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FNUS75 KABQ 171658
FWSABQ
SPOT FORECAST FOR WHISKEY FIRE...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
1058 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
OVER AND WEST OF THE MANZANO MOUNTAINS LATE IN THE AFTERNOON (3 TO
5 PM). THESE STORMS WILL IMPACT THE BURN AREA 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.........SKIES BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY WITH SCATTERED
THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER AND WEST OF THE
MANZANO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 3 AND 5 PM MDT.
THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE FROM THE SOUTH
SOUTHWEST TO THE NORTH NORTHEAST AT 20 TO 25 MPH.
CHANCE OF PCPN......30 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....65-69.
MIN HUMIDITY........45-49 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WINDS.......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 22 MPH ON
EXPOSED SLOPES AND RIDGES. ANY NEARBY SHOWERS
OR THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE ABRUPT AND GUSTY
CONDITIONS IN THE LATE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......8000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 20 KNOTS.
TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY.
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
EVENING, THEN NUMEROUS RAIN SHOWERS AND
ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS OVERNIGHT.
CHANCE OF PCPN......70 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....52-56.
MAX HUMIDITY........83-87 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WINDS.......SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL DECREASE IN SPEED AT 6 TO
10 MPH FROM THE SOUTHEAST IN THE EARLY EVENING,
BUT ANY NEARBY SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS WILL CREATE
ABRUPT AND GUSTY WINDS. WINDS WILL TURN LIGHT AND
VARIABLE AT LESS THAN 6 MPH BY MIDNIGHT.
FRIDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
MORNING. NUMEROUS RAIN SHOWERS THROUGH THE DAY.
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.....63-67.
MIN HUMIDITY........52-56 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WINDS.......LIGHT AND VARIABLE WINDS AT 5 MPH OR LESS WILL
SLOWLY BECOME SOUTHWESTERLY AT 4 TO 8 MPH IN THE
AFTERNOON. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR
THUNDERSTORMS IN THE LATE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......6500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 13 KNOTS.
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.DELDT 09/17/26
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