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249 FNUS74 KEPZ 220008 FWSEPZ Spot Forecast for RX Feely Piles...USFS National Weather Service El Paso Tx/Santa Teresa NM 508 PM MST Thu Nov 21 2024 Forecast is based on ignition time of 1800 MST on November 21. If conditions become unrepresentative, contact the National Weather Service. .DISCUSSION... High pressure aloft will allow for winds to remain light and variable in and around the burn site. Expect winds to be influenced by the terrain, with downslope winds overnight becoming upslope by the late morning. Dry conditions will prevail with minimum RH hovering above critical thresholds. Similar conditions are expected on Saturday, with a slight increase in winds. Ventilation will be poor tomorrow, increasing to fair to good on Saturday and Sunday. .TONIGHT... Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (20-30 percent) then becoming clear (0-10 percent). Chance of pcpn......0 percent. LAL.................1. Min temperature.....Around 38. Max humidity........43 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming southeast 5 to 6 mph in the late evening and overnight. Mixing height.......400 ft AGL. Transport winds.....East 7 to 8 mph. Smoke dispersal.....Poor (2600 knot-ft). Haines Index........5 or moderate potential for large plume dominated fire growth. TIME (MST) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM Sky (%).........26 26 3 3 3 5 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 LAL.............1 1 1 1 1 1 Temp............51 46 43 41 40 39 RH..............27 31 32 33 33 31 20 ft wind......SE 4 SE 4 SE 5 SE 6 SE 6 E 5 20 ft wind gust.10 10 10 10 10 10 Mix hgt (ft)....400 400 400 400 400 400 Transport wind..SE 7 SE 7 E 8 E 8 E 7 E 7 Haines index....5 5 5 5 5 5 Vrate kt-ft/1K..3 3 3 3 3 3 Ventrate Cat....POOR POOR POOR POOR POOR POOR .FRIDAY... Sky/weather.........Sunny (15-25 percent). Chance of pcpn......0 percent. LAL.................1. Max temperature.....Around 67. Min humidity........19 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Southeast winds around 5 mph shifting to the south early in the afternoon, then becoming light late in the afternoon. Mixing height.......2800 ft AGL. Transport winds.....East around 8 mph shifting to the southwest 7 to 8 mph in the late morning and afternoon. Smoke dispersal.....Poor (3500 knot-ft). Haines Index........5 or moderate potential for large plume dominated fire growth. TIME (MST) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM Sky (%).........25 25 27 15 15 9 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 LAL.............1 1 1 1 1 1 Temp............38 43 56 64 66 64 RH..............29 27 19 14 14 16 20 ft wind......SE 5 SE 5 SE 5 S 5 S 5 SW 3 20 ft wind gust.10 10 9 13 13 12 Mix hgt (ft)....400 400 2600 2600 2800 2800 Transport wind..E 8 E 8 S 7 S 7 SW 8 SW 8 Haines index....5 5 5 5 5 5 Vrate kt-ft/1K..4 4 19 19 20 20 Ventrate Cat....POOR POOR POOR POOR POOR POOR .FRIDAY NIGHT... Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (0-10 percent). Chance of pcpn......0 percent. LAL.................1. Min temperature.....Around 39. Max humidity........42 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming northeast around 5 mph late in the evening, then becoming light overnight. Mixing height.......400 ft AGL. Transport winds.....Southeast around 5 mph shifting to the northeast around 6 mph in the late evening and overnight. Smoke dispersal.....Poor (1500 knot-ft). Haines Index........4 to 5 or low to moderate potential for large plume dominated fire growth. TIME (MST) 6 PM 10 PM 2 AM Sky (%).........9 6 3 Weather cov.....NONE NONE NONE Weather type....NONE NONE NONE Tstm cov........NONE NONE NONE Chc of pcpn (%).0 0 0 LAL.............1 1 1 Temp............52 45 41 RH..............26 29 31 20 FT wind......E 3G8 NE 5G8 NE 4G8 Mix hgt (ft)....400 400 400 Transport wind..SE 5 NE 6 NE 6 Haines index....5 5 4 Vrate kt-ft/1K..2 2 2 Ventrate Cat....POOR POOR POOR $$ Forecaster...BREITREITER Requested by...Chris Powers Type of request...PRESCRIBED .TAG 2426867.2/EPZ .DELDT 11/21/24 .FormatterVersion 2.0.0 .EMAIL ty.oliver@usda.gov,daniel.london@usda.gov,nmsdc@firenet.gov