092  
FNUS75 KABQ 022234  
FWSABQ  
 
SPOT FORECAST FOR WHISKEY BLANCO CERRO FIRES...USFS  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM  
434 PM MDT WED SEP 2 2026  
 
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER  
SERVICE.  
   
DISCUSSION  
 
THURSDAY LOOKS TO START RELATIVELY CALM THROUGHOUT THE MORNING AND  
EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS. PRECIPITATION CHANCES BEGIN TO RISE AFTER  
6PM WITH SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS APPROACHING FROM THE WEST AND  
SOUTHWEST. A FEW GUSTS UP TO 25MPH ALONG WITH RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP  
TO 0.25" MAY OCCUR WITH ANY SHOWER OR STORM LATE IN THE EVENING  
(MEDIUM CONFIDENCE). THERE IS LOW TO MODERATE CONFIDENCE THAT  
SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AREA THROUGH MUCH OF THURSDAY  
NIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING. SHOULD THIS HAPPEN, LOW TEMPERATURES  
MAY BE A FEW DEGREES HIGHER, ALONG WITH HIGHER MAX HUMIDITY. FOR  
FRIDAY, ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE  
AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. ANY DIRECT HIT TO THE BURN AREA MAY  
PRODUCE 30-40MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUICK RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO 0.5".  
SHOWERS ARE LESS LIKELY TO CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT.  
   
THURSDAY  
 
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING MOSTLY SUNNY.  
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.  
MAX TEMPERATURE.....73-77.  
MIN HUMIDITY........29-33 PERCENT.  
20 FOOT WINDS.......WEST WINDS 5 TO 8 MPH.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......10000 FT AGL.  
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 8 KNOTS.  
MAX VENT RATE.......GOOD/76352 KNOT-FT AT 1700 LOCAL.  
VENTILATION TREND...POOR/31826 KNOT-FT AROUND MID MORNING AND  
GOOD/76352 KNOT-FT BY MID AFTERNOON.  
   
THURSDAY NIGHT  
 
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY.  
ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING. SLIGHT  
CHANCE OF SHOWERS THROUGH THE NIGHT.  
CHANCE OF PCPN......20 PERCENT.  
MIN TEMPERATURE.....58-62.  
MAX HUMIDITY........60-64 PERCENT.  
20 FOOT WINDS.......WEST WINDS 5 TO 9 MPH IN THE EVENING BECOMING  
LIGHT. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR  
THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING.  
VENTILATION TREND...GOOD/68000 KNOT-FT BY EARLY EVENING AND  
POOR/2500 KNOT-FT BY LATE EVENING.  
   
FRIDAY  
 
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS IN THE  
MORNING, THEN CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND  
THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.  
CHANCE OF PCPN......40 PERCENT.  
MAX TEMPERATURE.....72-76.  
MIN HUMIDITY........35-39 PERCENT.  
20 FOOT WINDS.......WEST WINDS 5 TO 7 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS  
EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......9000 FT AGL.  
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 9 KNOTS.  
MAX VENT RATE.......GOOD/81822 KNOT-FT AT 1400 LOCAL.  
VENTILATION TREND...POOR/35519 KNOT-FT AROUND MID MORNING AND  
GOOD/81000 KNOT-FT BY MID AFTERNOON.  
 
 
 
FOR MORE INFORMATION AND SITUATIONAL AWARENESS GRAPHICS, PLEASE VISIT:  
HTTPS://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/ABQ/FORECASTS-FIREWEATHER-DSS  
 
FORECASTER...77  
REQUESTED BY...LAILA LIENESCH  
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE  
.TAG 2621119.0/ABQ  
.DELDT 09/02/26  
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0  
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