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Spot Forecast for SANDIA PILES RX...FOREST SERVICE
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
520 AM MST Wed Dec 10 2025

If conditions become unrepresentative, contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...
A weak backdoor cold front will move west onto the east slopes of
the Sandia Mountains after sunrise this morning. A brief period of
east to southeast winds is expected this morning before shifting
out of the south then southwest through the afternoon. Winds will
be light and terrain dominated again tonight with good humidity
recoveries. Northwest winds will trend stronger again Thursday with
gusts in the 20 to 25 mph range by mid afternoon. Ventilation will
be poor today and likely again tomorrow. However, there is potential
for fair ventilation Thursday if mixing heights trend better than
expected.

.TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny.
Chance of Pcpn......0 percent.
Max Temperature.....46-49.
Min Humidity........40-45 percent.
20 Foot Winds.......Variable winds less than 5 mph around sunrise
                    becoming southeast 6 to 10 mph after 8 am, then
                    south 8 to 12 mph by late morning. Winds will
                    relax in the afternoon while becoming southwest
                    around 5 mph.
Mixing Height.......2500 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West 8 knots.
Max Vent Rate.......Poor/20000 knot-ft at 1400 local.
Ventilation Trend...Poor/4437 knot-ft around mid morning and
                    poor/20000 knot-ft by mid afternoon.

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Clear.
Chance of Pcpn......0 percent.
Min Temperature.....29-33.
Max Humidity........71-75 percent.
20 Foot Winds.......Northwest winds around 5 mph.
Ventilation Trend...Poor/0 knot-ft by early evening and poor/0
                    knot-ft by late evening.

.THURSDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny.
Chance of Pcpn......0 percent.
Max Temperature.....49-53.
Min Humidity........38-43 percent.
20 Foot Winds.......Northwest winds around 5 mph in the morning
                    increasing to 9 to 14 mph in the afternoon.
                    Gusts up to 23 mph.
Mixing Height.......1500 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northwest 11 knots.
Max Vent Rate.......Poor/16500 knot-ft at 1400 local.
Ventilation Trend...Poor/3110 knot-ft around mid morning and
                    poor/16500 knot-ft by mid afternoon.

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Forecaster...42
Requested by...STEVEN DRAPER
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
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.DELDT 12/10/25
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