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Recreational Forecasts for West Texas/Southeast New Mexico
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
1259 AM CDT Fri Apr 26 2024

Recreational forecast text represents an average of conditions
over the entire park.

Spot temperatures and probabilities of measurable precipitation are
for today, tonight, and Saturday.


TXZ279-280-282-262100-
Big Bend National Park-
1259 AM CDT Fri Apr 26 2024

.TODAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 70s in the mountains to the mid 90s
along the Rio Grande. West winds 10 to 20 mph.
.TONIGHT...Clear. Lows in the lower 60s. Southwest winds 15 to
25 mph in the mountains...southwest 15 to 25 mph along the Rio
Grande.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 70s in the mountains to around
100 along the Rio Grande. South winds 10 to 15 mph shifting to the
southwest 15 to 25 mph in the afternoon.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Windy. Lows in the upper 50s. West
winds 20 to 30 mph in the mountains...west 20 to 30 mph along the
Rio Grande.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 70s in the mountains to the
lower 90s along the Rio Grande. West winds 10 to 20 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows around 60.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 70s in the mountains to the upper
90s along the Rio Grande.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 60s.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs around 80 in the mountains to around
101 along the Rio Grande.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows around 70.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy. A 40 percent chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 70s in the
mountains to the mid 90s along the Rio Grande.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. A 20 percent chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the evening. Lows in the mid 60s.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. A 30 percent chance of showers in the
afternoon. Highs in the upper 70s in the mountains to the upper 90s
along the Rio Grande.

&&
               TEMPERATURE     /    PRECIPITATION

Visitors Center      90     62     93  /
Castolon             96     64    100  /
Chisos Basin         80     57     83  /
Persimmon Gap        90     58     94  /
Rio Grande Village   99     58    104  /


$$

NMZ027-028-262100-
Carlsbad Caverns National Park-
1159 PM MDT Thu Apr 25 2024

...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY EVENING THROUGH LATE
SATURDAY NIGHT...

.TODAY...Sunny, windy. Not as warm. Patchy blowing dust in the
afternoon. Highs in the mid 70s. West winds 20 to 30 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Very windy. Patchy blowing dust in the
evening, then areas of blowing dust after midnight. Lows in the
upper 50s. Southwest winds 20 to 30 mph increasing to west 30 to
40 mph with gusts to around 60 mph after midnight.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Very windy. Patchy blowing dust in the morning,
then areas of blowing dust in the afternoon. Highs in the lower 70s.
West winds 30 to 40 mph with gusts to around 60 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Very windy. Lows in the lower 50s.
West winds 30 to 40 mph with gusts to around 60 mph.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 70s. West winds 15 to 25 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 50s.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 80s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the upper 50s.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 60s.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy. A 20 percent chance of showers in the
afternoon. Highs in the mid 80s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. A 20 percent chance of showers in
the evening. Lows in the lower 60s.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. A 20 percent chance of showers in the
afternoon. Highs in the lower 80s.

&&
               TEMPERATURE     /    PRECIPITATION

Visitors Center      78     57     74  /


$$

TXZ277-262100-
Fort Davis National Historic Site-
1259 AM CDT Fri Apr 26 2024

.TODAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 70s. West winds 15 to 20 mph with
gusts to around 35 mph.
.TONIGHT...Clear. Lows in the upper 40s. Southwest winds 15 to
20 mph shifting to the west around 10 mph after midnight.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 80s. Southwest winds 10 to
15 mph increasing to 15 to 25 mph in the afternoon.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Windy. Lows in the mid 40s. West
winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts to around 50 mph.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 70s. West winds 10 to 20 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the mid 40s.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 80s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 50s.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 80s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 50s.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy. Chance of showers and slight chance of
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 80s. Chance of
precipitation 30 percent.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. A 20 percent chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the evening. Lows in the mid 50s.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. A 30 percent chance of showers in the
afternoon. Highs in the lower 80s.

&&
               TEMPERATURE     /    PRECIPITATION

Visitors Center      79     47     82  /


$$

TXZ270-271-262100-
Guadalupe Mountains National Park-
1159 PM MDT Thu Apr 25 2024

...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY EVENING THROUGH LATE
SATURDAY NIGHT...

.TODAY...Sunny, windy. Patchy blowing dust. Highs in the lower 60s
near the mountain peaks to the mid 70s below 5000 feet. West winds
25 to 35 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Very windy. Patchy blowing dust in the
evening. Areas of blowing dust after midnight. Lows 46 to 55. West
winds 30 to 45 mph with gusts to around 60 mph.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Very windy. Areas of blowing dust through the
day. Highs in the upper 50s near the mountain peaks to the lower 70s
below 5000 feet. West winds 30 to 45 mph with gusts to around
60 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Very windy. Lows 42 to 49. West
winds 30 to 40 mph with gusts to around 70 mph.
.SUNDAY...Sunny, windy. Highs in the lower 60s near the mountain
peaks to the mid 70s below 5000 feet. West winds 20 to 30 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows 45 to 52.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 60s near the mountain peaks to
the lower 80s below 5000 feet.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows 50 to 57.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 70s near the mountain peaks to
the upper 80s below 5000 feet.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows 55 to 62.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy. A 20 percent chance of showers in the
afternoon. Highs around 70 near the mountain peaks to the mid 80s
below 5000 feet.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. A 20 percent chance of showers in
the evening. Lows 52 to 59.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. A 20 percent chance of showers in the
afternoon. Highs around 70 near the mountain peaks to the mid 80s
below 5000 feet.

&&
               TEMPERATURE     /    PRECIPITATION

Visitors Center      73     54     69  /
Dog Canyon           66     47     62  /
McKittrick Canyon    74     57     70  /


$$