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 Watch in effect from February 17, 07:00 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

54°F

12°C

Humidity	47%
Wind Speed	SW 9 mph
Barometer	30.06 in (1015.2 mb)
Dewpoint	34°F (1°C)
Visibility	10.00 mi
Wind Chill	51°F (11°C)
Last update	15 Feb 9:53 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 Watch February 17, 07:00am until February 17, 10:00pm

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High Wind Watch

Tonight
Low: 44 °F
Mostly Clear
Washington's Birthday
High: 64 °F
Sunny
Monday Night
Low: 47 °F
Partly Cloudy
Tuesday
High: 58 °F
Patchy
Blowing Dust
and Damaging
Winds
Tuesday Night
Low: 41 °F
Partly Cloudy
and Damaging
Winds then
Partly Cloudy
Wednesday
High: 55 °F
Mostly Sunny
then Sunny
and Windy
Wednesday Night
Low: 43 °F
Mostly Clear
and Breezy
then Mostly
Clear
Thursday
High: 54 °F
Sunny then
Sunny and
Breezy
Thursday Night
Low: 41 °F
Partly Cloudy
and Breezy
then Partly
Cloudy

Detailed Forecast

Tonight

Mostly clear, with a low around 44. Southwest wind 10 to 15 mph.

Washington's Birthday

Sunny, with a high near 64. Southwest wind 10 to 20 mph.

Monday Night

Partly cloudy, with a low around 47. West wind 15 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.

Tuesday

Patchy blowing dust after 9am. Mostly sunny, with a high near 58. Strong and damaging winds, with a west wind 25 to 35 mph increasing to 40 to 50 mph. Winds could gust as high as 70 mph.

Tuesday Night

Partly cloudy, with a low around 41. 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

Mostly sunny, with a high near 55. Windy.

Wednesday Night

Mostly clear, with a low around 43. Breezy.

Thursday

Sunny, with a high near 54. Breezy.

Thursday Night

Partly cloudy, with a low around 41. Breezy.

Friday

Sunny, with a high near 51.

Friday Night

Mostly clear, with a low around 38.