Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
305 FNUS74 KEPZ 241710 FWSEPZ Spot Forecast for Normandy...USFS National Weather Service El Paso Tx/Santa Teresa NM 1110 AM MDT Mon Jun 24 2024 Forecast is based on forecast start time of 1200 MDT on June 24. If conditions become unrepresentative, contact the National Weather Service. .DISCUSSION... Lighter west winds are expected today. A scattered shower or thunderstorm is possible late in the day and again during the afternoon and evening hours of Tuesday. Storm chances increase even more around midweek as the moisture plume moves into the region. Outside of outflows, winds will be generally light from the west through midweek. Temperatures will warm up to above normal early this week. .REST OF TODAY... Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (30-40 percent). Scattered showers early in the afternoon. Scattered thunderstorms through the day. Numerous showers late in the afternoon. Chance of pcpn......70 percent. LAL.................3 until 1500, then 4. Max temperature.....Around 92. Min humidity........27 percent. Wind (20 ft)........West winds 7 to 8 mph. Gusty and erratic winds expected near thunderstorms. Mixing height.......8900 ft AGL. Transport winds.....East around 7 mph shifting to the north late in the afternoon. Smoke dispersal.....Fair (45500 knot-ft). Haines Index........3 or very low potential for large plume dominated fire growth. TIME (MDT) NOON 2 PM 4 PM Sky (%).........25 25 47 Weather cov.....SCTTRD SCTTRD NUMRUS Weather type....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR Tstm cov........SCTTRD SCTTRD SCTTRD Chc of pcpn (%).40 40 70 LAL.............3 3 5 Temp............86 90 90 RH..............39 30 30 20 ft wind......W 7 W 7 W 8 20 ft wind gust.10 10 13 Mix hgt (ft)....7600 8900 8900 Transport wind..E 7 N 7 N 7 Haines index....3 3 3 Vrate kt-ft/1K..46 53 53 Ventrate Cat....FAIR FAIR FAIR .TONIGHT... Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (50-60 percent). Scattered showers and thunderstorms in the evening, then isolated showers and thunderstorms overnight. Chance of pcpn......50 percent. LAL.................4 until 2400, then 3 until 0300, then 1. Min temperature.....Around 68. Max humidity........76 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds 6 to 9 mph. Gusty and erratic winds expected near thunderstorms in the evening and overnight. Mixing height.......700 ft AGL. Transport winds.....West 11 to 14 mph. Smoke dispersal.....Poor (7500 knot-ft). Haines Index........3 or very low potential for large plume dominated fire growth. TIME (MDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM Sky (%).........60 60 51 55 55 58 Weather cov.....SCTTRD SCTTRD SCTTRD ISOLTD ISOLTD NONE Weather type....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR NONE Tstm cov........SCTTRD SCTTRD SCTTRD ISOLTD ISOLTD NONE Chc of pcpn (%).50 50 50 20 20 10 LAL.............5 5 4 6 6 1 Temp............87 80 75 72 71 69 RH..............32 45 58 68 71 73 20 ft wind......W 9 W 9 SW 8 SW 7 SW 7 SW 6 20 ft wind gust.14 14 15 13 13 9 Mix hgt (ft)....3700 3700 1000 1000 700 700 Transport wind..W 12 W 12 SW 14 SW 14 W 11 W 11 Haines index....3 3 3 3 3 3 Vrate kt-ft/1K..30 30 10 10 8 8 Ventrate Cat....POOR POOR POOR POOR POOR POOR .TUESDAY... Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (20-30 percent). Numerous showers and scattered thunderstorms in the afternoon. Chance of pcpn......70 percent. LAL.................1 until 1200, then 4. Max temperature.....Around 93. Min humidity........29 percent. Wind (20 ft)........West winds 6 to 10 mph. Gusty and erratic winds expected near thunderstorms in the afternoon. Mixing height.......7800 ft AGL. Transport winds.....West 8 to 10 mph. Smoke dispersal.....Poor (12200 knot-ft) early in the morning increasing to good (62800 knot-ft) in the afternoon. Haines Index........2 to 3 or very low potential for large plume dominated fire growth. TIME (MDT) 6 AM 9 AM NOON 3 PM Sky (%).........24 9 25 42 Weather cov.....NONE NONE NUMRUS NUMRUS Weather type....NONE NONE RNSHWR RNSHWR Tstm cov........NONE NONE SCTTRD SCTTRD Chc of pcpn (%).10 10 70 70 LAL.............1 1 5 5 Temp............68 75 89 92 RH..............73 60 35 30 20 FT wind......W 6G9 W 6G12 W 7G12 W 10G14 Mix hgt (ft)....1500 1500 7800 7600 Transport wind..W 8 W 8 NW 8 SW 10 Haines index....3 3 3 3 Vrate kt-ft/1K..12 12 52 63 Ventrate Cat....POOR POOR FAIR GOOD .FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 5... .WEDNESDAY... Partly cloudy. Showers and numerous thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 70s. Highs in the lower 90s. West winds around 8 mph. .THURSDAY... Mostly cloudy. Showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 60s. Highs in the upper 80s. West winds around 6 mph. .FRIDAY... Mostly cloudy. Numerous showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 60s. Highs in the upper 80s. West winds around 8 mph. $$ Forecaster...LANEY Requested by...Silver City Interagency Dispatch Type of request...WILDFIRE .TAG 2416410.3/EPZ .DELDT 06/24/24 .FormatterVersion 2.0.0 .EMAIL nmsdc@firenet.gov