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NEW MEXICO · OTERO COUNTY

Timberon

345 people, 6,960 ft above sea level in Otero County.

6,960 ftElevation, city center
345People, 2024 estimate
20 sq miLand area
Sunny 61°
Sunny now Dew point 45° · SW 10 mph · high 61°
City of Timberon River Interstate 2 miles
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The Timberon plate. Relief from Copernicus GLO-30; rivers and lakes from USGS NHD; watersheds from the USGS Watershed Boundary Dataset; roads and city limits from Census TIGER 2024.

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TODAY

Today in Timberon

NWS forecast and National Blend of Models · updated 1:00 PM MST
RIGHT NOW Alamogordo-White (KALM) · 1:55 PM
Sunny
61° Sunny Feels like 61° · high of 61° near 3 PM
WindSW 10 mphgusts 16
Humidity55%falling to 48% this afternoon
Pressure29.94 in →steady
Visibility10 mihaze-free
CloudsClear
UV index—no forecast
Dew point 45° · Dryabout the same for three days
DryComfortableStickyMuggyOppressive
NEXT RAIN
Clear
Not this weeknone in the forecast for a week
LIKELY AMOUNT—nothing expected
LAST RAINNov. 10.42 in · 13 dry days
ALERTS & OUTLOOKS
No watches or warnings for Otero County
NWS El Paso Tx/Santa Teresa and the Storm Prediction Center · checked 2:17 PM
SUN & MOON
↑ 6:31 AM5:02 PM ↓
10 h 30 m of daylight, 2 minutes less than yesterday
Waxing crescent, 25% lit. Next full moon: Nov. 24.
AIR & POLLEN
38
GOODAir quality index · ozone
No pollen source yet.

The next three days, hour by hour

Sky: clear, cloudy, night Rain likely National Blend of Models
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HOW IT FEELS · DEW POINT
Dry: dew points 39 to 46°

The next seven days, and how sure we are

Forecast, with the range 8 in 10 ensemble members agree on Normal, about 80° / 62°
SAT Nov. 14 Partly cloudy Partly cloudy
61° 39°
10% rain — SW 16, gusts 29 A
SUN Nov. 15 Mostly sunny Mostly sunny
62° 38°
0% rain — NNW 8 A
MON Nov. 16 Mostly sunny Mostly sunny
61° 39°
0% rain — S 3 B
TUE Nov. 17 Mostly sunny Mostly sunny
64° 46°
20% rain — SSE 13 B
WED Nov. 18 Mostly sunny Mostly sunny
65° 43°
10% rain — SSE 5 B
THU Nov. 19 Mostly sunny Mostly sunny
69° 48°
10% rain — SSE 10 B
FRI Nov. 20 Mostly sunny Mostly sunny
68° 41°
10% rain — SSW 14 C
How sure are we? AModels agree: highs within 4° BSome spread: within 8° CWide spread: check back
Range from the National Blend of Models percentiles · graded on Forecast Scores
AIR MAIL

Where today’s air came from

The air arriving over Timberon about 5,000 feet above the ground was over the Rockies three days ago, and over Texas a day ago, about 320 miles back along its path. The nine paths traced from around the city fan out, so treat that as a best guess. Near the ground the air came from Texas; at 10,000 feet, from the Sonoran Desert. It has stayed over land, which is why it feels dry. Traced back 72 hours through NOAA’s hourly RAP analyses, nine paths at each of three heights.

MILE2
THE GROUND

What Timberon stands on

Timberon’s center stands about 6,960 ft above sea level. Within three miles the land runs from 6,390 ft to 7,610 ft, a difference of 1,220 ft: steep hill country. The highest named summit within 15 miles is Cathey Peak, about 9,640 ft, 14 miles north-northwest.

Under the town center the state geologic map shows Yeso Formation (sandstone, carbonate, evaporite), from the Permian, 273 to 290 million years old.

The section below crosses 3 rock units mapped at the surface.

