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FNUS75 KABQ 241348
FWSABQ
SPOT FORECAST FOR PATTERSON PILE BURN...USDA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
748 AM MDT THU SEP 24 2026
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.
DISCUSSION
RAINFALL ESTIMATES FROM RADAR SHOW THAT AROUND 0.30-0.50 INCHES FELL
IN AND AROUND THE BURN AREA OVER THE LAST 24 HOURS, WITH ADDITIONAL
RAINFALL AMOUNTS GENERALLY AROUND 0.25 INCHES EXPECTED THROUGH THE
OVERNIGHT HOURS TONIGHT. A LOW CHANCE OF SHOWERS EXISTS BETWEEN 9AM
AND NOON TODAY. OTHERWISE, EXPECT PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES TO
BE IN PLACE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON BEFORE GREATER SHOWER AND
THUNDERSTORM CHANCES COME INTO PLAY AFTER SUNSET. WINDS WILL BE OUT
OF THE SOUTH RANGING BETWEEN 5-10 MPH, BUT ANY STRONGER STORMS WILL
BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING ERRATIC WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. SHOWERS AND
STORMS WILL CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY, BUT RAIN AMOUNTS SHOULD START
TRENDING DOWNWARD AS WE HEAD INTO A DRIER WEEKEND.
REST OF TODAY
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS
THROUGH THE DAY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS
IN THE AFTERNOON.
CHANCE OF PCPN......20 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....62-66.
MIN HUMIDITY........65-69 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WINDS.......LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTH 5 TO 7 MPH IN THE
AFTERNOON. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED
NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......5500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 9 KNOTS.
MAX VENT RATE.......POOR/33049 KNOT-FT AT 1600 LOCAL.
VENTILATION TREND...POOR/9757 KNOT-FT AROUND MID MORNING AND
POOR/33049 KNOT-FT BY MID AFTERNOON.
TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY.
CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS IN THE EVENING. SLIGHT
CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE NIGHT. RAIN
SHOWERS LIKELY OVERNIGHT.
CHANCE OF PCPN......60 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....49-53.
MAX HUMIDITY........95-100 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WINDS.......SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 7 MPH IN THE EVENING BECOMING
LIGHT. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR
THUNDERSTORMS.
VENTILATION TREND...POOR/27000 KNOT-FT BY EARLY EVENING AND POOR/0
KNOT-FT BY LATE EVENING.
FRIDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY.
CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS THROUGH THE DAY. CHANCE
OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
CHANCE OF PCPN......50 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....63-67.
MIN HUMIDITY........60-64 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WINDS.......SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 6 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS
EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......8000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 10 KNOTS.
MAX VENT RATE.......GOOD/80000 KNOT-FT AT 1500 LOCAL.
VENTILATION TREND...POOR/31249 KNOT-FT AROUND MID MORNING AND
GOOD/80000 KNOT-FT BY MID AFTERNOON.
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