352  
FNUS75 KABQ 231937  
FWSABQ  
 
SPOT FORECAST FOR WHISKEY FIRE...USFS  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM  
137 PM MDT WED SEP 23 2026  
 
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER  
SERVICE.  
   
DISCUSSION
 
 
RAINFALL ESTIMATES FROM RADAR SHOW THAT AROUND ONE HALF INCH TO  
ONE AND A HALF INCHES FELL OVER THE WILDFIRE WITHIN THE PAST  
24 HOURS. LIGHT SHOWERS HAVE BEEN PERSISTENT TODAY AND SHOULD  
BECOME MORE INTERMITTENT AFTER AROUND 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON.  
SHOWERS ARE LIKELY THROUGH THE EVENING INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS,  
WITH ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS GENERALLY BETWEEN A QUARTER  
INCH AND A HALF INCH. PATCHY FOG MAY DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND  
OVERNIGHT. RAIN CHANCES TREND LOWER ON THURSDAY, HOWEVER THERE  
WILL STILL BE AROUND A 30% CHANCE OF AFTERNOON STORMS. THERE IS  
THE POTENTIAL FOR MORE PERSISTENT LIGHT RAIN AGAIN THURSDAY  
NIGHT.  
   
REST OF TODAY
 
 
SKY/WEATHER.........OVERCAST. PATCHY FOG. RAIN SHOWERS AND  
CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS.  
CHANCE OF PCPN......100 PERCENT.  
MAX TEMPERATURE.....50-54.  
MIN HUMIDITY........91-95 PERCENT.  
20 FOOT WINDS.......LIGHT SOUTHEAST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH. GUSTY AND  
ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......1600 FT AGL.  
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST 8 KNOTS.  
   
TONIGHT
 
 
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. PATCHY FOG IN THE EVENING.  
CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING. RAIN  
SHOWERS LIKELY THROUGH THE NIGHT.  
CHANCE OF PCPN......70 PERCENT.  
MIN TEMPERATURE.....46-50.  
MAX HUMIDITY........95-100 PERCENT.  
20 FOOT WINDS.......SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 7 MPH SHIFTING TO THE  
SOUTHWEST AROUND 5 MPH OVERNIGHT. GUSTY AND  
ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN  
THE EVENING.  
   
THURSDAY
 
 
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS AND  
STORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.  
CHANCE OF PCPN......30 PERCENT.  
MAX TEMPERATURE.....56-60.  
MIN HUMIDITY........71-75 PERCENT.  
20 FOOT WINDS.......SOUTHWEST WINDS 4 TO 6 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC  
WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE  
AFTERNOON.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......5000 FT AGL.  
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 5 KNOTS.  
   
FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 7
 
   
FRIDAY
 
 
MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH SHOWERS LIKELY AND CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS  
AROUND 50. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 50S. LIGHT WINDS.    
SATURDAY
 
 
PARTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS  
AROUND 50. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 60S. LIGHT WINDS.    
SUNDAY
 
 
PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE LOWER 50S. HIGHS IN THE MID 60S. LIGHT  
WINDS.    
MONDAY
 
 
PARTLY CLOUDY WITH CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE  
MID 50S. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 60S.    
TUESDAY
 
 
PARTLY CLOUDY WITH CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND SLIGHT CHANCE OF  
THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS AROUND 50. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 50S.  
 

 
 
FOR MORE INFORMATION AND SITUATIONAL AWARENESS GRAPHICS, PLEASE VISIT:  
HTTPS://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/ABQ/FORECASTS-FIREWEATHER-DSS  
 
FORECASTER...16  
REQUESTED BY...SITL  
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE  
.TAG 2621861.12/ABQ  
.DELDT 09/23/26  
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0  
 
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