829
FNUS74 KEPZ 241610
FWSEPZ
SPOT FORECAST FOR RATTLESNAKE RX...NMSDC
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM
1010 AM MDT TUE MAR 24 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 MDT ON MARCH 24.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.
DISCUSSION
VERY DRY CONDITIONS CONTINUE THROUGH THE WEEK. SINGLE DIGIT
CRITICAL MIN RHS WILL BE SEEN THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY.
LIGHT AFTERNOON BREEZES OUT OF THE SOUTHWEST WILL BE SEEN EARLY
IN THE AFTERNOON SLOWLY SHIFTING WESTERLY THROUGH THE LATE
EVENING HOURS BECOMING SLIGHTLY BREEZIER. WINDS BECOME LIGHT AND SHIFT
NORTHWESTERLY TONIGHT BUT WILL BECOME SOUTHWESTERLY TOMORROW AFTERNOON
WITH LIGHT AFTERNOON BREEZINESS. THURSDAY WILL BE BREEZIER THAN THE
PREVIOUS TWO DAYS WITH WINDS OUT OF THE NORTHWEST. TODAY AND TOMORROWS
MAXIMUM VENTILATION RATES WILL BE GOOD TO VERY GOOD BECOMING EXCELLENT
THURSDAY.
REST OF TODAY
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (0-10 PERCENT).
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 90.
MIN HUMIDITY........5 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTHWEST 7 TO 10 MPH IN
THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......9100 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHEAST AROUND 6 MPH SHIFTING TO THE WEST 6
TO 10 MPH LATE IN THE MORNING, THEN INCREASING
TO 13 TO 15 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR THIS MORNING INCREASING TO GOOD (99300 KNOT-FT)
IN THE AFTERNOON INCREASING TO VERY GOOD
(111200 KNOT-FT) LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
TIME (MDT) 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM
SKY (%).........1 3 3 5
WEATHER COV.....NONE NONE NONE NONE
WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE
TSTM COV........NONE NONE NONE NONE
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0
TEMP............75 81 87 90
RH..............14 10 6 5
20 FT WIND......W 4 SW 7 SW 7 W 10
20 FT WIND GUST.8 14 14 21
MIX HGT (FT)....1500 4600 7800 9100
TRANSPORT WIND..NE 6 W 7 W 10 W 14
VRATE KT-FT/1K..7 28 71 104
VENTRATE CAT....POOR POOR GOOD VYGD
TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR (0-10 PERCENT).
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 60.
MAX HUMIDITY........23 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 7 TO 12 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......600 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 12 TO 20 MPH DECREASING TO 8 TO 9 MPH
AFTER 3 AM.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....VERY GOOD (103200 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE EVENING
DECREASING TO POOR (8400 KNOT-FT) LATE IN THE
NIGHT DECREASING TO POOR (1700 KNOT-FT) IN THE
LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.
TIME (MDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM
SKY (%).........4 4 3 4 4 3
WEATHER COV.....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE
WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE
TSTM COV........NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............86 76 71 67 65 62
RH..............6 9 11 14 16 20
20 FT WIND......W 12 W 12 NW 11 NW 9 NW 9 NW 7
20 FT WIND GUST.21 21 18 15 15 12
MIX HGT (FT)....7400 600 600 600 600 600
TRANSPORT WIND..W 16 W 16 NW 20 NW 20 NW 16 NW 9
VRATE KT-FT/1K..103 38 2 10 8 5
VENTRATE CAT....VYGD POOR POOR POOR POOR POOR
WEDNESDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (0-10 PERCENT).
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 93.
MIN HUMIDITY........8 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTH WINDS AROUND 5 MPH SHIFTING TO THE EAST
AROUND 6 MPH EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON, THEN
SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST AROUND 9 MPH LATE IN
THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......9500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTH 7 TO 10 MPH SHIFTING TO THE EAST 7 TO 9
MPH LATE IN THE MORNING, THEN SHIFTING TO THE
SOUTH 7 TO 8 MPH EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON
SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST 10 TO 13 MPH LATE IN
THE AFTERNOON.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (2300 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING
INCREASING TO GOOD (99100 KNOT-FT) IN THE
AFTERNOON.
TIME (MDT) 6 AM 9 AM NOON 3 PM
SKY (%).........5 3 2 3
WEATHER COV.....NONE NONE NONE NONE
WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE
TSTM COV........NONE NONE NONE NONE
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0
TEMP............60 70 85 92
RH..............22 18 12 8
20 FT WIND......N 5G8 NE 5G8 E 6G12 SW 9G16
MIX HGT (FT)....600 600 5300 9500
TRANSPORT WIND..N 7 N 8 E 7 SW 10
VRATE KT-FT/1K..4 4 25 75
VENTRATE CAT....POOR POOR POOR GOOD
FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 5
THURSDAY
CLEAR. LOWS IN THE UPPER 50S. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 90S. WEST WINDS
AROUND 9 MPH.
FRIDAY
CLEAR. LOWS IN THE UPPER 50S. HIGHS IN THE MID 80S. NORTH WINDS
AROUND 14 MPH.
SATURDAY
PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE UPPER 40S. HIGHS IN THE MID 70S.
SOUTHEAST WINDS AROUND 11 MPH.
FORECASTER...SLUSHER
REQUESTED BY...CLARISSA LOWRY
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2607601.0/EPZ
.DELDT 03/24/26
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0
.EMAIL NMSDC@FIRENET.GOV
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