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SXUS44 KMAF 191859  
RECMAF  
 
RECREATIONAL FORECASTS FOR WEST TEXAS/SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX  
1259 PM CST SUN JAN 19 2025  
 
RECREATIONAL FORECAST TEXT REPRESENTS AN AVERAGE OF CONDITIONS  
OVER THE ENTIRE PARK.  
 
SPOT TEMPERATURES AND PROBABILITIES OF MEASURABLE PRECIPITATION ARE  
FOR TODAY, TONIGHT, AND MARTIN LUTHER KING JR DAY.  
 
TXZ279-280-282-192200-  
BIG BEND NATIONAL PARK-  
1259 PM CST SUN JAN 19 2025  
 
...EXTREME COLD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY  
MORNING...  
   
TODAY
 
SUNNY. MUCH COLDER. HIGHS IN THE MID 30S IN THE MOUNTAINS  
TO THE UPPER 40S ALONG THE RIO GRANDE. NORTHEAST WINDS 15 TO 20 MPH  
WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 40 MPH DECREASING TO AROUND 10 MPH IN THE  
AFTERNOON.    
TONIGHT
 
CLEAR. LOWS 21 TO 26. IN THE MOUNTAINS, SOUTHEAST WINDS  
10 TO 15 MPH. ALONG THE RIO GRANDE, NORTHEAST WINDS AROUND 10 MPH IN  
THE EVENING BECOMING LIGHT AND VARIABLE.    
MARTIN LUTHER KING JR DAY
 
SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 40S IN THE  
MOUNTAINS TO THE UPPER 50S ALONG THE RIO GRANDE. IN THE MOUNTAINS,  
SOUTH WINDS AROUND 10 MPH SHIFTING TO THE EAST IN THE AFTERNOON.  
ALONG THE RIO GRANDE, LIGHT AND VARIABLE WINDS BECOMING NORTHEAST  
10 TO 15 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.    
MONDAY NIGHT
 
PARTLY CLOUDY. SCATTERED FLURRIES AND SLIGHT CHANCE  
OF LIGHT FREEZING RAIN AFTER MIDNIGHT. WINDY. LOWS IN THE LOWER 20S.  
NORTHEAST WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH IN THE MOUNTAINS...NORTHEAST 25 TO  
35 MPH ALONG THE RIO GRANDE. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 20 PERCENT.    
TUESDAY
 
PARTLY CLOUDY IN THE MORNING THEN CLEARING. WINDY,  
COLDER. CHANCE OF FLURRIES IN THE MORNING. HIGHS IN THE MID 20S IN  
THE MOUNTAINS TO THE MID 40S ALONG THE RIO GRANDE. NORTHEAST WINDS  
20 TO 30 MPH DECREASING TO 10 TO 15 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.    
TUESDAY NIGHT
 
MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS 19 TO 24.    
WEDNESDAY
 
PARTLY CLOUDY. NOT AS COOL. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 40S IN  
THE MOUNTAINS TO THE UPPER 50S ALONG THE RIO GRANDE.    
WEDNESDAY NIGHT
 
PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS 26 TO 31.    
THURSDAY
 
MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 40S IN THE MOUNTAINS TO  
THE UPPER 50S ALONG THE RIO GRANDE.    
THURSDAY NIGHT
 
MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS 26 TO 31.    
FRIDAY
 
SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 40S IN THE MOUNTAINS TO THE MID  
60S ALONG THE RIO GRANDE.    
FRIDAY NIGHT
 
MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS 35 TO 40.    
SATURDAY
 
SUNNY, WARMER. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 60S IN THE MOUNTAINS  
TO THE UPPER 70S ALONG THE RIO GRANDE.  
 

 
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION  
 
VISITORS CENTER 41 23 49 /  
CASTOLON 48 27 58 /  
CHISOS BASIN 37 26 46 /  
PERSIMMON GAP 39 22 46 /  
RIO GRANDE VILLAGE 49 20 58 /  
 

 
 
NMZ027-028-192200-  
CARLSBAD CAVERNS NATIONAL PARK-  
1159 AM MST SUN JAN 19 2025  
 
...EXTREME COLD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH  
TUESDAY MORNING...  
...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE  
MONDAY NIGHT...  
   
TODAY
 
PARTLY CLOUDY IN THE MORNING THEN CLEARING. MUCH COLDER.  
HIGHS IN THE LOWER 30S. SOUTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH.    
TONIGHT
 
MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS AROUND 20. SOUTH WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH.    
MARTIN LUTHER KING JR DAY
 
SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE MID 30S. EAST WINDS  
AROUND 10 MPH INCREASING TO NORTHEAST 15 TO 25 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.   
MONDAY NIGHT
 
INCREASING CLOUDS. VERY WINDY. SCATTERED FLURRIES  
AFTER MIDNIGHT. LOWS AROUND 17. NORTHEAST WINDS 35 TO 45 MPH WITH  
GUSTS TO AROUND 65 MPH.    
TUESDAY
 
SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE MID 30S. NORTHEAST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH  
BECOMING SOUTH AROUND 10 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.    
TUESDAY NIGHT
 
MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE MID 20S.    
WEDNESDAY
 
PARTLY CLOUDY. NOT AS COOL. HIGHS IN THE MID 50S.    
WEDNESDAY NIGHT
 
PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE UPPER 20S.    
THURSDAY
 
SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE MID 40S.    
THURSDAY NIGHT
 
MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS AROUND 30.    
FRIDAY
 
MOSTLY SUNNY. NOT AS COOL. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 50S.    
FRIDAY NIGHT
 
PARTLY CLOUDY. NOT AS COOL. LOWS IN THE LOWER 40S.    
SATURDAY
 
MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 60S.  
 

