054
FNUS75 KABQ 171649
FWSABQ
SPOT FORECAST FOR FLOOD RISK BLENE...BELEN FIRE DEPARTMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
1049 AM MDT THU SEP 17 2026
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.
DISCUSSION
SOME BREAKS IN THE CLOUD COVER WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE MID
AFTERNOON. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE THEN FORECAST TO DEVELOP
WEST OF THE I-25 CORRIDOR LATE IN THE AFTERNOON (3 TO 5 PM). THESE
STORMS WILL MOVE INTO THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY WITH A 30% CHANCE OF
CELLS IMPACTING BELEN AND VICINITY BETWEEN 5 PM AND 8 PM. THROUGH THE
EVENING, AREAS OF MORE WIDESPREAD, STEADY RAIN WILL CONGEAL WITH
LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN PERIODICALLY IMPACTING THE AREA THROUGH THE
REST OF THE OVERNIGHT. OVERNIGHT RAIN CHANCES RISE TO 70%. RAINFALL
RATES WILL BE HEAVIEST DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING
WITH THUNDERSTORMS, AND RAINFALL WILL BECOME LESS INTENSE BY THE MID
TO LATE EVENING. ANOTHER SIMILAR ROUND OF LATE AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS
IS FORECAST AGAIN ON FRIDAY.
REST OF TODAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY.
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
LATE AFTERNOON. THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE FROM THE
SOUTH SOUTHWEST TO THE NORTH NORTHEAST AT 20
TO 25 MPH.
CHANCE OF PCPN......30 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....82-86.
MIN HUMIDITY........39-43 PERCENT.
DEWPOINT............58-62 DECREASING TO 56-57 LATE IN THE
AFTERNOON.
MAX APPARENT TEMP...AROUND 83.
SURFACE WINDS (MPH).LIGHT AND VARIABLE WINDS IN THE MORNING WILL
TURN FROM THE SOUTH AT 4 TO 8 MPH IN THE LATE
MORNING, INCREASING TO 8 TO 12 MPH IN THE
AFTERNOON WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 20 MPH. ANY
NEARBY SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE
ABRUPT AND GUSTY CONDITIONS.
MIXING HEIGHT.......7000 FT AGL.
TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY.
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
EVENING, THEN NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND ISOLATED
THUNDERSTORMS OVERNIGHT.
CHANCE OF PCPN......70 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....58-62.
MAX HUMIDITY........91-95 PERCENT.
DEWPOINT............57-58.
MIN APPARENT TEMP...AROUND 62.
SURFACE WINDS (MPH).SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL DECREASE IN SPEED AT 6 TO
10 MPH FROM THE SOUTHEAST IN THE EARLY EVENING.
WINDS WILL TURN LIGHT AND VARIABLE AT LESS THAN
6 MPH BY MIDNIGHT.
FRIDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. SCATTERED SHOWERS IN THE
MORNING, THEN NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND SCATTERED
THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. THUNDERSTORMS WILL
MOVE FROM THE SOUTH SOUTHWEST TO THE NORTH
NORTHEAST AT 20 TO 25 MPH.
CHANCE OF PCPN......60 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....79-83.
MIN HUMIDITY........45-49 PERCENT.
DEWPOINT............58-62.
MAX APPARENT TEMP...AROUND 81.
SURFACE WINDS (MPH).LIGHT AND VARIABLE WINDS AT 5 MPH OR LESS WILL
SLOWLY BECOME SOUTHWESTERLY AT 4 TO 8 MPH IN THE
AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......5500 FT AGL.
FOR MORE INFORMATION AND SITUATIONAL AWARENESS GRAPHICS, PLEASE VISIT:
HTTPS://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/ABQ/FORECASTS-FIREWEATHER-DSS
FORECASTER...52
REQUESTED BY...MICHAEL WESSELS
TYPE OF REQUEST...OTHER
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.DELDT 09/17/26
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