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SPOT FORECAST FOR WHISKEY FIRE...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
225 PM MDT THU SEP 17 2026
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.
DISCUSSION
AFTER A RAINY NIGHT, FRIDAY MORNING WILL START OUT DAMP AND CLOUDY
WITH EARLY MORNING HUMIDITY STARTING OUT BETWEEN 95-100%. CLOUDS
WILL SLOWLY CLEAR THROUGH THE EARLY AFTERNOON FRIDAY, FOLLOWED
BY THE DEVELOPMENT OF NEW SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS, LIKELY AFTER
4 PM MDT. STORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING FRIDAY
AND WILL THEN DIE OFF. STORMS ON FRIDAY WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. ANOTHER NIGHT OF EXCELLENT HUMIDITY RECOVERY
IS FORECAST FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING, FOLLOWED BY ANOTHER
ROUND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SATURDAY AFTERNOON. STORMS WOULD
DIE OFF THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. DRIER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST ON
SUNDAY WITH NO CHANCE FOR STORMS AND LOWER HUMIDITY.
FRIDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY.
A FEW LINGERING SHOWERS IN THE EARLY MORNING,
FOLLOWED BY PARTIAL CLEARING IN THE EARLY
AFTERNOON. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP
IN THE LATE AFTERNOON AFTER 4 PM MDT. STORMS WILL
DRIFT FROM SOUTHWEST TO 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 AT 3 TO 6 MPH IN THE EARLY
MORNING, GRADUALLY TURNING SOUTHWEST AT 4 TO 8
MPH BY THE AFTERNOON. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE LATE
AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......6500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 13 KNOTS.
FRIDAY NIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY.
NUMEROUS RAIN SHOWERS AND SCATTERED
THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING.
CHANCE OF PCPN......60 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....50-54.
MAX HUMIDITY........83-87 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WINDS.......SOUTH SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH IN THE EARLY
EVENING, TURNING LIGHT AND VARIABLE AT LESS THAN
5 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS
EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING.
SATURDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. THUNDERSTORMS
WILL MOVE FROM WEST SOUTHWEST TO THE EAST NORTHEAST
AT 15 TO 20 MPH ON SATURDAY.
CHANCE OF PCPN......30 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....65-69.
MIN HUMIDITY........41-45 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WINDS.......LIGHT AND VARIABLE AT 5 MPH OR LESS IN THE EARLY
MORNING, TURNING SOUTHWEST AT 5 TO 10 MPH IN THE
AFTERNOON. EXPOSED SLOPES AND RIDGES COULD OBSERVE
A FEW GUSTS UP TO 16 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......10000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 12 KNOTS.
FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 7
SUNDAY
MOSTLY CLEAR. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE LOWER
50S. HIGHS IN THE MID 60S. WEST WINDS AROUND 5 TO 10 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
MONDAY
PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE LOWER 50S. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 60S. LIGHT
WINDS.
TUESDAY
PARTLY CLOUDY. NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN
THE LOWER 50S. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 60S. SOUTHEAST WINDS AROUND 5 TO 10 MPH.
WEDNESDAY
NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS AROUND 50. HIGHS
IN THE UPPER 50S.
THURSDAY
NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE LOWER 50S.
HIGHS IN THE UPPER 50S.
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