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Spot Forecast for Sacaton...USFS
National Weather Service El Paso Tx/Santa Teresa NM
240 PM MDT Sun Jul 19 2026

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0000 MDT on July 20.
If conditions become unrepresentative, contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...
Scattered thunderstorms again on Monday. Chance of rain still on
Tuesday, but the chances decrease and that trend continues into
Wednesday and on into the weekend. Temperatures will remain slightly
cooler than normal through Wednesday, and then warm back above
normal Thursday into the weekend as humidity lowers and the chance
of rain becomes very low. No significant non-thunderstorm winds
expected through the period.

.REST OF TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (30-40 percent).
Chance of pcpn......10 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 50.
Max humidity........98 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds.
Mixing height.......600 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West 7 to 8 mph shifting to the north after 3
                    am.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (3200 knot-ft).

TIME (MDT)      MIDNGT 2 AM   4 AM
Sky (%).........32     32     40
Weather cov.....NONE   NONE   NONE
Weather type....NONE   NONE   NONE
Tstm cov........NONE   NONE   NONE
Chc of pcpn (%).10     10     10
Temp............55     52     50
RH..............87     89     95
20 ft wind......N 0    N 0    W 0
20 ft wind gust.5      5      5
Mix hgt (ft)....600    600    600
Transport wind..W 7    W 7    N 8
Vrate kt-ft/1K..4      4      3
Ventrate Cat....POOR   POOR   POOR

.MONDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (45-55 percent). Chance of rain
                    showers and slight chance of thunderstorms late
                    in the morning. Rain showers and thunderstorms
                    in the afternoon.
Chance of pcpn......90 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 70.
Min humidity........50 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds. Gusty and erratic winds expected
                    near thunderstorms in the late morning and
                    afternoon.
Mixing height.......5800 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....East 6 to 10 mph in the late morning and afternoon,
                    then shifting to the west around 6 mph late in the
                    afternoon.
Smoke dispersal.....Fair (46200 knot-ft) .

TIME (MDT)      6 AM   8 AM   10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM
Sky (%).........41     41     27     68     68     66
Weather cov.....NONE   NONE   CHANCE DEFNTE DEFNTE DEFNTE
Weather type....NONE   NONE   RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR
Tstm cov........NONE   NONE   S CHC  DEFNTE DEFNTE DEFNTE
Chc of pcpn (%).10     10     30     80     80     90
Temp............49     56     62     67     70     71
RH..............98     90     69     55     51     55
20 ft wind......NW 1   NW 1   NE 3   NE 3   NE 3   SW 2
20 ft wind gust.7      7      10     10     10     9
Mix hgt (ft)....600    2400   5200   5800   3100   3400
Transport wind..N 8    N 9    NE 9   E 9    E 6    NE 7
Vrate kt-ft/1K..7      19     41     46     28     14
Ventrate Cat....POOR   POOR   FAIR   FAIR   POOR   POOR

.MONDAY NIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (65-75 percent) then becoming
                    partly cloudy (40-50 percent). Chance of
                    thunderstorms in the evening. Slight chance of
                    thunderstorms overnight.
Chance of pcpn......50 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 49.
Max humidity........100 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds. Gusty and erratic winds expected
                    near thunderstorms.
Mixing height.......600 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West around 7 mph shifting to the north 6 to 8
                    mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (2400 knot-ft).

TIME (MDT)      6 PM      9 PM      MIDNGT    3 AM
Sky (%).........79        71        65        46
Weather cov.....CHANCE    S CHC     CHANCE    CHANCE
Weather type....RNSHWR    RNSHWR    RNSHWR    RNSHWR
Tstm cov........CHANCE    S CHC     S CHC     NONE
Chc of pcpn (%).50        20        40        40
Temp............68        58        54        51
RH..............57        83        91        95
20 FT wind......SW 2G9    NE 0G6    N 0G5     N 0G5
Mix hgt (ft)....2400      900       600       600
Transport wind..W 7       N 6       NW 6      N 7
Vrate kt-ft/1K..14        7         3         3
Ventrate Cat....POOR      POOR      POOR      POOR

.FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 5...
.WEDNESDAY...
Mostly cloudy. Showers with thunderstorms likely. Lows in the
upper 40s. Highs in the lower 70s. Light winds.
.THURSDAY...
Partly cloudy. Slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Lows
in the lower 50s. Highs in the mid 70s. Light winds.
.FRIDAY...
Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 50s. Highs in the upper 70s.
Light winds.

$$
Forecaster...HEFNER
Requested by...NMSDC
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2617478.3/EPZ
.DELDT 07/19/26
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL nmsdc@firenet.gov