Tue Mar 3 05:52:18 EST 2020 Van Horn and Highway 54 Corridor-Davis/Apache Mountains Area- Presidio Valley-Marfa Plateau-Big Bend Area- 452 AM CST Tue Mar 3 2020 /352 AM MST Tue Mar 3 2020/ .TODAY... * Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (75-85 percent). Widespread showers through the day. Isolated thunderstorms in the afternoon. * Max temperature.....50 to 55 across the mountains...69 to 74 along the Rio Grande. * 24 hr trend......8 degrees cooler. * Min humidity........65-75 percent across the mountains...40-50 percent along the Rio Grande. * 24 hr trend......35 percent wetter. * Wind 20FT...........Northeast winds 10 to 15 mph. * LAL.................1 until 1200, then 3. * Chance of precip....near 100 percent. * Haines Index........2 or very low. * Wind 10000 FT MSL...South around 45 mph. * Mixing height.......5100 ft AGL. * Transport winds.....Northeast around 24 knots. * Ventilation cat.....Good/66200 knot-ft. .TONIGHT... * Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (55-65 percent). Numerous showers and isolated thunderstorms. * Min temperature.....In the mid 30s across the mountains...in the upper 40s along the Rio Grande. * 24 hr trend......9 degrees cooler. * Max humidity........80-100 percent across the mountains...60-80 percent along the Rio Grande. * 24 hr trend......3 percent wetter. * Wind 20FT...........Above 5000 feet, north winds 10 to 15 mph shifting to the west after midnight. Below 5000 feet, north winds 10 to 15 mph shifting to the west 5 to 10 mph after midnight. * LAL.................3 until 2400, then 2. * Chance of precip....70 percent. * Haines Index........3 or very low. * Wind 10000 FT MSL...Southwest 20 to 30 mph. .WEDNESDAY... * Sky/weather.........Partly sunny (60-70 percent). Scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms. * Max temperature.....42 to 47 across the mountains...in the mid 60s along the Rio Grande. * 24 hr trend......6 degrees cooler. * Min humidity........65-75 percent across the mountains...25-35 percent along the Rio Grande. * 24 hr trend......6 percent drier. * Wind 20FT...........Above 5000 feet, northwest winds 20 to 25 mph. Below 5000 feet, northwest winds 10 to 15 mph increasing to north 20 to 25 mph in the afternoon. * LAL.................1. * Chance of precip....50 percent. * Haines Index........2 or very low. * Wind 10000 FT MSL...Northwest around 35 mph. * Mixing height.......6200 ft AGL. * Transport winds.....Northwest around 22 knots. * Ventilation cat.....Very good/122200 knot-ft. .FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 5... .THURSDAY...Sunny, warmer. Highs around 60 across the mountains...in the mid 70s along the Rio Grande. Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph. Minimum relative humidity above 15 percent. .FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 50s across the mountains...in the mid 70s along the Rio Grande. East winds 10 to 15 mph. Minimum relative humidity above 15 percent. .SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 60s across the mountains...76 to 81 along the Rio Grande. Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph. Minimum relative humidity above 15 percent.