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FXUS64 KEPZ 280441
AFDEPZ
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM
941 PM MST TUE JAN 27 2026
..NEW AVIATION
KEY MESSAGES
UPDATED AT 909 PM MST TUE JAN 27 2026
- DRY CONDITIONS, SEASONALLY COOL TEMPERATURES, AND LIGHT WINDS
TO PERSIST THROUGH THE WEEK AHEAD.
DISCUSSION
ISSUED AT 902 PM MST TUE JAN 27 2026
FREEZING FOG HAS BECOME AN ISSUE THE LAST COUPLE DAYS MOSTLY IN
HUDSPETH COUNTY. MODELS CONTINUE TO SUGGEST A BIT OF PATCHY FOG
POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT TONIGHT FOR THIS AREA BUT NOT EXPECTED TO BE AS
BAD AS WHAT WE SAW THE PAST COUPLE DAYS.
A VERY QUIET WEATHER PATTERN WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE WEEK AHEAD.
CONTINUED DRY CONDITIONS, LIGHT WINDS AND A GENERAL UPWARD TREND
IN TEMPERATURES. THERE WILL BE SOME SLIGHT COOLING FRIDAY BUT
OTHERWISE AN UPWARD TREND.
AVIATION
(06Z TAFS)
ISSUED AT 909 PM MST TUE JAN 27 2026
VFR CONDITIONS TO PERSIST THROUGH THE TAF PERIOD WITH INCREASING
HIGH CLOUDS, DRY CONDITIONS, AND LIGHT WINDS AOB 10KT.
FIRE WEATHER
ISSUED AT 1203 PM MST TUE JAN 27 2026
FIRE WEATHER CONCERNS WILL BE LOW THROUGH THE PERIOD, WITH
TEMPERATURES NEAR NORMAL IN SW NEW MEXICO, AND A FEW DEGREES BELOW
NORMAL EAST OF THE RIO GRANDE. RECENT PRECIPITATION, AND SNOW
COVER IN THE SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS, WILL PROMOTE HIGHER HUMIDITY
LEVELS. LIGHT WINDS WILL PREVAIL.
WITH PILE BURN PROJECTS, THE MAIN CONCERN WILL BE VENT RATES.
THESE WILL BE QUITE LIMITED (MOSTLY 'POOR') ACROSS THE AREA THE
NEXT FEW DAYS, WITH SOME IMPROVEMENT IN THE GILA ON THURSDAY. AN
EASTERLY PUSH ON SATURDAY WILL IMPROVE CONDITIONS IN THE SOUTHERN
NEW MEXICO LOWLANDS, WITH WORSE CONDITIONS FURTHER NORTH.
PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS
EL PASO 30 57 33 59 / 0 0 0 0
SIERRA BLANCA 24 50 31 50 / 0 0 0 0
LAS CRUCES 26 54 30 57 / 0 0 0 0
ALAMOGORDO 22 51 26 54 / 0 0 0 0
CLOUDCROFT 20 39 24 39 / 0 0 0 0
TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES 29 56 33 58 / 0 0 0 0
SILVER CITY 29 54 32 58 / 0 0 0 0
DEMING 29 58 31 61 / 0 0 0 0
LORDSBURG 28 57 29 59 / 0 0 0 0
WEST EL PASO METRO 33 55 35 58 / 0 0 0 0
DELL CITY 16 47 20 50 / 0 0 0 0
FORT HANCOCK 26 59 31 59 / 0 0 0 0
LOMA LINDA 28 48 33 48 / 0 0 0 0
FABENS 26 58 30 59 / 0 0 0 0
SANTA TERESA 27 55 31 58 / 0 0 0 0
WHITE SANDS HQ 31 53 33 56 / 0 0 0 0
JORNADA RANGE 22 55 24 58 / 0 0 0 0
HATCH 24 59 27 61 / 0 0 0 0
COLUMBUS 30 57 33 60 / 0 0 0 0
OROGRANDE 21 49 24 51 / 0 0 0 0
MAYHILL 22 52 28 50 / 0 0 0 0
MESCALERO 21 48 24 49 / 0 0 0 0
TIMBERON 24 44 26 47 / 0 0 0 0
WINSTON 23 53 26 55 / 0 0 0 0
HILLSBORO 30 57 33 58 / 0 0 0 0
SPACEPORT 22 54 25 57 / 0 0 0 0
LAKE ROBERTS 27 55 29 58 / 0 0 0 0
HURLEY 27 55 30 59 / 0 0 0 0
CLIFF 26 61 28 63 / 0 0 0 0
MULE CREEK 29 58 30 60 / 0 0 0 0
FAYWOOD 31 54 33 58 / 0 0 0 0
ANIMAS 27 58 32 60 / 0 0 0 0
HACHITA 26 55 29 59 / 0 0 0 0
ANTELOPE WELLS 29 57 35 62 / 0 0 0 0
CLOVERDALE 35 56 40 59 / 0 0 0 0
EPZ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
TX...NONE.
NM...NONE.
FORECASTER...37-SLUSHER
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