Fire Weather in the Central and Southern Plains; Pacific Storms Impacting the West

Gusty to high winds and low relative humidity will bring elevated to critical fire weather to the central and southern Plains into Wednesday. Two Pacific storms will impact the western U.S. into Wednesday with gusty winds, low elevation rain, and heavy mountain snow. Read More >

Hazardous Weather Conditions

High Wind Warning in effect from February 17, 05:00 AM MST until February 17, 10:00 PM MST

Current conditions at

Carlsbad, Cavern City Air Terminal Airport (KCNM)

Lat: 32.34°NLon: 104.26°WElev: 3294ft.

Fair

71°F

22°C

Humidity	14%
Wind Speed	W 15 mph
Barometer	29.92 in (1010.5 mb)
Dewpoint	20°F (-7°C)
Visibility	10.00 mi
Last update	16 Feb 6:53 pm MST

More Information:

Local Forecast Office More Local Wx 3 Day History Hourly Weather Forecast

Extended Forecast for

17 Miles NE Salt Flat TX

High Wind Warning February 17, 05:00am until February 17, 10:00pm

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High Wind Warning

Tonight
Low: 46 °F
Partly Cloudy
then Patchy
Blowing Dust
and Windy
Tuesday
High: 55 °F
Blowing Dust
and Damaging
Winds
Tuesday Night
Low: 37 °F
Blowing Dust
and Damaging
Winds then
Mostly Clear
Wednesday
High: 52 °F
Sunny and
Damaging
Winds
Wednesday Night
Low: 39 °F
Mostly Clear
and Very
Windy
Thursday
High: 51 °F
Sunny and
Windy
Thursday Night
Low: 38 °F
Mostly Clear
and Breezy
then Mostly
Clear
Friday
High: 50 °F
Sunny then
Sunny and
Breezy
Friday Night
Low: 36 °F
Mostly Clear

Detailed Forecast

Tonight

Patchy blowing dust after 5am. Partly cloudy, with a low around 46. Windy, with a southwest wind 20 to 30 mph, with gusts as high as 35 mph.

Tuesday

Widespread blowing dust, mainly after 9am. Sunny, with a high near 55. Strong and damaging winds, with a west wind 35 to 45 mph increasing to 45 to 55 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 75 mph.

Tuesday Night

Widespread blowing dust, mainly before 9pm. Mostly clear, with a low around 37. Strong and damaging winds, with a west wind 35 to 45 mph decreasing to 25 to 35 mph after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 65 mph.

Wednesday

Sunny, with a high near 52. Strong and damaging winds, with a west wind 30 to 35 mph increasing to 40 to 45 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 65 mph.

Wednesday Night

Mostly clear, with a low around 39. Very windy, with a west wind 30 to 35 mph, with gusts as high as 45 mph.

Thursday

Sunny, with a high near 51. Windy.

Thursday Night

Mostly clear, with a low around 38. Breezy.

Friday

Sunny, with a high near 50. Breezy.

Friday Night

Mostly clear, with a low around 36.

Saturday

Sunny, with a high near 49.