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FNUS75 KABQ 181100
FWSABQ
SPOT FORECAST FOR FRIJOLES...US FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
500 AM MDT FRI SEP 18 2026
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.
DISCUSSION
RADAR ESTIMATES SHOW THAT BETWEEN ONE HALF INCH AND ONE INCH OF
RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER THE WILDFIRE WITHIN THE PAST 24 HOURS. LIGHT
RAIN IS ONGOING THIS MORNING, WITH AN ADDITIONAL QUARTER TO HALF
INCH OF RAIN LIKELY THROUGH AROUND 8 AM. SHOWERS AND STORMS ARE
LIKELY AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING, WITH THE HIGHEST CHANCE
BETWEEN 5 PM AND 10 PM. RAINFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN ONE TENTH AND
TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH ARE LIKELY, ALTHOUGH THERE IS A CHANCE OF
HEAVIER AMOUNTS AND RAPID RUNOFF. RAIN CHANCES DECREASE SATURDAY,
BUT THERE IS STILL A CHANCE OF A FAST-MOVING STORM DURING THE
AFTERNOON AND EVENING. GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL COULD ACCOMPANY
STORMS ON SATURDAY.
TODAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. PATCHY FOG IN THE MORNING.
RAIN SHOWERS IN THE MORNING, THEN SHOWERS
AND STORMS LIKELY IN THE AFTERNOON.
CHANCE OF PCPN......80 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....73-77.
MIN HUMIDITY........49-53 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WINDS.......SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 7 MPH. GUSTY
AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS
IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......4875 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST KNOTS .
MAX VENT RATE.......POOR/35000 KNOT-FT AT 1500 LOCAL.
VENTILATION TREND...POOR/6416 KNOT-FT AROUND MID MORNING AND
POOR/31125 KNOT-FT BY MID AFTERNOON.
TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY.
CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
EVENING.
CHANCE OF PCPN......40 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....52-56.
MAX HUMIDITY........78-84 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WINDS.......LIGHT AND VARIABLE WINDS. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
EVENING.
VENTILATION TREND...POOR/8813 KNOT-FT BY EARLY EVENING AND POOR/0
KNOT-FT BY LATE EVENING.
SATURDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY.
CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
AFTERNOON.
CHANCE OF PCPN......40 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....75-79.
MIN HUMIDITY........35-39 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WINDS.......LIGHT WINDS BECOMING WEST 6 TO 8 MPH IN THE
AFTERNOON. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED
NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......9000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 8 KNOTS.
MAX VENT RATE.......GOOD/90000 KNOT-FT AT 1500 LOCAL.
VENTILATION TREND...POOR/22978 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...16
REQUESTED BY...ANNA MERCIL
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2621783.4/ABQ
.DELDT 09/18/26
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