473  
FNUS75 KABQ 251352  
FWSABQ  
 
SPOT FORECAST FOR FRIJOLES...USFS  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM  
752 AM MDT FRI SEP 25 2026  
 
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER  
SERVICE.  
   
DISCUSSION  
 
RAINFALL ESTIMATES FROM RADAR SHOW THAT UP TO 0.25 INCHES HAS FALLEN  
IN AND AROUND THE FIRE AREA OVER THE LAST 24 HOURS, WITH UP TO 2  
INCHES OF ACCUMULATION THROUGHOUT THE PAST 72 HOURS. OVERALL COVERAGE  
AND INTENSITY OF SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL BEGIN TO DECLINE TODAY,  
WITH ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS GENERALLY LESS THAN 0.10 INCHES EXPECTED  
THROUGH MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES WILL BE IN  
PLACE BEFORE GREATER SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM CHANCES COME INTO PLAY  
BY THE AFTERNOON, DISSIPATING BY MIDNIGHT. WINDS WILL BE OUT OF THE  
SOUTH-SOUTHWEST RANGING BETWEEN 5-10 MPH, BUT ANY STRONGER STORMS  
WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING ERRATIC WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. AS  
ALLUDED TO ABOVE, DRIER CONDITIONS MOVE IN BY THE WEEKEND AS WINDS  
TURN TO BECOME MORE NORTHWESTERLY. PRECIPITATION CHANCES RAMP UP  
ONCE AGAIN SUNDAY NIGHT HEADING INTO THE NEXT WORK WEEK.  
   
REST OF TODAY  
 
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY. RAIN  
SHOWERS LIKELY LATE IN THE MORNING, THEN CHANCE  
OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.  
CHANCE OF PCPN......60 PERCENT.  
MAX TEMPERATURE.....60-65.  
MIN HUMIDITY........54-58 PERCENT.  
20 FOOT WINDS.......SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 8 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC  
WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE  
AFTERNOON.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......7000 FT AGL.  
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 13 KNOTS.  
MAX VENT RATE.......GOOD/91000 KNOT-FT AT 1500 LOCAL.  
VENTILATION TREND...POOR/39674 KNOT-FT AROUND MID MORNING AND  
GOOD/91000 KNOT-FT BY MID AFTERNOON.  
   
TONIGHT  
 
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS AND  
SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING.  
CHANCE OF PCPN......30 PERCENT.  
MIN TEMPERATURE.....42-47.  
MAX HUMIDITY........95-100 PERCENT.  
20 FOOT WINDS.......SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 6 MPH IN THE EVENING BECOMING  
LIGHT. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR  
THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING.  
VENTILATION TREND...POOR/34000 KNOT-FT BY EARLY EVENING AND  
POOR/2500 KNOT-FT BY LATE EVENING.  
   
SATURDAY  
 
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.  
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.  
MAX TEMPERATURE.....64-69.  
MIN HUMIDITY........37-41 PERCENT.  
20 FOOT WINDS.......NORTH WINDS 5 TO 7 MPH SHIFTING TO THE  
NORTHWEST IN THE AFTERNOON.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......6917 FT AGL.  
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST89 .  
MAX VENT RATE.......FAIR/50348 KNOT-FT AT 1200 LOCAL.  
VENTILATION TREND...POOR/37724 KNOT-FT AROUND MID MORNING AND  
POOR/35750 KNOT-FT BY MID AFTERNOON.  
 
 
 
FOR MORE INFORMATION AND SITUATIONAL AWARENESS GRAPHICS, PLEASE VISIT:  
HTTPS://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/ABQ/FORECASTS-FIREWEATHER-DSS  
 
FORECASTER...23  
REQUESTED BY...SANTA FE DISPATCH  
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE  
.TAG 2622464.2/ABQ  
.DELDT 09/25/26  
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0  
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