Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS Pueblo, CO
Issued by NWS Pueblo, CO
373 FNUS75 KPUB 180037 FWSPUB Spot Forecast for Gravel Pit Rx...Leadville Lake County Fire Rescue National Weather Service Pueblo CO 637 PM MDT Fri May 17 2024 Forecast is based on ignition time of 0000 MDT on May 18. 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...Moderate westerly flow will prevail across the Rockies through the weekend, with several passing embedded waves helping to develop showers and thunderstorms, mainly in the afternoons into the evenings. Late morning and afternoon smoke dispersions look to be in good to excellent range through the weekend. .SATURDAY... Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny(34 percent) until noon, then mostly cloudy (57 percent). Slight chance of rain showers and thunderstorms after 1200 until 1700, then chance of rain showers and thunderstorms. LAL.................1 until 1200, then 3 until 1700, then 4. Max temperature.....59F. Min humidity........25-30 percent. Wind (20 ft)........West to southwest winds 5-10 mph. Gusty and erratic winds expected near thunderstorms. Mixing height.......3500 ft agl until 1000, then 7500 ft agl. Transport winds.....West around 20 mph. Smoke dispersal.....Poor until 0900, then fair until 1000, then excellent until 1600, then very good. Haines Index........4 or low potential for large plume dominated fire growth. TIME (MDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM Sky (%).........10 22 19 17 30 41 56 57 57 58 59 60 Weather cov..... SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH CHC Weather type.... RW RW RW RW RW RW Tstm cov........ SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH CHC LAL.............1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 3 3 4 Temp............33 35 40 47 53 55 57 58 58 59 58 57 RH..............72 72 62 49 36 34 33 33 32 30 33 35 20 FT wind dir..NE NE NE SW SW SW W W W W W W 20 FT wind spd..2 2 2 7 7 7 9 9 9 9 9 9 20 FT wind gust.10 10 10 18 18 18 21 21 21 20 20 20 Mix hgt (kft)...2.0 2.0 2.5 4.0 6.5 8.0 8.5 8.0 9.0 9.0 6.5 6.5 Transp wind dir.W W W W W W W W W W W W Transp wind spd.10 8 10 14 20 21 23 21 22 22 21 20 Haines index....4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 SDspl kt-ft/100016 13 21 47 115 141 173 143 168 176 114 114 .SATURDAY NIGHT... Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy(68 percent) until 0200, then partly cloudy(37 percent). Chance of rain showers and thunderstorms until 2100, then slight chance of rain showers and thunderstorms until 0200. LAL.................4 until 2100, then 3 until 2400, then 1. Min temperature.....33F. Max humidity........74-79 percent. Wind (20 ft)........West to southwest winds 4-9 mph. Gusty and erratic winds expected near thunderstorms. Mixing height.......4500 ft agl until 1900, then 2000 ft agl. Transport winds.....Southwest around 11 mph. Smoke dispersal.....Good until 1900, then poor. Haines Index........3 or very low potential for large plume dominated fire growth. TIME (MDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM Sky (%).........82 77 72 67 66 64 63 54 45 36 32 29 Weather cov.....CHC CHC CHC SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH Weather type....RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW Tstm cov........CHC CHC CHC SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH LAL.............4 4 4 3 3 3 2 2 2 1 1 1 Temp............54 50 46 45 43 41 40 40 38 36 35 35 RH..............41 50 58 62 67 70 73 70 76 79 78 77 20 FT wind dir..W W W SW SW SW S S S S S S 20 FT wind spd..7 7 7 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 20 FT wind gust.16 16 16 10 10 10 8 8 8 9 9 9 Mix hgt (kft)...4.5 2.5 2.0 2.0 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 Transp wind dir.W W W SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW Transp wind spd.17 9 8 6 6 7 7 8 9 10 12 12 Haines index....3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 SDspl kt-ft/100069 21 14 10 9 11 11 12 14 16 18 18 .SUNDAY... Sky/weather.........Sunny. LAL.................1. Max temperature.....60F. Min humidity........19-24 percent. Wind (20 ft)........west to southwest winds 5-10 mph until 0900, then west 12-17 mph. Mixing height.......2000 ft agl until 0700, then 10500 ft agl. Transport winds.....West around 25 mph. Smoke dispersal.....Poor until 0700. Excellent after 0900. Haines Index........5 or moderate potential for large plume dominated fire growth. TIME (MDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM Sky (%).........26 21 17 12 13 15 16 18 20 22 22 21 Weather cov..... Weather type.... Tstm cov........ LAL.............1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Temp............34 38 43 47 50 53 56 57 58 59 58 58 RH..............76 66 56 49 42 36 30 28 25 24 24 25 20 FT wind dir..SW SW SW W W W W W W W W W 20 FT wind spd..6 6 6 13 13 13 14 15 15 16 17 16 20 FT wind gust.15 15 15 25 25 25 29 29 29 28 28 28 Mix hgt (kft)...2.0 4.0 6.0 7.5 8.5 9.5 10 11 11 11 11 11 Transp wind dir.SW SW W W W W W W W W W W Transp wind spd.13 17 21 24 26 28 28 28 28 26 26 25 Haines index....5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 SDspl kt-ft/100020 59 107 159 201 229 240 249 251 239 243 230 $$ Forecaster...WANKOWSKI Requested by...Bo Knickman Type of request...PRESCRIBED .TAG 2414523.0/PUB .DELDT 05/18/24 .FormatterVersion 2.0.0