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Spot Forecast for Middle Mesa...USFA
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
630 AM MDT Fri Aug 22 2025

If conditions become unrepresentative, contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...
Temperatures and humidity values today will be similar to yesterday.
A few more showers and storms will develop northeast of the area in
the late afternoon then move southwest on strong outflow winds. The
chance for wetting rainfall is low. A few gusty showers may linger
well into the evening. Saturday will trend cooler with increasing
chances for wetting rainfall by late afternoon. This activity will
also move southwest into the area with strong outflow winds.

.TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy. Scattered showers and
                    thunderstorms in the afternoon. Mostly cloudy
                    by late afternoon.
Chance of Pcpn......30 percent.
Max Temperature.....90-94.
Min Humidity........16-19 percent.
20 Foot Winds.......East wind 5 to 8 mph in the morning becoming west
                    around 5 mph in the afternoon. Gusty and erratic
                    winds expected near thunderstorms in the afternoon.
Mixing Height.......12500 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northeast 14 knots.
Max Vent Rate.......Good/71919 knot-ft at 1600 local.
Ventilation Trend...Poor/12578 knot-ft around mid morning and
                    good/71919 knot-ft by mid afternoon.

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy. Scattered showers and
                    thunderstorms in the early evening.
Chance of Pcpn......40 percent.
Min Temperature.....55-60.
Max Humidity........65-70 percent.
20 Foot Winds.......East winds 6 to 10 mph. Gusty and erratic winds
                    expected near thunderstorms in the evening.
Ventilation Trend...Poor/21000 knot-ft by early evening and
                    poor/4000 knot-ft by late evening.

.SATURDAY...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy then becoming mostly cloudy.
                    Numerous showers and thunderstorms in the
                    afternoon.
Chance of Pcpn......60 percent.
Max Temperature.....85-88.
Min Humidity........19-24 percent.
20 Foot Winds.......East winds around 5 mph becoming northwest around
                    5 mph in the afternoon. Gusty and erratic winds
                    expected near thunderstorms in the afternoon.
Mixing Height.......12000 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northeast 11 knots.
Max Vent Rate.......Good/66000 knot-ft at 1500 local.
Ventilation Trend...Poor/21121 knot-ft around mid morning and
                    good/66000 knot-ft by mid afternoon.

$$

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Forecaster...42
Requested by...Sarah Paulos
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2520138.4/ABQ
.DELDT 08/22/25
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0