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Spot Forecast for Cottonwood Canyon...USFS
National Weather Service El Paso Tx/Santa Teresa NM
147 PM MST Sun Feb 9 2025

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 1400 MST on February 09.
If conditions become unrepresentative, contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...
Southwest afternoon breezes will become southeasterly then
easterly over the next few hours due to a slow moving boundary which
will flush in some surface level moisture tonight. Wind speeds will
be on the downtrend tonight becoming calm late this evening. Winds
increase tomorrow afternoon becoming very breezy with winds
shifting southwesterly by the evening. Near critical min RHs expected
tomorrow, increasing slightly Tuesday. Tuesday will be the windiest
day of the period.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (30-40 percent).
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 70.
Min humidity........10 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........West winds around 9 mph shifting to the south
                    around 8 mph late in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......4000 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South around 13 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Fair (51900 knot-ft).

TIME (MST)      2 PM
Sky (%).........32
Weather cov.....NONE
Weather type....NONE
Tstm cov........NONE
Chc of pcpn (%).0
Temp............64
RH..............10
20 FT wind......W 9G14
Mix hgt (ft)....4000
Transport wind..SW 13
Vrate kt-ft/1K..52
Ventrate Cat....FAIR

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (40-55 percent).
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 35.
Max humidity........61 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southeast winds around 5 mph in the evening
                    becoming light.
Mixing height.......600 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southeast around 13 mph shifting to the
                    southwest in the late evening and overnight.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (4400 knot-ft).

TIME (MST)      6 PM         10 PM        2 AM
Sky (%).........52           56           41
Weather cov.....NONE         NONE         NONE
Weather type....NONE         NONE         NONE
Tstm cov........NONE         NONE         NONE
Chc of pcpn (%).0            0            0
Temp............56           46           39
RH..............23           40           52
20 FT wind......SE 5G12      S 5G10       E 3G8
Mix hgt (ft)....600          600          600
Transport wind..SE 13        SW 11        SW 8
Vrate kt-ft/1K..7            7            4
Ventrate Cat....POOR         POOR         POOR

.MONDAY...

Sky/weather.........Partly sunny (50-60 percent).
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 63.
Min humidity........16 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming east around 7 mph late in
                    the morning, then shifting to the southwest 14
                    to 17 mph in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......7000 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest around 7 mph increasing to west
                    around 30 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (4800 knot-ft) increasing to very good
                    (115300 knot-ft) early in the morning
                    increasing to excellent (180800 knot-ft) in the
                    afternoon in the late morning and afternoon.

TIME (MST)      6 AM         10 AM        2 PM
Sky (%).........65           49           61
Weather cov.....NONE         NONE         NONE
Weather type....NONE         NONE         NONE
Tstm cov........NONE         NONE         NONE
Chc of pcpn (%).0            0            0
Temp............35           49           63
RH..............61           34           16
20 FT wind......NE 2G6       E 7G18       S 14G26
Mix hgt (ft)....700          2000         7000
Transport wind..SW 7         SW 18        W 30
Vrate kt-ft/1K..3            17           181
Ventrate Cat....POOR         POOR         EXNT

.FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 5...
.TUESDAY...
Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 30s. Highs in the lower 60s.
Southwest winds around 12 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...
Cooler. Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 30s. Highs in the upper
40s. West winds around 17 mph.
.THURSDAY...
Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 20s. Highs in the lower 50s. West
winds around 9 mph.

$$
Forecaster...SLUSHER
Requested by...Mark Cadwallader
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2502608.0/EPZ
.DELDT 02/09/25
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.EMAIL nmadc@firenet.gov