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FNUS74 KEPZ 201117
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SPOT FORECAST FOR LANGSTROTH FIRE...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM
517 AM MDT SAT JUN 20 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON FORECAST START TIME OF 0600 MDT ON JUNE 20.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.
DISCUSSION
DRY AND VERY WARM CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST INTO NEXT WEEK WITH SOME
BREEZINESS THIS WEEKEND. LIGHT SOUTHWEST WINDS THIS MORNING GIVE
WAY TO BREEZIER WINDS IN THE AFTERNOON TO 10 TO 15 MPH. SMOKE
TRANSPORT WILL BE TO THE EAST WITH DEEP MIXING. OTHER THAN A FEW
AFTERNOON CUMULUS DEVELOPING, CLEAR SKIES ARE EXPECTED. WINDS
SHIFT MORE NORTHWESTERLY THIS EVENING. SIMILAR CONDITIONS ARE
FORECAST FOR SUNDAY WITH LOWER HUMIDITY THAN TODAY. WINDS LOOK TO
BE A TICK STRONGER ON SUNDAY AND SLIGHTLY MORE WESTERLY. WARMER
TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED EARLY NEXT WEEK WITH MINIMAL RAIN
CHANCES UNTIL LATER IN THE WEEK. WINDS TREND LIGHTER AFTER SUNDAY.
TODAY
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (0-5 PERCENT).
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 79.
MIN HUMIDITY........16 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 6 TO 12 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......8700 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 8 TO 17 MPH INCREASING TO AROUND 18 MPH
LATE IN THE MORNING.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (4000 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING
INCREASING TO VERY GOOD (142200
KNOT-FT) IN THE AFTERNOON.
TIME (MDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........1 1 1 0 0 0 3 3 3 3 3 3
WEATHER COV.....NONENONENONENONENONENONENONENONENONENONENONENONE
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........NONENONENONENONENONENONENONENONENONENONENONENONE
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............53 53 66 71 73 75 76 78 78 79 78 79
RH..............35 36 26 22 22 21 22 21 20 18 17 17
20 FT WIND DIR..W W W SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
20 FT WIND SPD..6 6 6 8 8 8 12 12 12 12 12 12
20 FT WIND GUST.12 12 12 23 23 23 25 25 25 25 25 25
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.6 0.6 2.2 4.9 5.8 7.0 7.7 8.1 8.7 8.2 8.0 7.6
TRANSP WIND DIR.W W W W SW W W W W W W W
TRANSP WIND SPD.9 8 12 15 17 18 18 18 18 18 18 18
VRATE KT-FT/1K..5 4 22 63 88 112 123 130 140 131 128 122
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR GD GD VGD VGD VGD VGD VGD VGD VGD
TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR (0-10 PERCENT).
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 50.
MAX HUMIDITY........28 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 8 TO 11 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 26
MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......600 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 12 TO 20 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....VERY GOOD (111800 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE EVENING
DECREASING TO POOR (5500 KNOT-FT) IN THE
LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.
TIME (MDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........2 2 2 8 8 8 10 10 10 8 8 8
WEATHER COV.....NONENONENONENONENONENONENONENONENONENONENONENONE
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........NONENONENONENONENONENONENONENONENONENONENONENONE
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............77 77 73 68 63 61 58 57 57 56 55 54
RH..............17 16 17 20 22 23 24 24 23 23 24 25
20 FT WIND DIR..W W W W W W W W W W W W
20 FT WIND SPD..11 11 11 10 10 10 8 8 8 8 8 8
20 FT WIND GUST.26 26 26 24 24 24 20 20 20 21 21 21
MIX HGT (KFT)...7.0 6.4 2.5 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6
TRANSP WIND DIR.W W W W W W W W W W W W
TRANSP WIND SPD.18 20 18 15 14 14 14 13 13 13 13 12
VRATE KT-FT/1K..112 110 41 8 7 7 7 6 6 6 6 6
VENTRATE CAT....VGD VGD FR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
SUNDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (0-10 PERCENT).
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 80.
MIN HUMIDITY........10 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 8 TO 14 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 30
MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......8500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 12 TO 21 MPH INCREASING TO 20 TO 24 MPH
LATE IN THE MORNING.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (5700 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING
INCREASING TO
EXCELLENT (155200 KNOT-FT) IN THE AFTERNOON.
TIME (MDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........5 5 5 0 0 0 7 7 7 4 4 4
WEATHER COV.....NONENONENONENONENONENONENONENONENONENONENONENONE
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........NONENONENONENONENONENONENONENONENONENONENONENONE
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............53 52 65 71 73 75 76 78 79 80 80 80
RH..............26 28 21 17 17 15 14 13 12 11 11 10
20 FT WIND DIR..W W W W W W W W W W W W
20 FT WIND SPD..8 8 8 12 12 12 14 14 14 14 14 14
20 FT WIND GUST.21 21 21 30 30 30 30 30 30 29 29 29
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.6 0.6 2.4 4.5 5.7 6.6 7.2 8.5 8.2 7.8 8.0 7.9
TRANSP WIND DIR.W W W W W W W W W W W W
TRANSP WIND SPD.12 12 16 20 21 24 24 21 20 23 21 21
VRATE KT-FT/1K..6 6 33 77 102 139 152 154 140 155 144 142
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR GD VGD VGD EXL EXL VGD EXL VGD VGD
FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 5
MONDAY
MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS AROUND 50. HIGHS IN THE MID 80S. WEST WINDS
AROUND 9 MPH.
TUESDAY
MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE LOWER 50S. HIGHS IN THE MID 80S.
NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 8 MPH.
WEDNESDAY
MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE MID 50S. HIGHS IN THE MID 80S.
NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 7 MPH.
FORECASTER...ARONSON
REQUESTED BY...THEODEN JOHNSON
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2615847.0/EPZ
.DELDT 06/20/26
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0
.EMAIL THEODEN.M.JOHNSON@USDA.GOV
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