Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS Pueblo, CO
Issued by NWS Pueblo, CO
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765 FNUS75 KPUB 202234 FWSPUB Spot Forecast for Pikes Peak Ascent & Marathon...El Paso County Search and Rescue National Weather Service Pueblo CO 434 PM MDT Fri Sep 20 2024 Forecast is based on forecast start time of 1800 MDT on September 20. 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... Before beginning, the overall confidence in this forecast is relatively high. Now... No significant weather is anticipated now through about 8 AM Saturday morning. Clouds will begin to increase during the 7 AM through 11 AM time period Saturday morning, with ceilings developing after 11 AM and rapidly dropping to the ground level (mountain enveloped within clouds) after 2pm. The earliest precip could develop as early as 9 AM, but will become near certain by early to mid afternoon. Precip will initially be liquid but should quickly go to snow by mid afternoon. Snow chances will be near 100% after 3 pm lasting through the saturday night time period. The precipitation could be heavy through saturday night. Expect low to zero visibility from 3 pm, and especially through late Saturday afternoon and through Saturday night. Winds are not expected to be all that strong with this storm (by Pikes Peak standards), with winds from the west at 10 to 15 mph with gusts to 35 mph from now through midnight tonight, with winds decreasing late tonight at 10 to 20 mph. For tomorrow, winds will be relatively light, 10 to 15 mph with winds from the northeast. As for thunder, there will be occasional lightning flashes through the time period, however the instability with this event over Pikes Peak is relatively weak. Sunday, The morning will be the worse. Precip is likely in the AM with clearing beginning by late morning into the early afternoon. ceilings in the morning will be low (mountain likely in-cloud) with ceilings lifting starting late morning into the afternoon. Overall snow accumulations up top will generally be in the 4 to 8 in range. I will be ready for more detailed questions at the 6 pm Google Meet. We will be able to look at ANY forecast point on Pikes Peak, as long as you have the LAT and LONG to give me. Hodanish/Simcoe/Rodriguez .TONIGHT... Sky/weather.........Mostly clear. Chance of pcpn......0 percent. Min temperature.....35F. Max humidity........43-48 percent. Surface winds (mph).West winds 17-21 mph. .SATURDAY... Sky/weather.........Sunny until 1200, then cloudy. Snow showers and chance of thunderstorms after 1200. Chance of pcpn......90 percent. Max temperature.....37F. Min humidity........36-41 percent. Surface winds (mph).North winds 11-15 mph until 1200, then northeast 16-20 mph. .SATURDAY NIGHT... Sky/weather.........Cloudy. Chance of thunderstorms until 2400. Snow showers. Slight chance of thunderstorms after 2400. Chance of pcpn......100 percent. Min temperature.....21F. Max humidity........95-100 percent. Surface winds (mph).Northeast winds 16-20 mph. .SUNDAY... Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy. Snow showers likely until 1200. Chance of pcpn......60 percent. Max temperature.....24F. Min humidity........79-84 percent. Surface winds (mph).North winds 13-17 mph. $$ Forecaster...HODANISH Requested by...Larry Dunn Type of request...SAR .TAG 2422790.0/PUB .DELDT 09/20/24 .FormatterVersion 2.0.0