Tracking Areas of Fire Weather, Winter Weather, and Severe Weather Thursday

Continuation of gusty winds and low relative humidity will bring additional periods of critical fire weather to the southern Plains Thursday and Friday. Another Pacific storm will continue gusty winds and heavy snow over the western mountains into Thursday. Severe thunderstorms are possible across parts of the middle Mississippi into lower Ohio Valleys Thursday afternoon into early evening. Read More >

Hazardous Weather Conditions

Fire Weather Watch in effect from February 20, 10:00 AM MST until February 20, 07:00 PM MST

Current conditions at

Carlsbad, Cavern City Air Terminal Airport (KCNM)

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

Fair

58°F

14°C

Humidity	19%
Wind Speed	NW 15 G 21 mph
Barometer	29.73 in (1002.3 mb)
Dewpoint	16°F (-9°C)
Visibility	10.00 mi
Last update	19 Feb 2:53 am MST

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Extended Forecast for

7 Miles W Carlsbad NM

Fire Weather Watch February 20, 10:00am until February 20, 07:00pm

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Fire Weather Watch

Overnight
Low: 51 °F
Patchy
Blowing Dust
and Windy
Thursday
High: 66 °F
Patchy
Blowing Dust
and Windy
Thursday Night
Low: 44 °F
Partly Cloudy
Friday
High: 67 °F
Patchy
Blowing Dust
and Very
Windy
Friday Night
Low: 36 °F
Patchy
Blowing Dust
then Mostly
Clear
Saturday
High: 63 °F
Sunny
Saturday Night
Low: 33 °F
Mostly Clear
Sunday
High: 56 °F
Partly Sunny
Sunday Night
Low: 34 °F
Mostly Clear

Detailed Forecast

Overnight

Patchy blowing dust before 5am. Mostly clear, with a steady temperature around 51. Windy, with a west wind 25 to 30 mph, with gusts as high as 40 mph.

Thursday

Patchy blowing dust after 9am. Sunny, with a high near 66. Windy, with a west wind 20 to 30 mph, with gusts as high as 45 mph.

Thursday Night

Partly cloudy, with a low around 44. South wind 15 to 20 mph decreasing to 10 to 15 mph in the evening. Winds could gust as high as 30 mph.

Friday

Patchy blowing dust after 9am. Sunny, with a high near 67. Very windy, with a south wind 20 to 25 mph becoming west 30 to 35 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 50 mph.

Friday Night

Patchy blowing dust before 7pm. Mostly clear, with a low around 36. West wind 15 to 25 mph decreasing to 5 to 15 mph after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 35 mph.

Saturday

Sunny, with a high near 63.

Saturday Night

Mostly clear, with a low around 33.

Sunday

Partly sunny, with a high near 56.

Sunday Night

Mostly clear, with a low around 34.

Monday

Sunny, with a high near 62.

Monday Night

Partly cloudy, with a low around 37.