785  
FNUS75 KABQ 111757  
FWSABQ  
 
SPOT FORECAST FOR WHISKEY CERRO BLANCO...USFS  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM  
1157 AM MDT FRI SEP 11 2026  
 
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER  
SERVICE.  
   
DISCUSSION  
 
TODAY'S FORECAST REMAINS ON TRACK, FOCUSING ON THE HOT TEMPERATURES  
AND THE INCREASING LIKELIHOOD OF GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS ENTERING THE  
AREA FROM THE NORTHWEST THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. AS OF THIS  
FORECAST, THE MOST LIKELY START TIME FOR GUSTY WINDS IS BETWEEN  
8-10PM THIS EVENING, WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR THEM TO BEGIN AS  
EARLY AS 7PM. THERE IS MODERATE CONFIDENCE IN THE GUSTS REACHING  
UP TO 30-35MPH AT THE SURFACE AND JUST ABOVE GROUND LEVEL. GUSTS  
NEAR THE PEAKS OF THE MANZANO MOUNTAINS, AND NEAR THE BURN AREA,  
ARE LIKELY TO CONTINUE IN THE 25-35MPH RANGE THROUGH 12-2AM, WITH  
A LOW CHANCE FOR WINDS TO CONTINUE AS LATE AS 4AM. ANY WINDS PAST  
MIDNIGHT ARE NOT LIKELY TO GUST HIGHER THAN 25MPH. SATURDAY HAS  
LOWER CHANCES FOR OUTFLOW WINDS AFFECTING THE AREA, BUT ANY  
OUTFLOW WINDS WOULD BE FAVORED TO ORIGINATE FROM THE SOUTHWEST.  
   
TONIGHT  
 
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY.  
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.  
MIN TEMPERATURE.....56-60.  
MAX HUMIDITY........45-49 PERCENT.  
20 FOOT WINDS.......NORTHWEST WINDS 14 TO 18 MPH IN THE EVENING  
WITH GUSTS UP TO 33 MPH, DECREASING TO 10 TO  
14 MPH OVERNIGHT.  
VENTILATION TREND...VERY GOOD/126000 KNOT-FT BY EARLY EVENING AND  
POOR/4500 KNOT-FT BY LATE EVENING.  
   
SATURDAY  
 
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING MOSTLY SUNNY.  
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.  
MAX TEMPERATURE.....75-79.  
MIN HUMIDITY........20-24 PERCENT.  
20 FOOT WINDS.......NORTHWEST WINDS 7 TO 10 MPH.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......10500 FT AGL.  
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 8 KNOTS.  
MAX VENT RATE.......GOOD/74420 KNOT-FT AT 1400 LOCAL.  
VENTILATION TREND...FAIR/43932 KNOT-FT AROUND MID MORNING AND  
GOOD/73500 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@FIRENET.GOV  
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE  
.TAG 2621524.5/ABQ  
.DELDT 09/11/26  
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0  
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