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Spot Forecast for Iron...USFS
National Weather Service El Paso Tx/Santa Teresa NM
251 PM MDT Sun May 11 2025

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0700 MDT on May 12.
If conditions become unrepresentative, contact the National Weather
Service.

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH
TUESDAY EVENING...
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH
WEDNESDAY EVENING...

.DISCUSSION...
Light winds persist through the remainder of the daylight hours today
diminishing to very light winds overnight. Min RH values will be at
or just above critical thresholds Monday and Tuesday with no precipitation
chances in sight. Tomorrow afternoon will be breezy with a southwest wind
with maximum speeds 15 to 25 mph during the middle afternoon. Breeziness
continues late Monday night, with windy conditions at mountain top level.
Tuesday will feature critical fire danger and very windy southwest winds
with speeds 20 to 30 mph.

.MONDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (45-55 percent).
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 70.
Min humidity........15 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming southwest 7 to 14 mph with
                    gusts to around 28 mph in the late morning and
                    afternoon.
Mixing height.......9200 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West 12 to 21 mph increasing to around 26 mph
                    late in the afternoon.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (320 knot-ft) early in the morning
                    increasing to excellent (232600 knot-ft)
                    in the afternoon.

TIME (MDT)      7 AM      10 AM     1 PM      4 PM
Sky (%).........68        47        31        41
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............47        62        68        70
RH..............31        21        16        15
20 FT wind......W 3G7    W 7G15    SW 13G24  SW 14G28
Mix hgt (ft)....900       8100      8100      9200
Transport wind..W 12      W 21      W 21      W 26
Vrate kt-ft/1K..32        105       154       233
Ventrate Cat....POOR      EXNT      EXNT      EXNT

.MONDAY NIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (55-65 percent) then becoming
                    partly cloudy (20-30 percent).
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 45.
Max humidity........32 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........West winds 9 to 15 mph with gusts to around 33
                    mph.
Mixing height.......500 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West 20 to 29 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Excellent (231700 knot-ft) decreasing to poor
                    (9400 knot-ft) in the late evening and
                    overnight.

TIME (MDT)      6 PM      9 PM      MIDNGT    3 AM
Sky (%).........59        52        28        26
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............68        60        53        48
RH..............17        21        26        31
20 FT wind......W 15G28   W 15G27   W 10G22   W 9G20
Mix hgt (ft)....8600      8600      600       500
Transport wind..W 29      W 29      W 24      W 20
Vrate kt-ft/1K..232       232       13        9
Ventrate Cat....EXNT      EXNT      POOR      POOR

.TUESDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (20-30 percent).
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 67.
Min humidity........17 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds 13 to 20 mph with gusts to
                    around 40 mph.
Mixing height.......9500 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West around 25 mph increasing to 41 to 47 mph
                    in the late morning and afternoon.
Smoke dispersal.....Good (82500 knot-ft) increasing to excellent
                    (344500 knot-ft) in the late morning and
                    afternoon.

TIME (MDT)      6 AM      9 AM      NOON      3 PM
Sky (%).........15        15        24        30
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............45        55        64        66
RH..............32        24        17        17
20 FT wind......SW 13G31  SW 18G38  SW 20G40  SW 20G40
Mix hgt (ft)....3200      3200      8600      9500
Transport wind..W 25      W 25      W 41      W 47
Vrate kt-ft/1K..83        83        345       395
Ventrate Cat....GOOD      GOOD      EXNT      EXNT

.FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 5...
.WEDNESDAY...
Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 40s. Highs in the upper 50s.
Southwest winds around 17 mph.
.THURSDAY...
Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 30s. Highs in the lower 60s. West
winds around 8 mph.
.FRIDAY...
Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 30s. Highs in the mid 60s.
Southwest winds around 7 mph.

$$
Forecaster...SLUSHER
Requested by...Gila T3 IMT
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2512872.7/EPZ
.DELDT 05/11/25
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL donavan_albert@firenet.gov