


Spot Forecast
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Issued by NWS
349 FNUS74 KEPZ 072327 FWSEPZ Spot Forecast for Trout...GILA NATIONAL FOREST National Weather Service El Paso Tx/Santa Teresa NM 527 PM MDT Mon Jul 7 2025 Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0700 MDT on July 08. If conditions become unrepresentative, contact the National Weather Service. .DISCUSSION... Ongoing showers and thunderstorms will diminish between 6 PM and 7 PM. The risk of heavy rain will end after dark, with some stray showers possible in the evening. Otherwise, temperatures will rise to around 5 to 10 degrees above normal Tuesday and Wednesday as high pressure aloft settles near the NM/AZ state line. Highs will reach the lower to middle-90s in the Sapillo Creek and Mimbres Valleys. Isolated to widely scattered thunderstorms are still expected each afternoon, favoring the higher terrain before drifting north to south. Min RH values will drop into the 10s in the afternoons, but recent rainfall and expected scattered thunderstorms will keep overnight recoveries fair to good. .TUESDAY... Sky/weather.........Sunny (20-30 percent). Slight chance of showers and thunderstorms early in the afternoon. Chance of showers and thunderstorms late in the afternoon. CWR.................10 percent increasing to 30 percent. LAL................. Max temperature.....83-95. Min humidity........15-21 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming east around 5 mph early in the afternoon, then shifting to the southeast late in the afternoon. Gusty and erratic winds expected near thunderstorms in the afternoon. Ridgetop wind....... Smoke dispersal.....Poor (32600 knot-ft) early in the morning increasing to very good (110800 knot-ft) in the afternoon. Transport winds.....Northeast around 11 mph shifting to the east around 9 mph late in the afternoon. TIME (MDT) 7 AM 9 AM 11 AM 1 PM 3 PM 5 PM Sky (%).........11 14 14 22 35 35 Weather cov.....NONE NONE NONE S CHC CHANCE CHANCE Weather type....NONE NONE NONE RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR Tstm cov........NONE NONE NONE S CHC CHANCE CHANCE CWR.............0 10 10 20 30 30 LAL.............M M M M M M Temp............62 72 81 86 89 88 RH..............52 36 24 19 18 20 20 ft wind......NE 4 NE 4 NE 4 E 5 SE 5 SE 5 20 ft wind gust.15 12 12 9 12 12 Ridgetop wind...M M M M M M Transport wind..NE 11 NE 11 NE 11 NE 11 E 9 E 9 Vrate kt-ft/1K..33 33 111 111 103 103 Ventrate Cat....POOR POOR VYGD VYGD VYGD VYGD .TUESDAY NIGHT... Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (25-35 percent). Chance of showers and thunderstorms in the evening. CWR.................30 percent decreasing to 10 percent overnight. LAL................. Min temperature.....58-63. Max humidity........56-67 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Southeast winds 5 to 7 mph. Gusts up to 21 mph in the late evening and overnight. Gusty and erratic winds expected near thunderstorms in the evening. Ridgetop wind....... Smoke dispersal.....Good (84400 knot-ft) early in the evening decreasing to poor (9900 knot-ft) late in the night. Transport winds.....South 9 to 10 mph. TIME (MDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM Sky (%).........43 43 43 44 44 44 38 38 38 20 20 20 Weather cov.....CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC NONENONENONENONENONENONE Weather type....RW RW RW RW RW RW Tstm cov........CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC NONENONENONENONENONENONE CWR.............30 30 30 30 30 30 10 10 10 10 10 10 LAL.............M M M M M M M M M M M M Temp............86 82 76 73 70 69 67 66 65 63 62 61 RH..............21 24 30 35 39 42 45 48 51 54 57 61 20 FT wind dir..SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE 20 FT wind spd..5 5 5 6 6 6 7 7 7 6 6 6 20 FT wind gust.13 13 13 20 20 20 21 21 21 21 21 21 Ridge wind dir..M M M M M M M M M M M M Ridge wind spd..M M M M M M M M M M M M Transp wind dir.S S S S S S S S SE SE SE SE Transp wind spd.10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 9 9 9 9 Vrate kt-ft/1K..84 84 84 84 11 11 11 11 10 10 10 10 Ventrate Cat....GD GD GD GD PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR .WEDNESDAY... Sky/weather.........Sunny (15-25 percent). Chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. CWR.................0 percent increasing to 40 percent in the afternoon. LAL................. Max temperature.....84-97. Min humidity........17-23 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Southeast winds around 5 mph early in the morning becoming light, then becoming south around 5 mph late in the afternoon. Gusty and erratic winds expected near thunderstorms in the afternoon. Ridgetop wind....... Smoke dispersal.....Poor (13200 knot-ft) early in the morning increasing to very good (107700 knot-ft) in the afternoon increasing to very good (127400 knot-ft) late in the afternoon. Transport winds.....South around 7 mph shifting to the east around 8 mph in the late morning and early afternoon, then shifting to the south around 11 mph late in the afternoon. TIME (MDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM Sky (%).........8 8 8 10 10 10 16 16 16 31 31 31 Weather cov.....NONENONENONENONENONENONECHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC Weather type.... RW RW RW RW RW RW Tstm cov........NONENONENONENONENONENONECHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 40 40 40 40 40 40 LAL.............M M M M M M M M M M M M Temp............61 65 69 74 78 82 85 87 89 90 90 89 RH..............61 54 47 40 34 28 24 22 21 20 20 21 20 FT wind dir..SE SE SE S S S SW SW SW S S S 20 FT wind spd..5 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 20 FT wind gust.16 16 16 12 12 12 9 9 9 10 10 10 Ridge wind dir..M M M M M M M M M M M M Ridge wind spd..M M M M M M M M M M M M Transp wind dir.S S S S E E E E S S S S Transp wind spd.7 7 7 7 8 8 8 8 11 11 11 11 Vrate kt-ft/1K..13 13 13 13 108 108 108 108 127 127 127 127 Ventrate Cat....PR PR PR PR VGD VGD VGD VGD VGD VGD VGD VGD .FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 5... .THURSDAY... Partly cloudy. Showers and thunderstorms likely. Lows in the lower 60s. Highs in the lower 90s. East winds around 6 mph. .FRIDAY... Mostly clear. Chance of showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 60s. Highs in the lower 90s. Northwest winds around 8 mph. .SATURDAY... Mostly clear. Showers and thunderstorms likely. Lows in the lower 60s. Highs around 90. Northwest winds around 7 mph. $$ Forecaster...HARDIMAN Requested by...Donavan Albert Type of request...WILDFIRE .TAG 2517451.0/EPZ .DELDT 07/07/25 .FormatterVersion 2.0.0 .EMAIL donavan.albert@usda.gov,francesca_chavez@firenet.gov,donavan_albert@firenet.gov