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Spot Forecast for SLAUGHTER...ALAMOGORDO INTERAGENCY DISPATCH
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
1105 AM CDT Wed Aug 19 2026

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 1100 CDT on August 19.
If conditions become unrepresentative, contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...

Winds will generally be light out of the east and southeast this
afternoon. Winds become northwesterly overnight tonight, then
gradually return out of the southeast Thursday afternoon,
remaining relatively light. Temperatures later today and Thursday
afternoon top out in the low to mid 90s. No rainfall is forecast.
MinRH values shall fall near to slightly above critical thresholds
both afternoons.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (0-10 percent).
Max temperature.....Around 93.
Min humidity........15 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds around 5 mph shifting to the
                    east 6 to 9 mph with gusts to around 16 mph in
                    the afternoon.
Mixing height.......11800 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West around 7 mph shifting to the northeast
                    early in the afternoon, then shifting to the
                    east 7 to 10 mph late in the afternoon.
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.

TIME (CDT)      11 AM  1 PM   3 PM   5 PM
Sky cover.......CLEAR  CLEAR  CLEAR  CLEAR
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0      0      0      0
Temp............85     90     92     93
RH..............22     18     16     15
20 FT wind dir..SW     E      SE     SE
20 FT wind spd..5      6      8      9
20 FT wind gust.6      10     14     16
Mix hgt (ft)....6000   9800   11400  11800
Transp wind dir.W      NE     E      E
Transp wind spd.7      7      9      10

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (10-20 percent).
Min temperature.....Around 71.
Max humidity........36 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southeast winds 8 to 9 mph with gusts to around
                    16 mph shifting to the northwest around 6 mph
                    after 3 am.
Mixing height.......5200 ft AGL decreasing to 500 ft AGL in the
                    late evening and overnight.
Transport winds.....Southeast 10 to 12 mph shifting to the
                    northwest around 8 mph after 3 am.
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.

TIME (CDT)      6 PM   8 PM   10 PM  MIDNGT 2 AM   4 AM
Sky cover.......MCLEAR CLEAR  MCLEAR CLEAR  MCLEAR PCLDY
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0      0      0      0      0      0
Temp............93     89     81     78     76     73
RH..............15     17     21     25     26     30
20 FT wind dir..SE     SE     S      S      SW     NW
20 FT wind spd..9      9      8      7      7      6
20 FT wind gust.16     16     14     13     12     10
Mix hgt (ft)....11500  5200   600    500    500    500
Transp wind dir.E      SE     S      S      SW     NW
Transp wind spd.10     10     12     13     9      8

.THURSDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (25-35 percent).
Max temperature.....Around 92.
Min humidity........17 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Northwest winds around 6 mph shifting to the
                    east 10 to 12 mph with gusts to around 18 mph
                    late in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......8600 ft AGL increasing to 10900 ft AGL late in
                    the afternoon.
Transport winds.....North 9 to 13 mph shifting to the east 12 to 13
                    mph late in the afternoon.
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.

TIME (CDT)      6 AM   8 AM   10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM
Sky cover.......PCLDY  MCLDY  MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0      0      0      0      0      0
Temp............72     73     80     86     90     92
RH..............34     35     29     24     19     18
20 FT wind dir..NW     NW     NW     N      E      E
20 FT wind spd..6      6      6      8      10     12
20 FT wind gust.10     10     10     11     16     18
Mix hgt (ft)....400    500    1500   3200   8600   10900
Transp wind dir.NW     NW     N      N      NE     E
Transp wind spd.12     13     9      9      12     13

$$
Forecaster...Lopez
Requested by...NMADC
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2620018.0/MAF
.DELDT 08/19/26
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.EMAIL nmadc@firenet.gov,jessica.hans@usda.gov