 
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION  
 
VISITORS CENTER 33 21 34 /  
 

 
 
TXZ277-192200-  
FORT DAVIS NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE-  
1259 PM CST SUN JAN 19 2025  
 
...EXTREME COLD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY  
MORNING...  
   
TODAY
 
MOSTLY CLOUDY IN THE MORNING THEN CLEARING. COLDER. HIGHS  
AROUND 40. NORTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHEAST IN  
THE AFTERNOON.    
TONIGHT
 
CLEAR. LOWS AROUND 20. SOUTH WINDS AROUND 10 MPH IN THE  
EVENING BECOMING LIGHT AND VARIABLE.    
MARTIN LUTHER KING JR DAY
 
SUNNY. NOT AS COOL. HIGHS IN THE LOWER  
50S. SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 10 MPH SHIFTING TO THE EAST IN THE  
AFTERNOON.    
MONDAY NIGHT
 
MOSTLY CLEAR. COLDER. SCATTERED FLURRIES AFTER  
MIDNIGHT. LOWS AROUND 9. NORTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH.    
TUESDAY
 
SUNNY, COLDER. HIGHS IN THE MID 30S. NORTHEAST WINDS  
10 TO 15 MPH.    
TUESDAY NIGHT
 
MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS AROUND 17.    
WEDNESDAY
 
PARTLY CLOUDY. NOT AS COOL. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 50S.    
WEDNESDAY NIGHT
 
PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS AROUND 20.    
THURSDAY
 
SUNNY. HIGHS AROUND 50.    
THURSDAY NIGHT
 
MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE LOWER 20S.    
FRIDAY
 
SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 50S.    
FRIDAY NIGHT
 
MOSTLY CLEAR. NOT AS COLD. LOWS IN THE MID 30S.    
SATURDAY
 
SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 60S.  
 

 
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION  
 
VISITORS CENTER 40 19 52 /  
 

 
 
TXZ270-271-192200-  
GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK-  
1159 AM MST SUN JAN 19 2025  
 
...EXTREME COLD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH  
TUESDAY MORNING...  
...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE  
MONDAY NIGHT...  
   
TODAY
 
SUNNY, COLDER. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 20S NEAR THE MOUNTAIN  
PEAKS TO THE UPPER 30S BELOW 5000 FEET. NORTHEAST WINDS 20 TO 25 MPH  
SHIFTING TO THE SOUTH 15 TO 25 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.    
TONIGHT
 
MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE LOWER 20S. SOUTH WINDS 10 TO  
15 MPH.    
MARTIN LUTHER KING JR DAY
 
SUNNY, WINDY. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 30S  
NEAR THE MOUNTAIN PEAKS TO THE LOWER 40S BELOW 5000 FEET. SOUTHWEST  
WINDS AROUND 10 MPH INCREASING TO NORTHEAST 20 TO 30 MPH IN THE  
AFTERNOON.    
MONDAY NIGHT
 
INCREASING CLOUDS. STRONG WINDS. COLDER. LOWS 9 TO  
16. NORTHEAST WINDS 35 TO 55 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 75 MPH.    
TUESDAY
 
SUNNY, WINDY. HIGHS IN THE MID 20S NEAR THE MOUNTAIN  
PEAKS TO THE MID 30S BELOW 5000 FEET. EAST WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH  
BECOMING SOUTHWEST AROUND 10 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.    
TUESDAY NIGHT
 
MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS 18 TO 23.    
WEDNESDAY
 
MOSTLY SUNNY. NOT AS COLD. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 40S NEAR  
THE MOUNTAIN PEAKS TO THE UPPER 40S BELOW 5000 FEET.    
WEDNESDAY NIGHT
 
PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE MID 20S.    
THURSDAY
 
SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 30S NEAR THE MOUNTAIN PEAKS TO  
THE MID 40S BELOW 5000 FEET.    
THURSDAY NIGHT
 
MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS 24 TO 29.    
FRIDAY
 
MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE MID 40S NEAR THE MOUNTAIN PEAKS  
TO THE MID 50S BELOW 5000 FEET.    
FRIDAY NIGHT
 
PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE MID 30S.    
SATURDAY
 
SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 50S NEAR THE MOUNTAIN PEAKS TO  
THE LOWER 60S BELOW 5000 FEET.  
 

 
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION  
 
VISITORS CENTER 33 20 35 / 10  
DOG CANYON 31 22 37 /  
MCKITTRICK CANYON 33 22 36 /  
 

 
 
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