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Spot Forecast for SANTA ELENA SAR...BIBE NPS
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
554 PM CDT Mon May 4 2026

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 1800 CDT on May 04.
If conditions become unrepresentative, contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...

Generally favorable conditions are expected with temperatures
dropping into the low 70s by sunrise. Light to modest northerly
winds are expected with terrain influences possible. Temperatures
Tuesday rise back into the 90s and approaching triple digits.
Upper level clouds should remain with no chance for rain.


.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (45-55 percent).
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 69.
Max humidity........34 percent.
Heat index..........MISSING.
Surface winds (mph).North to northeast winds 6 to 8 mph.

TIME (CDT)      6 PM   8 PM   10 PM  MIDNGT 2 AM   4 AM
Sky cover.......PCLDY  PCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY  MCLEAR MCLEAR
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0      0      0      0      0      0
Temp............93     91     85     80     77     74
RH..............15     16     19     23     26     32
Heat index (F)..M      M      M      M      M      M
Surface wind....N 6    N 8    E 6    E 6    N 8    NW 8
Surface wnd gst.8      9      8      8      9      10

.TUESDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (10-20 percent).
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 100.
Min humidity........8 percent.
Heat index..........MISSING.
Surface winds (mph).West winds 8 to 15 mph.

TIME (CDT)      6 AM   8 AM   10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM
Sky cover.......PCLDY  MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR CLEAR  MCLEAR
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0      0      0      0      0      0
Temp............71     70     81     89     95     98
RH..............34     31     23     19     13     10
Heat index (F)..M      M      M      M      M      M
Surface wind....NW 8   NW 8   NW 10  NW 10  W 13   W 15
Surface wnd gst.10     12     14     15     17     21

.TUESDAY NIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (25-35 percent) then becoming
                    mostly cloudy (55-65 percent).
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 69.
Max humidity........29 percent.
Heat index..........MISSING.
Surface winds (mph).Northwest winds 13 to 16 mph shifting to the 9
                    to 14 mph in the late evening and overnight.

TIME (CDT)      6 PM   8 PM   10 PM  MIDNGT 2 AM   4 AM
Sky cover.......MCLEAR PCLDY  PCLDY  PCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0      0      0      0      0      0
Temp............100    95     87     81     77     74
RH..............9      10     12     17     22     24
Heat index (F)..M      M      M      M      M      M
Surface wind....W 16   W 15   NW 14  NW 13  NW 11  NW 10
Surface wnd gst.23     21     20     17     15     14

.WEDNESDAY...

Sky/weather.........Partly sunny (50-60 percent).
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 94.
Min humidity........11 percent.
Heat index..........MISSING.
Surface winds (mph).Northwest winds 6 to 13 mph.

TIME (CDT)      6 AM   8 AM   10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM
Sky cover.......MCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY  PCLDY  PCLDY  MCLDY
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0      0      0      0      0      0
Temp............70     72     79     87     92     93
RH..............29     28     24     18     14     12
Heat index (F)..M      M      M      M      M      M
Surface wind....NW 8   W 6    NW 8   W 10   W 13   W 13
Surface wnd gst.12     8      9      15     17     17

$$
Forecaster...Hennig
Requested by...451
Type of request...SAR
.TAG 2612695.0/MAF
.DELDT 05/04/26
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL michael_sellars@nps.gov