Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS Albuquerque, NM
Issued by NWS Albuquerque, NM
341 FNUS75 KABQ 060356 FWSABQ Spot Forecast for EL MACHO...NM-SFC National Weather Service Albuquerque NM 956 PM MDT Wed Jun 5 2024 If conditions become unrepresentative, contact the National Weather Service. .DISCUSSION... Clear skies with light winds tonight. A backdoor front will bank up against the east slopes of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains tonight increasing moisture enough for a slight chance of gusty virga showers and dry thunderstorms Thursday afternoon until sunset. Models depict a gusty and moist backdoor front pushing through the burn area from 7-10 PM Thursday evening with the potential for southeasterly wind gusts up to 15 mph. Scattered showers and thunderstorms are then forecast on Friday and Saturday with a better chance of wetting showers and thunderstorms. .REST OF TONIGHT... Sky/weather.........Clear. Chance of Pcpn......0 percent. Min Temperature.....56-60. Max Humidity........29-33 percent. 20 Foot Winds.......Light winds. Ventilation Trend...Very good/110000 knot-ft by early evening and poor/2000 knot-ft by late evening. .THURSDAY... Sky/weather.........Sunny in the morning. Partly cloudy in the afternoon with a slight chance of virga showers and dry thunderstorms. Storm motion will be toward the east and northeast around 10-15 mph. Chance of Pcpn......10 percent. Max Temperature.....84-88. Min Humidity........10-14 percent. 20 Foot Winds.......Northeast winds up to 5 mph shifting to the south around 6 mph around mid morning. Localized, brief, and erratic wind gusts up to 50 mph near virga showers and dry thunderstorms in the afternoon. Mixing Height.......15000 ft AGL. Transport winds.....Southwest 10 knots. Max Vent Rate.......Excellent/150000 knot-ft at 1500 local. Ventilation Trend...Fair/51143 knot-ft around mid morning and excellent/150000 knot-ft by mid afternoon. .THURSDAY NIGHT... Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy with a slight chance of virga showers and dry thunderstorms in the early evening. Becoming mostly clear by late evening. Storm motion will be toward the east and northeast around 10-15 mph. Chance of Pcpn......10 percent. Min Temperature.....57-61. Max Humidity........43-47 percent. 20 Foot Winds.......Southeast winds 5 mph. Occasional wind gusts up to 15 mph possible from 7-10 PM MDT. Localized, brief, and erratic wind gusts up to 50 mph near virga showers and dry thunderstorms in the early evening. Ventilation Trend...Very good/108000 knot-ft by early evening and poor/0 knot-ft by late evening. .FRIDAY... Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny then becoming partly cloudy. Chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Storm motion will be toward the east northeast around 15-30 mph. Chance of Pcpn......30 percent. Max Temperature.....85-89. Min Humidity........13-17 percent. 20 Foot Winds.......Southwest winds around 6 mph. Gusty and erratic winds expected near thunderstorms in the afternoon. Mixing Height.......16000 ft AGL. Transport winds.....Southwest 17 knots. Max Vent Rate.......Excellent/232336 knot-ft at 1400 local. Ventilation Trend...Very good/138483 knot-ft around mid morning and excellent/231356 knot-ft by mid afternoon. $$ For more information and situational awareness graphics, please visit: https://www.weather.gov/abq/forecasts-fireweather-dss Forecaster...44 Requested by...K. LIGHTFOOT Type of request...WILDFIRE .TAG 2415681.0/ABQ .DELDT 06/05/24 .FormatterVersion 2.0.0