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Spot Forecast for Helipad Dedication...Cloudcroft EM
National Weather Service El Paso Tx/Santa Teresa NM
812 AM MDT Sat Aug 15 2026

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0900 MDT on August 15.
If conditions become unrepresentative, contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...

Scattered afternoon and early evening thunderstorms today.
Thunderstorm development expected to start around noon and continue
through till around 7 pm. Winds will be light except near showers
and thunderstorms where more gusty and erratic winds will occur.
Minimum RH`s will be 30-50% across the area through Monday. Then
drier  air moves in and we will see min RH`s in the 20`s in area
mountains. Rain chances will diminish by the middle of next week.
Ventilation rates will range from fair to good today and Sunday.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (5-15 percent) then becoming partly sunny
                    (55-65 percent). Chance of showers and
                    thunderstorms late in the morning, then showers
                    and thunderstorms likely in the afternoon.
Chance of pcpn......70 percent.
Chance of thunder...71 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 72.
Min humidity........49 percent.
Surface winds (mph).Light winds.

TIME (MDT)      9 AM   11 AM  1 PM   3 PM   5 PM
Sky (%).........10     10     52     67     67
Weather cov.....CHANCE CHANCE LIKELY LIKELY LIKELY
Weather type....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR
Tstm cov........CHANCE CHANCE LIKELY LIKELY LIKELY
Chc of pcpn (%).30     30     70     60     60
Chc of thdr (%).0      30     70     60     30
Temp............60     68     67     65     66
RH..............69     53     56     60     56
Surface wind....W 3    W 3    N 3    N 3    N 3
Surface wnd gst.9      9      10     10     10

.FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 5...
.MONDAY...
Partly cloudy. Chance of showers and thunderstorms. Lows around
50. Highs in the lower 70s. Light winds.
.TUESDAY...
Partly cloudy. Chance of showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the
lower 50s. Highs in the lower 70s. Light winds.
.WEDNESDAY...
Partly cloudy. Chance of showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the
mid 50s. Highs in the mid 70s. Light winds.

$$
Forecaster...LUNDEEN
Requested by...A. Kitzman
Type of request...OTHER
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.DELDT 08/15/26
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.EMAIL chief@cloudcroftfd.com,emtandy@kitzman.com