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Spot Forecast for RX Kingston Admin Pile...GILA NATIONAL FOREST
National Weather Service El Paso Tx/Santa Teresa NM
931 AM MST Mon Nov 17 2025

Forecast is based on ignition time of 1000 MST on November 17.
If conditions become unrepresentative, contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...
Generally light west winds today with favorable vent rates, and
minimum RH values around 30 percent. Humidity will increase slightly
on Tuesday, with light southwest winds and continued favorable
ventilation. Rain showers look to move into the area late Tuesday
night into Wednesday morning, with a very good chance for wetting/
soaking rain on Wednesday. Rainfall amounts mid-week look to be in
the 0.50 to 0.75 inch range.


.TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (20-30 percent).
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Temperature.........57 at ignition...Max 64.
RH..................40 percent at ignition...Min 31 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Winds west at 8 mph at ignition...otherwise
                    West winds 6 to 10 mph.
Mixing height.......4400 ft AGL at ignition...otherwise 4800 ft
                    AGL.
Transport winds.....West 12 to 18 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Good /71000 knot-ft/ at ignition. Max...good
                    /80800 knot-ft/.

TIME (MST)      3 AM   5 AM   7 AM   9 AM
Sky (%).........9      29     29     44
Weather cov.....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
Weather type....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
Tstm cov........NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
Chc of pcpn (%).0      0      0      0
Temp............57     60     62     60
RH..............40     36     31     33
20 ft wind......W 7    W 9    W 9    SW 10
20 ft wind gust.14     18     18     20
Mix hgt (ft)....4400   4400   4800   4800
Transport wind..W 17   W 17   W 18   W 18
Vrate kt-ft/1K..71     71     81     81
Ventrate Cat....GOOD   GOOD   GOOD   GOOD

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (60-70 percent).
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Temperature.........Min 42.
RH..................Max 67 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds 5 to 8 mph shifting to the
                    south around 5 mph after 3 am.
Mixing height.......800 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West 12 to 13 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (8700 knot-ft).

TIME (MST)      11 AM  1 PM   3 PM   5 PM   7 PM   9 PM
Sky (%).........56     56     57     72     72     73
Weather cov.....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
Weather type....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
Tstm cov........NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
Chc of pcpn (%).0      0      0      0      0      0
Temp............52     49     47     47     46     44
RH..............46     52     56     58     60     65
20 ft wind......W 8    W 8    W 5    SW 5   SW 5   S 5
20 ft wind gust.16     16     12     8      8      8
Mix hgt (ft)....1100   1100   800    800    800    800
Transport wind..W 13   W 13   W 13   W 13   SW 12  SW 12
Vrate kt-ft/1K..12     12     9      9      9      9
Ventrate Cat....POOR   POOR   POOR   POOR   POOR   POOR

.TUESDAY...

Sky/weather.........Partly sunny (60-70 percent).
Chance of pcpn......10 percent.
Temperature.........Max 61.
RH..................Min 35 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds 6 to 13 mph.
Mixing height.......4300 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest around 14 mph increasing to 19 to 24
                    mph in the late morning and afternoon.
Smoke dispersal.....Fair (43300 knot-ft) early in the morning
                    increasing to good (87000 knot-ft) in the
                    afternoon.

TIME (MST)      11 PM     2 AM      5 AM      8 AM
Sky (%).........66        60        71        72
Weather cov.....NONE      NONE      NONE      NONE
Weather type....NONE      NONE      NONE      NONE
Tstm cov........NONE      NONE      NONE      NONE
Chc of pcpn (%).0         0         0         10
Temp............43        54        59        60
RH..............67        47        37        35
20 FT wind......SW 6G12   SW 10G18  SW 13G22  SW 10G21
Mix hgt (ft)....2500      2500      4200      4300
Transport wind..SW 14     SW 14     SW 24     SW 19
Vrate kt-ft/1K..43        43        87        81
Ventrate Cat....FAIR      FAIR      GOOD      GOOD

.FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 5...
.WEDNESDAY...
Mostly cloudy with chance of showers and slight chance of
thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 40s. Highs in the upper 50s.
Southwest winds around 8 mph.
.THURSDAY...
Mostly cloudy. Showers likely with possible snow showers and
thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 30s. Highs around 50. Southwest
winds around 8 mph.
.FRIDAY...
Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 30s. Highs in the mid 50s. West
winds around 6 mph.

$$
Forecaster...HARDIMAN
Requested by...Silver City Interagency Dispatch Center
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2526128.0/EPZ
.DELDT 11/17/25
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.EMAIL nmsdc@firenet.gov