AND SITUATIONAL AWARENESS GRAPHICS, PLEASE VISIT:  
HTTPS://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/ABQ/FORECASTS-FIREWEATHER-DSS  
 
FORECASTER...24  
REQUESTED BY...KURT STETZER  
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED  
.TAG 2600769.3/ABQ  
.DELDT 01/24/26  
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0  
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