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Spot Forecast for Sarca...Forest Service
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
1058 PM MDT Wed Jul 15 2026

If conditions become unrepresentative, contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...
There will be a high chance of thunderstorms for each of Thursday
and Friday. There will be the potential for lightning in the area of
the incident with gusty outflow winds. Thunderstorm winds will be
erratic and gusty. Otherwise winds will be rather light along with
high relative humidities. Humidity levels will recover well
overnight. Given low mixing heights and light transport winds, vent
rates will be poor.

.THURSDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny then becoming mostly cloudy. Rain
                    showers with thunderstorms likely in the
                    afternoon.
Chance of Pcpn......80 percent.
Max Temperature.....77-81.
Min Humidity........36-40 percent.
20 Foot Winds.......Light winds. Gusty and erratic winds expected
                    near thunderstorms in the afternoon.
Mixing Height.......9000 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South 4 knots.
Max Vent Rate.......Poor/36000 knot-ft at 1200 local.
Ventilation Trend...Poor/30815 knot-ft around mid morning and
                    poor/18000 knot-ft by mid afternoon.

.THURSDAY NIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy. Rain showers likely and chance
                    of thunderstorms in the evening.
Chance of Pcpn......60 percent.
Min Temperature.....55-59.
Max Humidity........74-78 percent.
20 Foot Winds.......Light winds. Gusty and erratic winds expected
                    near thunderstorms in the evening.
Ventilation Trend...Poor/12000 knot-ft by early evening and
                    poor/1500 knot-ft by late evening.

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Forecaster...39
Requested by...Leyba
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2617454.0/ABQ
.DELDT 07/15/26
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0