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Spot Forecast for Kim Hill...Pueblo Interagency Distpatch
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
239 PM MDT Wed May 22 2024

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 1500 MDT on May 22.
If conditions become unrepresentative, contact the National Weather
Service.

Please contact our office at (719) 948-9429, if you have questions
or concerns with this forecast.

.DISCUSSION...

Breezy south winds at 15 to 20 are expected for the remainder of
this afternoon and this evening, with chances for showers and weak
thunderstorms moving in between 4pm and 8pm. Any storms that
develop are expected to be weak, with gusty outflow winds to 40
mph and lightning being the primary concerns. Hot, dry, and breezy
conditions are expected for Thursday. Southwest winds of 15 to 20
mph are expected, with single digit humidity values and
temperatures in the upper 80s and low 90s.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny(31 percent).
LAL.................1.
Max temperature.....76-78F.
Min humidity........11-16 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........South winds 16-20 mph. Gusty and erratic winds
                    possible near thunderstorms after 1600.
Mixing height.......11500 ft agl.
Transport winds.....South around 25 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Excellent.
Haines Index........3 or very low potential for large plume
                    dominated fire growth.

TIME (MDT)      3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........27  35  34
Weather cov.....    SCH SCH
Weather type....    RW  RW
Tstm cov........    SCH SCH
LAL.............1   2   2
Temp............76  76  77
RH..............18  18  17
20 FT wind dir..S   S   S
20 FT wind spd..20  20  20
20 FT wind gust.29  29  29
Eye lvl wnd dir.S   S   S
Eye lvl wnd spd.12  12  12
Eye lvl wnd gst.17  17  17
Mix hgt (kft)...11  12  11
Transp wind dir.S   S   S
Transp wind spd.23  24  26
Haines index....3   3   3
SDspl kt-ft/1000222 246 248

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy(46 percent) until 1900, then
                    mostly cloudy(55 percent) until 2100, then
                    mostly clear.
LAL.................1.
Min temperature.....52-54F.
Max humidity........50-55 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........South winds 17-21 mph. Gusty and erratic winds
                    expected near thunderstorms until 2000.
Mixing height.......7500 ft agl until 2000, then 500 ft agl.
Transport winds.....South around 22 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Excellent until 1900. Poor after 0500.
Haines Index........6 or high potential for large plume dominated
                    fire growth.

TIME (MDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........46  55  34  20  10  5   1   3   2   4   1   4
Weather cov.....SCH
Weather type....RW
Tstm cov........SCH
LAL.............2   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1
Temp............76  73  70  65  63  62  61  60  59  57  56  55
RH..............19  24  27  33  38  39  39  44  45  49  55  55
20 FT wind dir..S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S
20 FT wind spd..21  21  21  20  20  20  18  18  18  17  17  17
20 FT wind gust.31  31  31  31  31  31  28  28  28  26  26  26
Eye lvl wnd dir.S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S
Eye lvl wnd spd.13  13  13  12  12  12  11  11  11  10  10  10
Eye lvl wnd gst.19  19  19  19  19  19  17  17  17  16  16  16
Mix hgt (kft)...9.0 5.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5
Transp wind dir.S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S
Transp wind spd.29  26  25  25  26  26  26  28  26  24  24  20
Haines index....6   6   6   6   6   6   6   6   6   6   6   6
SDspl kt-ft/1000229 122 12  12  12  11  11  11  11  10  10  7

.THURSDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny.
LAL.................1.
Max temperature.....86-88F.
Min humidity........2-7 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds 13-17 mph.
Mixing height.......1000 ft agl until 0900, then 14000 ft agl.
Transport winds.....West around 22 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor until 0700. Excellent after 1000.
Haines Index........6 or high potential for large plume dominated
                    fire growth.

TIME (MDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........6   5   3   2   2   2   2   3   5   6   8   10
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
LAL.............1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1
Temp............53  58  64  70  78  81  84  85  86  87  86  86
RH..............54  42  29  21  13  10  9   8   8   8   8   7
20 FT wind dir..SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW
20 FT wind spd..13  13  13  14  14  14  15  15  15  17  17  17
20 FT wind gust.18  18  18  21  21  21  22  22  22  25  25  25
Eye lvl wnd dir.SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW
Eye lvl wnd spd.8   8   8   8   8   8   9   9   9   10  10  10
Eye lvl wnd gst.11  11  11  13  13  13  13  13  13  15  15  15
Mix hgt (kft)...0.5 0.5 1.5 4.5 8.0 10  12  13  13  14  14  14
Transp wind dir.SW  SW  SW  W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W
Transp wind spd.17  16  17  18  20  21  22  22  22  22  23  23
Haines index....6   6   6   6   6   6   6   6   6   6   6   6
SDspl kt-ft/10006   9   22  75  140 180 223 236 250 263 277 277

$$
Forecaster...EHR
Requested by...David Garcia
Type of request...WILDFIRE
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.DELDT 05/22/24
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