Timberon, cut in half from south to north

A section south to north, 24 miles through the town center
6,000 ft8,000 ft TIMBERON6,960 ftLow point5,080 ftHigh point of the line9,650 ft ← SN →

Heights every 0.1 mile from the Copernicus GLO-90 surface model; vertical exaggeration about 4×. The colored band under the surface is the rock the state geologic map shows at the surface, not a picture of what lies beneath.

Rock at the surface along the line

Yeso Formation

Sandstone, carbonate, evaporite. Age: Permian, 273 to 290 million years old. About 14 mi of the line.

San Andres Formation

Limestone, dolostone. Age: Permian, 260 to 290 million years old. About 9 mi of the line.

Alluvium

Unconsolidated. Age: Pleistocene to Holocene, less than 0.1 million years old. About 2 mi of the line.

From the USGS State Geologic Map Compilation (Horton and others, 2017), the states’ geologic maps joined at a common scale.

Heights from Copernicus GLO-90 (a surface model: it includes buildings and tree canopy); summits from USGS GNIS; rivers from USGS NHDPlus HR; rock from the USGS State Geologic Map Compilation.
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THE WATER

Where Timberon’s rain goes

A raindrop that lands in Timberon reaches the desert basins of the Rio Grande country by way of the Sacramento: about 30 river miles. The desert basins of the Rio Grande country has no outlet to the sea: the water leaves only by evaporating or soaking into the ground.

THE WAY DOWN, TO SCALE
Timberon≈ 30 mi · the desert basins of the Rio Grande country
FROM THE CENTER OF TIMBERON ≈ 30 mi to the desert basins of the Rio Grande country Sacramento

Often dry. About 100% of the way is mapped as streams that run only after rain or snowmelt; the water makes the whole trip in floods.

Traced down the USGS NHDPlus V2.1 river network from the Census center point of Timberon; river miles along the main stem, rounded.

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ON THE NETWORK

Around Timberon on the Forecast Network

Neighboring plates

Alamogordo NM · 23 MI 23 miles northwest Las Cruces NM · 67 MI 67 miles west El Paso TX · 69 MI 69 miles southwest Roswell NM · 85 MI 85 miles northeast Albuquerque NM · 179 MI 179 miles north
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NEW MEXICO · OTERO

Timberon

345 people, 6,960 ft above sea level in Otero County.

6,960 ftElevation
345People
20 sq miLand
Sunny 61°
SunnyDew point 45°
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Today in Timberon

NEXT 15 HOURS
Now partly cloudy day 60° 7%
5p partly cloudy night 58° 5%
8p partly cloudy night 50° 2%
11p mostly clear night 45° 1%
2a mostly clear night 43° 0%
5a mostly clear night 40° 0%
Clear
NEXT RAINNone this week
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Letters show how sure the forecast is: A, models agree; B, some spread; C, check back. Sample data.
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What Timberon stands on

Timberon’s center stands about 6,960 ft above sea level. Within three miles the land runs from 6,390 ft to 7,610 ft, a difference of 1,220 ft: steep hill country. The highest named summit within 15 miles is Cathey Peak, about 9,640 ft, 14 miles north-northwest.

Timberon, south to north Timberon6,960 ft ← SN → 24 miles through the town center; vertical exaggeration about 8×. Colors: rock at the surface.
Elevation, center6,960 ft
Within 3 miles6,390 to 7,610 ft
Lie of the landSteep hill country (1,220 ft of relief)
High point nearbyCathey Peak, 9,640 ft, 14 mi north-northwest
Rock at the surfaceYeso Formation
Its agePermian, 273 to 290 million years old
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Where the rain goes

≈ 30 mito the desert basins of the Rio Grande countrySacramento

A raindrop that lands in Timberon reaches the desert basins of the Rio Grande country by way of the Sacramento: about 30 river miles. The desert basins of the Rio Grande country has no outlet to the sea: the water leaves only by evaporating or soaking into the ground.

Often dry. About 100% of the way is mapped as streams that run only after rain or snowmelt; the water makes the whole trip in floods.