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Spot Forecast for Seven Brothers...Gila National Forest
National Weather Service El Paso Tx/Santa Teresa NM
1029 AM MDT Wed Apr 2 2025

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 1100 MDT on April 02.
If conditions become unrepresentative, contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...
Upper level disturbance responsible for yesterday`s winds will
continue migrating across the Desert Southwest today. This will
bring strong winds in and around the fire this afternoon, peaking
around 1400 MDT to 1700 MDT. Wind gusts will not be as strong as
yesterday, but gusts around 50 MPH will still be likely. Southwest
winds will slowly turn more westerly by around 1800 to 1900 MDT.
Moisture will be improved by around 5 to 7 percent, allowing
minimum RH to settle in the lower 20 percent range. Winds will be
lighter on Thursday, with locally breezy conditions in the
afternoon. Chances for precipitation will increase Friday and
Saturday with a moderate chance the fire could see wetting
rain/accumulating snowfall.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (40-50 percent).
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 45.
Min humidity........19 to 24 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds 20 to 25 mph with gusts to
                    around 50 mph.
Mixing height.......7700 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest 35 to 39 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Excellent (223100 knot-ft).

TIME (MDT)      11 AM     2 PM      5 PM
Sky (%).........37        39        52
Weather cov.....NONE      NONE      NONE
Weather type....NONE      NONE      NONE
Tstm cov........NONE      NONE      NONE
Chc of pcpn (%).0         0         0
Temp............40        44        44
RH..............32        26        24
20 FT wind......W 20G39   SW 22G47  SW 24G48
Mix hgt (ft)....6800      7700      7700
Transport wind..SW 35     SW 39     SW 39
Vrate kt-ft/1K..223       274       274
Ventrate Cat....EXNT      EXNT      EXNT

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (15-25 percent).
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 25.
Max humidity........57 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........West winds 15 to 20 mph with gusts to around 45
                    mph decreasing to around 12 mph after midnight.
Mixing height.......0 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West 24 to 31 mph decreasing to around 20 mph
                    overnight.
Smoke dispersal.....Excellent (223200 knot-ft) decreasing to poor
                    (0 knot-ft) in the late evening and overnight.

TIME (MDT)      6 PM      9 PM      MIDNGT    3 AM
Sky (%).........33        21        6         6
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............43        34        30        27
RH..............24        38        49        55
20 FT wind......W 23G46   W 20G43   W 15G33   W 10G23
Mix hgt (ft)....7000      7000      400       BLW100
Transport wind..W 31      W 31      W 24      W 20
Vrate kt-ft/1K..223       223       0         0
Ventrate Cat....EXNT      EXNT      POOR      POOR

.FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 5...
.FRIDAY...
Partly cloudy. Chance of snow showers. Lows around 30. Highs in
the mid 40s. Southwest winds around 10 mph.
.SATURDAY...
Partly cloudy. Snow showers likely. Lows in the upper 20s. Highs
around 40. Northwest winds around 11 mph.
.SUNDAY...
Partly cloudy. Chance of snow showers. Lows in the upper 20s.
Highs in the mid 40s. Northeast winds around 10 mph.

$$
Forecaster...BREITREITER
Requested by...Silver City Interagency Dispatch
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2508425.3/EPZ
.DELDT 04/02/25
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.EMAIL nmsdc@firenet.gov