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SPOT FORECAST FOR RUIDOSO LOOKOUT PILE RX...US FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM
213 PM MST FRI FEB 6 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0800 MST ON FEBRUARY 10.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.
DISCUSSION
DRY AND WARM TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY, WITH TEMPERATURES RUNNING
AROUND 10 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. CHANCE OF SHOWERS LATE THURSDAY
AND FRIDAY, WITH BREEZY WINDS FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. SNOW LEVELS
REMAINING RELATIVELY HIGH, AROUND 8000 FT.
TUESDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (15-25 PERCENT).
CHANCE OF PCPN......10 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 65.
MIN HUMIDITY........24 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 7 TO 10 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......5600 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 15 TO 22 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (12300 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING
INCREASING TO VERY GOOD (102700 KNOT-FT) IN THE
AFTERNOON.
TIME (MST) 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM
SKY (%).........5 5 10 10 39
WEATHER COV.....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE
WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE
TSTM COV........NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE
CHC OF PCPN (%).10 10 10 10 10
TEMP............42 51 59 63 60
RH..............57 36 27 24 24
20 FT WIND......W 7 W 8 W 10 W 10 W 10
20 FT WIND GUST.10 12 17 19 17
MIX HGT (FT)....900 3700 5500 5300 3400
TRANSPORT WIND..W 15 W 20 W 22 W 20 W 16
VRATE KT-FT/1K..12 69 103 90 51
VENTRATE CAT....POOR GOOD VYGD GOOD FAIR
TUESDAY NIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (35-45 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
MOSTLY CLOUDY (50-60 PERCENT).
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 38.
MAX HUMIDITY........59 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 6 TO 8 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 12 TO 14 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (9500 KNOT-FT).
TIME (MST) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM
SKY (%).........36 36 46 54 54 55
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............52 47 45 42 41 39
RH..............32 40 43 48 50 54
20 FT WIND......SW 8 SW 8 SW 8 SW 7 SW 7 SW 6
20 FT WIND GUST.20 20 17 15 15 14
MIX HGT (FT)....1800 1100 1100 1100 1100 1100
TRANSPORT WIND..W 14 SW 12 SW 12 SW 12 SW 12 SW 13
VRATE KT-FT/1K..20 11 10 11 11 12
VENTRATE CAT....POOR POOR POOR POOR POOR POOR
WEDNESDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY (45-55 PERCENT).
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 62.
MIN HUMIDITY........22 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 6 TO 9 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......5100 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 10 TO 18 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (9000 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING
INCREASING TO GOOD (77500 KNOT-FT) IN THE
AFTERNOON.
TIME (MST) 6 AM 9 AM NOON 3 PM
SKY (%).........51 50 51 52
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............38 48 59 62
RH..............57 40 26 22
20 FT WIND......SW 6G13 SW 7G17 SW 9G21 SW 9G21
MIX HGT (FT)....1100 2400 4900 4000
TRANSPORT WIND..SW 12 W 13 W 18 W 16
VRATE KT-FT/1K..10 29 74 57
VENTRATE CAT....POOR POOR GOOD FAIR
FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 5
THURSDAY
PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE UPPER 30S. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 60S.
SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 7 MPH.
FRIDAY
PARTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND SNOW SHOWERS. LOWS IN THE
MID 30S. HIGHS IN THE MID 50S. SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 15 MPH.
SATURDAY
LOWS IN THE LOWER 30S. HIGHS IN THE MID 50S. WEST WINDS AROUND
13 MPH.
FORECASTER...HEFNER
REQUESTED BY...JON CRANE
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2601935.0/EPZ
.DELDT 02/06/26
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0
.EMAIL JONATHAN.CRANE@USDA.GOV
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