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Spot Forecast for Middle Mesa...USFA
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
638 AM MDT Thu Sep 4 2025

If conditions become unrepresentative, contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...
Prevailing westerlies take hold early afternoon before scattered
showers and isolated thunderstorms developing over the CO San Juans
to the north and Chuska`s to the west bring erratic and gusty
outflow winds toward the fire location late day and into the
evening. Vicinity shower activity may linger to the midnight hour
with little chance of wetting precipitation being observed.
Monsoon moisture brings increasing cloud cover heading into Friday,
alongside increasing chances for showers and thunderstorms.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy. Chance of showers and
                    thunderstorms in the afternoon.
Chance of Pcpn......30 percent.
Max Temperature.....76-80.
Min Humidity........24-28 percent.
20 Foot Winds.......Light winds becoming west 5 to 7 mph in the
                    afternoon. Gusty and erratic winds expected
                    near thunderstorms in the afternoon.
Mixing Height.......11000 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West 11 knots.
Max Vent Rate.......Very good/121000 knot-ft at 1500 local.
Ventilation Trend...Poor/30414 knot-ft around mid morning and very
                    good/121000 knot-ft by mid afternoon.

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy. Chance of showers and
                    thunderstorms in the evening, then slight
                    chance of showers and thunderstorms overnight.
Chance of Pcpn......40 percent.
Min Temperature.....49-53.
Max Humidity........78-82 percent.
20 Foot Winds.......North winds 5 to 6 mph in the evening becoming
                    light. Gusty and erratic winds expected near
                    thunderstorms.
Ventilation Trend...Good/63000 knot-ft by early evening and
                    poor/3000 knot-ft by late evening.

.FRIDAY...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy then becoming mostly cloudy.
                    Chance of rain showers and slight chance of
                    thunderstorms in the morning, then showers and
                    thunderstorms likely in the afternoon.
Chance of Pcpn......60 percent.
Max Temperature.....70-74.
Min Humidity........35-39 percent.
20 Foot Winds.......Light winds becoming west around 5 mph in the
                    afternoon. Gusty and erratic winds expected
                    near thunderstorms.
Mixing Height.......8500 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West 11 knots.
Max Vent Rate.......Good/88000 knot-ft at 1500 local.
Ventilation Trend...Fair/40781 knot-ft around mid morning and
                    good/88000 knot-ft by mid afternoon.

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Forecaster...24
Requested by...Destiny
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2520138.13/ABQ
.DELDT 09/04/25
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0