Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS Pueblo, CO
Issued by NWS Pueblo, CO
050 FNUS75 KPUB 191600 FWSPUB Spot Forecast for Interlaken Fire...Colorado DFPC National Weather Service Pueblo CO 1000 AM MDT Wed Jun 19 2024 Forecast is based on forecast start time of 1000 MDT on June 19. 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... Expect an uptick in showers and thunderstorms for Thursday and Friday with locally heavy rain possible both days in the afternoons and evenings. A few showers may linger into the overnight hours Thursday night though heavier precipitation will be limited to the day time hours. Gusty erratic winds will be possible near thunderstorms both days. Drier and warmer weather will spread in again for the weekend into early next week though isolated thunderstorms will be possible at least into Saturday. These will be less likely to produce heavy rainfall. .THURSDAY... Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny(46 percent). Slight chance of thunderstorms until 1200. Chance of rain showers. Chance of thunderstorms after 1200. LAL.................1 until 1000, then 3 until 1200, then 4. Max temperature.....75F. Min humidity........21-26 percent. Wind (20 ft)........South 5-9 mph until 0900, then south 10-20 mph until 1400, then southwest 12-24 mph. Gusty and erratic winds expected near thunderstorms after 1200. Mixing height.......2500 ft agl until 0900, then 6500 ft agl. Transport winds.....South around 14 mph until 1100, then around 18 mph. Smoke dispersal.....Poor until 0800. Very good after 1200. 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 (%).........43 36 30 27 36 50 63 63 63 63 64 65 Weather cov..... SCH CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC Weather type.... RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW Tstm cov........ SCH SCH CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC LAL.............1 1 1 1 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 Temp............44 47 54 59 66 71 73 75 75 75 74 72 RH..............89 83 69 60 43 34 29 26 26 26 28 31 20 FT wind dir..S S S S S S S S SW SW SW W 20 FT wind spd..7 7 7 12 12 12 13 13 13 13 13 13 20 FT wind gust.9 9 9 15 15 15 18 18 18 17 17 17 Eye lvl wnd dir.S S S S S S S S S S S S Eye lvl wnd spd.4 4 4 7 7 7 8 8 8 8 8 8 Eye lvl wnd gst.5 5 5 9 9 9 11 11 11 10 10 10 Mix hgt (kft)...1.5 2.0 3.0 4.5 6.0 7.0 8.5 8.0 7.5 7.0 6.5 6.0 Transp wind dir.SE S S S S SW SW SW SW SW S S Transp wind spd.12 10 13 15 16 17 18 18 20 20 20 18 Haines index....5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 SDspl kt-ft/100018 18 35 56 82 107 135 127 127 119 112 98 .FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 5... .FRIDAY... Mostly cloudy. Chance of showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the mid 40s. Highs in the lower 70s. Southeast wind 5-10 mph until 1000 the southwest 10-20 mph. Gusty erratic winds possible near thunderstorms after noon. Northwest 5-10 mph after 2100. .SATURDAY...Partly cloudy. Chance of showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 40s. Highs in the mid 70s. West wind 6-15 mph. .SUNDAY... Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 40s. Highs in the upper 70s. Northwest 6-12 mph. $$ Forecaster...TORGERSON Requested by...Thaddeus A McKain Type of request...WILDFIRE .TAG 2416399.0/PUB .DELDT 06/19/24 .FormatterVersion 2.0.0