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Spot Forecast for Laguna Fire...USDA Forest Service
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
821 PM MDT Tue Aug 19 2025

If conditions become unrepresentative, contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...
Storms across the burn area have ended for the evening. Quiet
conditons are expected overnight with good humidity recoveries.
Showers and thunderstorms are expected both Wednesday and Thursday
afternoons. Storms will form on the higher terrain and move toward
the southwest. These storms will be hit or miss, but if the area
takes a direct hit, wetting precipitation will be possible.
Additionally, storms will have gusty and erratic outflows, with peak
winds as high as 35 mph. High temperatures will also soar with the
upper high overhead. High temperatures on Wednesday will be up to 6
degrees above normal, and on Thursday, up to 10 degrees above normal.


.REST OF TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy.
Chance of Pcpn......0 percent.
Min Temperature.....55-58.
Max Humidity........66-71 percent above 7000 feet and 72-77 percent
                    below 7000 feet.
20 Foot Winds.......Southeast winds 4 to 6 mph.
Ventilation Trend...Poor/0 knot-ft by late evening.

.WEDNESDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny then becoming mostly cloudy.
                    Chance of showers and thunderstorms in the
                    afternoon.
Chance of Pcpn......40 percent.
Max Temperature.....80-85 above 7000 feet and 85-91 below 7000 feet.
Min Humidity........19-25 percent.
20 Foot Winds.......Light winds, generally from the east or
                    southeast. Gusty and erratic winds expected
                    near thunderstorms in the afternoon.
Mixing Height.......10900 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northeast 4 knots.
Max Vent Rate.......Fair/42000 knot-ft at 1300 local.
Ventilation Trend...Poor/29571 knot-ft around mid morning and
                    poor/29000 knot-ft by mid afternoon.

.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy. Slight chance of showers and
                    thunderstorms in the evening.
Chance of Pcpn......20 percent.
Min Temperature.....57-61.
Max Humidity........61-65 percent.
20 Foot Winds.......Southeast winds around 5 mph. Gusty and erratic
                    winds expected near thunderstorms in the
                    evening.
Ventilation Trend...Poor/17667 knot-ft by early evening and poor/0
                    knot-ft by late evening.

.THURSDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny then becoming partly cloudy.
                    Chance of showers and thunderstorms in the
                    afternoon.
Chance of Pcpn......30 percent.
Max Temperature.....82-87 above 7000 feet and 88-94 below 7000 feet.
Min Humidity........16-21 percent.
20 Foot Winds.......Light winds. Gusty and erratic winds expected
                    near thunderstorms in the afternoon.
Mixing Height.......13000 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southeast 10 knots.
Max Vent Rate.......Good/92326 knot-ft at 1300 local.
Ventilation Trend...Fair/42219 knot-ft around mid morning and
                    good/82395 knot-ft by mid afternoon.

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Forecaster...34
Requested by...ICT5 Medina
Type of request...WILDFIRE
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.DELDT 08/19/25
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