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Spot Forecast for Potsticker...New Mexico State Forestry
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
830 AM MDT Wed Aug 19 2026

If conditions become unrepresentative, contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...
A backdoor cold front that moved through the area early this morning
brought a northeast wind shift with rising humidity. The front will
serve as a trigger for showers and thunderstorms this afternoon.
Storms will develop over the high terrain around 1pm then move to the
southeast over the burn area by 3pm. Outflow winds will be strong with
any of this activity. A direct hit will produce wetting rainfall with
even some heavy rainfall possible. Showers will continue through this
evening. Overnight humidity recovery will be higher than shown in the
forecast if wetting rainfall hits the burn area. Another round of
showers and thunderstorms will develop over the high terrain Thursday
but steering flow may take activity more to the west of the area
with gusty outflow winds still likely.

.TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy. Showers and thunderstorms likely
                    in the afternoon.
Chance of Pcpn......70 percent.
Max Temperature.....86-89.
Min Humidity........22-25 percent.
20 Foot Winds.......Northeast winds 6 to 10 mph in the morning
                    becoming southeast 5 to 8 mph in the afternoon.
                    Gusty and erratic winds expected near
                    thunderstorms in the afternoon.
Mixing Height.......13000 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest 7 knots.
Max Vent Rate.......Fair/52000 knot-ft at 1200 local.
Ventilation Trend...Fair/46420 knot-ft around mid morning and
                    poor/39425 knot-ft by mid afternoon.

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy. Showers and thunderstorms likely
                    in the evening. Partial clearing overnight.
Chance of Pcpn......60 percent.
Min Temperature.....63-68.
Max Humidity........63-67 percent.
20 Foot Winds.......Northeast winds 5 to 8 mph becoming variable
                    and terrain dominated less than 5 mph overnight.
                    Gusty and erratic winds expected near
                    thunderstorms in the evening.
Ventilation Trend...Fair/45500 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......50 percent.
Max Temperature.....84-88.
Min Humidity........25-30 percent.
20 Foot Winds.......Variable winds less than 5 mph shifting to the
                    southeast 5 to 8 mph in the afternoon. Gusty
                    and erratic winds expected near thunderstorms
                    in the afternoon.
Mixing Height.......10000 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....North 7 knots.
Max Vent Rate.......Fair/40000 knot-ft at 1500 local.
Ventilation Trend...Poor/8046 knot-ft around mid morning and
                    fair/40000 knot-ft by mid afternoon.

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Forecaster...42
Requested by...Santa Fe Dispatch
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2620007.0/ABQ
.DELDT 08/19/26
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